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[Alamo Plaza]
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Photograph of Alamo Plaza looking south. From left to right are: the three-story Menger Hotel; St. Joseph's Catholic Church, with its steeple still under construction; the Gallagher Building (center) and the Dullnig Building, distinguished by its dome (upper right). A streetcar travels up the open plaza across from where horse drawn carriages are parked in front of the Gallagher Building and Menger Hotel.
The Society documents the history of San Antonio and South Central Texas with an emphasis on the built environment. This history includes photographs of San Antonio street scenes and a few portraits, taken by professional photographer Ernst Raba between c. 1853 and c. 1939.
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Description
Photograph of Alamo Plaza looking south. From left to right are: the three-story Menger Hotel; St. Joseph's Catholic Church, with its steeple still under construction; the Gallagher Building (center) and the Dullnig Building, distinguished by its dome (upper right). A streetcar travels up the open plaza across from where horse drawn carriages are parked in front of the Gallagher Building and Menger Hotel.
This photograph is part of the following collection of related materials.
The Ernst Wilhelm Raba Photograph Collection
Photos by early San Antonio artist Ernst Raba. The bulk of the materials documents the changing landscape of the city in the late 1800s - early 1900s. Funded by San Antonio Conservation Society's Capital Club.