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[Columbia Bonner Portrait]

Description: Photograph of Columbia Bonner, visible from the chest up. She is posing in front of a light colored background while wearing a light-colored top that includes a high neckline. Text on the back identifies Curtis from San Antonio, Texas as the photographer.
Date: 1895-08-2X
Creator: Curtis
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[The Alamo]

Description: Postcard image of the front facade of the Alamo mission. connected to a portion of another building at left. Printed text below says, "The Alamo, built 1718, San Antonio, Texas." Handwritten text on back is addressed to Mr. W. L. Tucker from Weatherford, Texas without any additional correspondence.
Date: 1906
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Location: 29.425758 -98.486352

[Alamo Plaza]

Description: Postcard image of a park with a number of buildings lining the street on the far side, with printed text below the image: "San Antonio, Tex. Alamo Plaza, Looking North." Carriages with passengers are in the foreground on the cobbled streets of the plaza. Handwritten text on back is addressed to Mr. W. L. Tucker from Weatherford, Texas with no additional correspondence.
Date: July 1906
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Location: 29.424491 -98.486635

[Texas School for the Deaf]

Description: Postcard image of the Texas School for the Deaf in Austin, Texas. The multiple story building is pictured with the some of the exterior hidden by trees that are within the grassy lawn. The building spires are visible above the trees in the right side of the image. Handwritten text on back is addressed to Miss Mary Lea Powell in San Antonio, Texas.
Date: 1908
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard

[View of the Alamo]

Description: Postcard image of the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas. Within this image of the Alamo the textured walls, the design on the columns and the wooden front doors are visible. Two men are pictured to the left of the entrance way. Handwritten text on the back is addressed of Mr. Walter Tucker of Weatherford, Texas.
Date: 1908
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard

[Central Christian Church in San Antonio, Tx]

Description: Postcard image of Central Christian Church in San Antonio, Texas. The tan colored church is built with stained glass windows on the front side where white columns are also visible. The church steeples are colored green as well as the church domed center. Handwritten text on the back addresses Miss Ruth Cooper of Dallas, Texas.
Date: 1909
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard

[Postcard of Albert's Buckhorn Saloon]

Description: Postcard of the "wild and domestic sheep and goat heads to be seen at Albert's Buckhorn Saloon, San Antonio, Texas" as an inscription at the bottom of the card states. The photograph on the front of the card features a number of taxidermy animal heads mounted on a beige background. The back of the card advertises "12 different Post Cards of this famous establishment."
Date: 1915
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Location: 29.426205 -98.488951

[Clara Evans' Wedding Journal]

Description: Journal belonging to Clara Evans detailing her relationship with John T. Willis, Sr., from their first meeting to their wedding. Newspaper announcements, wedding invitations, fabric samples from Clara Evans' bridal trousseau, pressed flowers, and photographs have been pasted into the book, along with descriptions of important events written by Clara Evans. It also contains articles pertaining to the Willises' Golden Wedding Anniversary in 1967.
Date: 1917/1967
Creator: Willis, Nannie Clara Evans
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Location: 31.554850009752382 -97.15775699999995

[Postcard to Mrs. J. P. Bahl - December 7, 1920]

Description: Postcard addressed to Katharine Bahl, "Mrs. J. P. Bahl", of Waco, Texas, from Harry Bahl in San Antonio. Harry states he is having a "good time" and anticipates he will be home soon. The front of the post card depicts a large pagoda at the Japanese Tea Garden in San Antonio. At left, people walk past footpaths lined with ferns onto stairs that lead to the leftmost wing of the pagoda. Along the bottom of the picture is a lower section of the park, below the pagoda, which contains more pathways, … more
Date: 1920-12-07~
Creator: Bahl, Harry
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard

[Postcard of Medina Dam]

Description: Postcard of workers in the quarries used to build Medina Dam. Text on the back of the card reads "Showing Quarries from which rock is taken for making concrete for the dam More than 2500 laborers are at work in this project. Dam is located in left of picture in Distance." The card is addressed to Mr & Mrs. Harry Morland.
Date: March 9, 1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Location: 29.539200 -98.933347

[Photograph of a Race]

Description: Photograph of boys lined up in a field about to start a race, with a man pointing a pistol in the air behind them. Names are written on the back of the photo: Alfred Bittley, J. A. Martinez, and George Underwood.
Date: 1925
Creator: Smith's Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Photo Album of Earnest Ruben McElreath]

Description: Photo album compiled by Earnest Ruben McElreath. According to a handwritten note in the front of the album, it "presents pictures of friends, family, ex-sweeties, kinsman, pals, scenery, sports, football players, buddies, chums, and himself." Each page contains pictures as well as handwritten notes. Earnest Ruben McElreath was born Dec. 15, 1905 in Munday, Knox County, Texas and died Sept. 15, 1988 in Bexar County, Texas. He served as a major in the U. S. Army during World War II and is buried… more
Date: [1926-01-01..1926-10-14]
Creator: McElreath, Earnest Ruben
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book

[Photo Album Page Covering San Antonio]

Description: Scrapbook page that includes 3 separate photos of architecture near or in San Antonio, Texas. One photo is of a well within the walls of the Alamo. The image on the top left of page 1 is the Base Administration Building at Randolph Field (aka Randolph Air Force Base. At the bottom right, there is an image of the San Antonio Municipal Auditorium Building, which has since been incorporated into the newer Tobin Center for the Performing Arts. On the second slide, the image in the upper left is of … more
Date: 1939
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 29.532437 -98.280204

[Alamo Old Courtyard]

Description: Postcard image of the Alamo and the old courtyard in San Antonio, Texas. Text on back reads "Built in 1718 by Franciscan Friars who came over from Spain and established a chain of missions in which to educate the Indians".
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
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