General view of the Alamo San Antonio Texas – Historic Photo 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of General view of the Alamo San Antonio Texas. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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General view of the Alamo San Antonio Texas
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The Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, is the subject of this 1926 stereograph, a paired photograph meant to be seen through a stereoscope so the mission chapel appears to stand in three dimensions. Stereo cards like this were a popular form of picture-making in the early twentieth century, sold as souvenirs and travel views of landmarks. The Alamo, a former Spanish mission founded in the 1700s, had become a symbol of Texas independence after the 1836 siege, and by the 1920s it drew steady crowds of visitors. The card comes from the collection of Marian S. Carson, and it is a useful record of how the site looked to tourists nearly a century ago.
| Created / published | 1926 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Notes | J281756 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 26562. · Carson Marian S. collector. |
| Subjects | Alamo (San Antonio Tex.)--1920-1930. City & town life--Texas--Austin--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,608 × 2,196 px · prints to 15 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-STV-268072 |
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