The front of the Alamo through the compound gate, San Antonio, Texas – Historic Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: The front of the Alamo through the compound gate, San Antonio, Texas, preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The front of the Alamo through the compound gate, San Antonio, Texas
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Seen through the compound gate, the old mission church's front is the focus here, rather than the wider grounds. The mission was founded in 1718 as Mission San Antonio de Valero, and in 1836 its walls held the siege and battle that became a rallying cry in the Texas Revolution. By the early 1920s the chapel was treated as a shrine, and the Daughters of the Republic of Texas had charge of the site. Underwood & Underwood, a firm known for mass-produced views of American landmarks, issued pictures like this one to a wide audience.
| Created / published | c1922. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Photoprint copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. No. 289,176/F. No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,190 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-159349 |
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