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[Bat Cave Demolition]

Description: Copy print showing different stages of the demolition of the "Bat Cave," last used as a police station and recorders court, in Military Plaza. The top photo shows men at work demolishing the 12 foot stone wall surrounding the city jail (center structure) behind the Bat Cave. A man driving a wagon is visible at the lower left. The bottom photo shows the front (east) and south facades of the Bat Cave. Wooden shutters and other lumber removed from the building are piled in front. Workmen are vi… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Raba, Ernst Wilhelm, 1874-1951
Partner: San Antonio Conservation Society

[Alamo Plaza, corner of Alamo and Commerce Streets]

Description: Photograph of the intersection of South Alamo and Commerce Streets, looking north. In the foreground, the Dullnig Building (left) and Joske's Store (right) stand opposite each other on the Commerce Street corner. In the background, the five-story Maverick Bank Building (left) on South Alamo stands across from the castle-like post office (right). Multiple means of transportation are visible, including: pedestrian, bicycle, horse drawn carriage(s) and streetcar (tracks).
Date: unknown
Creator: Raba, Ernst Wilhelm, 1874-1951
Partner: San Antonio Conservation Society

[A View of Commerce Street ]

Description: Photograph of the south side of Commerce Street, looking west, between Navarro Street and Saint Mary's Street. The Zork & Griesenbeck store is on the left in the foreground. Several men are gathered beneath the balconies of this building and the adjacent one.
Date: unknown
Creator: Raba, Ernst Wilhelm, 1874-1951
Partner: San Antonio Conservation Society

[Freight wagons ]

Description: Copy print of three ox teams, or "freighters," outside Hugo Schmeltzer's Wholesale on Navarro Street, at the rear of the Groos Bank.
Date: unknown
Creator: Raba, Ernst Wilhelm, 1874-1951
Partner: San Antonio Conservation Society

[Alamo Plaza]

Description: Photograph of Alamo Plaza, looking southeast. The Gallagher Building stands in the center, partially obscured by the market house. The steeple of Saint Joseph's Catholic Church is visible in the background, behind the Menger Hotel.
Date: unknown
Creator: Raba, Ernst Wilhelm, 1874-1951
Partner: San Antonio Conservation Society

[Maverick Homestead]

Description: Copy print of an oblique view of the Samuel Augustus Maverick Homestead, located at the northwest corner of Alamo Plaza and Houston Street. A team of oxen rests in the foreground.
Date: unknown
Creator: Raba, Ernst Wilhelm, 1874-1951
Partner: San Antonio Conservation Society

[Ox Team on Commerce Street]

Description: Photograph of two covered wagons, each with a team of oxen, stopped outside a storefront on Commerce Street. At the right, a carriage travels away from the wagons in the opposite direction.
Date: unknown
Creator: Raba, Ernst Wilhelm, 1874-1951
Partner: San Antonio Conservation Society

[West side of Main Plaza and San Fernando Cathedral]

Description: Copy print of the west side of Main Plaza. The east and north facades of the multi-story Southern Hotel are visible above Paul Asher's dry goods store (far left). A person can be seen hanging linens from a clothesline on the rooftop adjacent to the hotel. San Fernando Cathedral stands in the center with several wagons in front. The two-story Frost Bank is to the right, with the Bat Cave (old city hall) visible in the background between the two buildings.
Date: unknown
Creator: Raba, Ernst Wilhelm, 1874-1951
Partner: San Antonio Conservation Society

[Jacal]

Description: Photograph of a jacal. Two boys and a girl stand in front of the structure. A bridge can be seen to the left of the jacal, with the field behind the jacal visible to the right.
Date: unknown
Creator: Raba, Ernst Wilhelm, 1874-1951
Partner: San Antonio Conservation Society

[Northwest corner of Main Plaza]

Description: Photograph of he northwest corner of Main Plaza, looking west along Commerce Street. Carl Elmendorf’s hardware store faces the camera. The two-story Plaza House hotel stands at the far right. A horse drawn carriage waits outside the Old Stand Bar Room. In the background, a group of men gather around a corner lamppost.
Date: unknown
Creator: Raba, Ernst Wilhelm, 1874-1951
Partner: San Antonio Conservation Society

[Alamo Plaza with Post Office]

Description: Photograph looking north on Alamo Plaza towards the post office. Automobiles are parked around a small park landscaped with palms, as well as along both sides of the street, including in front of the vine-covered convento walls. The top of the Alamo parapet is visible at the far right.
Date: unknown
Creator: Raba, Ernst Wilhelm, 1874-1951
Partner: San Antonio Conservation Society

[View of Commerce Street]

Description: Photograph of Commerce Street looking southwest at the south side of Commerce between Navarro Street and Saint Mary's Street. The building on the left is the Zork & Griesenbeck store. Three men are standing on the balcony of the building next door, while two more men stand in the doorway below.
Date: unknown
Creator: Raba, Ernst Wilhelm, 1874-1951
Partner: San Antonio Conservation Society

[View of Alamo Plaza]

Description: Photograph of Alamo Plaza, looking northwest. Starting in the center, from left to right, are: the Reuter Building, Grand Opera House, Wickes Building, Crockett Block and Maverick Bank Building. A landscaped park stands in the center of the plaza across from these buildings. Several horse-drawn carriages wait beside the curb. The plaza's mesquite block paving is visible in the foreground.
Date: unknown
Creator: Raba, Ernst Wilhelm, 1874-1951
Partner: San Antonio Conservation Society

[Frederick Groos and Co. Bank]

Description: Photograph of the front and west facades of the Frederick Groos and Co. bank on Commerce Street. Several men stand outside the bank, while one sits in a horse-drawn buggy.
Date: unknown
Creator: Raba, Ernst Wilhelm, 1874-1951
Partner: San Antonio Conservation Society
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