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Beauties of San Antonio River

Description: Photograph of the San Antonio River. The silhouettes of three individuals are visible in the bottom left corner of the image. The other side of the river has buildings behind a wooden fence. The back of the photograph has a printed history of the city of San Antonio.
Date: 1889
Creator: Jacobson, M. E.

[Cathedral of San Fernando, San Antonio, Texas]

Description: Photograph of the Cathedral of San Fernando in San Antonio, Texas. Several shops are visible in the street to its right. A hrose adn carriage is parked in front of one of the shops. The plaza in front of the buildings is muddy. The back of the photograph has a detailed history of the building and its predating missions printed on it. Cabinet card format.
Date: 1889
Creator: Paris, A. E.

[Kampmann Building]

Description: Photograph of the Kampmann Building, a bank at the Northeast corner of the Alamo Plaza at San Antonio, Texas. People are visible walking in the street along with horse-drawn carriages. A sign is partially visible reading "Solomon, Dry Goods, Clothes." Cabinet card format.
Date: 1889
Creator: Hardesty, F.

Morrison & Fourmy's General Directory of the City of Austin for 1889-1890

Description: "Containing the present state, county, and city governments, and a complete list of all county officials, post offices and money order offices in Texas; also, an index of societies, associations, churches, corporations, educational institutes, the full name and address of all residents, their occupations or pursuits, and a complete classified business directory."
Date: 1889
Creator: Morrison & Fourmy

[River near San Antonio, Texas]

Description: Photograph of a river running below a stone arch, possibly a bridge. Brush is seen hanging from the arch and around the banks of the water. The back of the photograph contains a printed, detailed history of the missions of San Antonio. Cabinet card format.
Date: 1889
Creator: Paris, A. E.

San Pedro Creek

Description: Photograph of a group of men and women by the water at San Pedro Spring. The photograph was captured by a photographer named F. Hardesty, and the back of the postcard lists some of his other works.
Date: 1889
Creator: Hardesty, F.

[San Pedro Springs, San Antonio, Texas]

Description: Photograph of San Pedro Springs near San Antonio, Texas. An individual is on a boat in the foreground and a large crowd is gathered on the bridge in the distance. A few people stand on the banks of the river.The back of the photograph contains a printed history of the missions of San Antonio. Cabinet card format.
Date: 1889
Creator: Paris, A. C.

U.S. Arsenal

Description: Photograph of the U.S. Arsenal in San Antonio, Texas. The two-story building is partially obscured by trees and is surrounded by a lawn and white fence. Cabinet card format.
Date: 1889
Creator: Hardesty, F.

[View of Southest Austin]

Description: Photograph of Southeast Austin, with Congress Avenue extending down the right side of the frame and the Colorado River in the background. The caption on the back reads: "View of southeast Austin taken from Capitol Dome, showing Driskill Hotel, St. Mary's Convent, Old Catholic Church, Methodist Church opposite (now Labor Temple), Old Jail and Jailer's residence in immediate foreground. Photographed by Charles B. Wheelock, Boston, Mass sometime between the years 1889 and 1894."
Date: [1889..1894]
Creator: Wheelock, Charles B.

[Yucca Trees, San Antonio, Texas]

Description: Photograph of three Yucca Trees in an arid landscape. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph says, "Along the Rio Grande River, Texas." Additionally, the back of the photograph provides a history of the San Antonio Missions. Cabinet card format.
Date: 1889
Creator: Paris, A. C.
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