Alamo Plaza
Photo crop exposure date: unknown. Exposure date (or window) of subject photo: 1911-1912. Subject: Photo crop of Alamo Plaza, most likely of “photo #53” as it has slightly worse development and shares the bottom cropping to eliminate PROPERTY OF DRT LIBRARY. Hugo & Schmeltzer building present but missing southern tower (removed by 1896). Plaza is paved (1888) and landscaped with south plaza park (1889) and bandstand (1893). St. Joseph’s Steeple (1898) is evident. Eastern tower of Dullnig building can be seen (removed 1912-1915 street widening project). Side entry touring cars are parked at the north curbside of plaza park. View is south and elevated most likely taken from the US Post Office and Courthouse (1890).
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