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[Painting of Commerce Street Bridge, San Antonio, Tex.]

Description: Copy print of a painting by an unknown artist. The painting looks west across the San Antonio River from the Commerce Street Bridge. A group of people stand on the far side of the bridge, while wagons travel down Commerce Street. The single tower and dome of the old San Fernando Cathedral can be seen in the background (center left).
Date: unknown
Creator: Raba, Ernst Wilhelm, 1874-1951
Partner: San Antonio Conservation Society

[Portrait of Davy Crockett]

Description: Copy print of a painted portrait of Davy Crockett, visible from the chest up. In the image, Crockett is posed looking to his left and he is wearing a light-colored shirt and dark coat. At the bottom, a plaque on the frame of the painting says "David Crockett, Painted From Life in 1834, by John C. Chapman."
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

[Alamo with Ox Teams]

Description: Photograph of the Alamo in use as a U.S. Army depot, with three covered wagons pulled by horses in the foreground. The former Convento and Long Baracks, which the Army used as a warehouse, is partially visible on the left.
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

[Menger Hotel Postcard]

Description: Copy print of a postcard featuring an oblique view of the front (east) and south facades of Menger Hotel in the 1930s. Cars are parked head-in in front of the building. The caption reads, " A Famous Hotel and Famous for Excellent Foods for More than 75 Years."
Date: unknown
Creator: Raba, Ernst Wilhelm, 1874-1951
Partner: San Antonio Conservation Society

[View of Soledad Street]

Description: Photograph of Soledad Street, looking south towards the Commerce Street intersection. The remains of the Veramendi Palace are on the immediate left with the mansard tower of the Masonic Building visible above it. The three story building at the far end of the street is the Danenhauer, with the Kampmann building to its left. Streetcar tracks run down the middle of the street.
Date: unknown
Creator: Raba, Ernst Wilhelm, 1874-1951
Partner: San Antonio Conservation Society

[San Fernando Cathedral]

Description: Photograph of an oblique view of the east (front) and south facades of San Fernando Cathedral. The domed City Hall is visible in the background and the Frost Bank Building is on the right. In the foreground, two shoeshine boys stand to the left of a man and woman seated on a bench in the landscaped park. A group of one seated and two standing men is clustered to the couple's right.
Date: unknown
Creator: Raba, Ernst Wilhelm, 1874-1951
Partner: San Antonio Conservation Society
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