Alamo Plaza
Photo crop exposure date: unknown. Exposure date (or window) of subject photo: ca. 1890. Subject: Slightly different photo crop of Post Card with typed original ascription “Mexican Chili Stands, San Antonio, Texas.” Subject card rendering depicts US Post office (completed August 1890) North side of Alamo Plaza. Hugo & Schmeltzer building (1877) is present to the east. United Shirt and Collar Company (formed 7 May 1890) advertisement at top of Hugo & Schmeltzer Building. Plaza fountain is shown surrounded by tables. Streetcar tracks at left. View is NNE from Alamo Street. Additional cut block in top left corner carries www.thealamocity.com.
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