San Antonio in 1873 (house, camps, train)

[TXtrkgrl]

I thought y'all might find this interesting:
AMON CARTER MUSEUM: TEXAS BIRD’S-EYE VIEWS: BROWSE

[TXtrkgrl]

And here is SA in 1886:
AMON CARTER MUSEUM: TEXAS BIRD’S-EYE VIEWS: BROWSE

[Chaka]

Interesting, it looks like the map that's up in the Conservation Society building. Our house is not on the earlier map but is on the 1886 map.

Hmmm, upon closer look that's a different early map. Neat stuff, thanks for posting.

[KY Filly]

That's very interesting - I bookmarked the entire site so I could go back and read some history later. Thanks for the info!

[huckster]

Very ho-hum, the library of congress is much better, the 1928 train boiler explosion, flood of 1921 with pics, pictures of local people and conditions during the great depression, pics of the alamo through the ages, the main plaza etc, a spanish street map of s.a. from the 1600's, for planning, the canary islander history with pics and their descendants,skyline paintings of the 1800's, history of the red-light district west of present day nogalitos rd.
along with a directory of the women and taverns(the famous blue book-
only new orleans also had one), street pics of downtown during the 30's
and migrant camps , white and hispanic during the same era.
A wealth of information .
pf

Originally Posted by TXtrkgrl

And here is SA in 1886:
AMON CARTER MUSEUM: TEXAS BIRD’S-EYE VIEWS: BROWSE

[CamaroGuy]

San Antonio has such a rich history.:-)