Military Plaza
Photo crop exposure date: unknown.
Exposure date (or window) of subject photo: 1887-1888
Subject: Photo crop of a picture card of Military Plaza. View is west across the plaza showing market activity. The Fashion Theatre (December 1884) is present and the two buildings being constructed to the south and alongside the Fashion by Simon Fest will be completed in 1888. Notice that the draft animals are not corralled, but left in harness, around the market. There is a caption at the bottom: (LtoR) JACOBSON PHOTO 217. MARKET PLAZA. VEGATABLE MARKET. 2 E HOUSTON STR SAN ANTONIO. The photograph was a taken by Mrs. Mary. E. Jacobson, who had her studio at 2 E. Houston in San Antonio from 1887 to 1891.
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