Texas: Church of Alamo, San Antonio de Bexar – Historic Print
(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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Step back in time with Texas: Church of Alamo, San Antonio de Bexar, an antique engraving rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Texas: Church of Alamo, San Antonio de Bexar
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The church pictured is the mission chapel at San Antonio de Béxar, the building now known as the Alamo, which Spanish missionaries began in the early 1700s. By 1844 it had already become famous for the 1836 siege and battle, when Texian defenders died in the mission compound during the fight for Texas independence from Mexico. This wood engraving appeared in *The Illustrated London News* that year, when Texas was an independent republic and British readers followed its affairs closely. Viewers should note that the record's details come from an old caption card and have not been independently verified.
| Created / published | 1844 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Notes | Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1844. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 860 × 617 px |
| Reference | Texas Church of Alamo, San Antonio de Bexar, Illustrated London News, c. 1844 |
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