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Greetings from San Antonio: Historic Postcards of the Alamo City

Autor Lewis F. Fisher
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 15 apr 2020
Greetings from San Antonio: Historic Postcards of the Alamo City is a collection of more than six hundred color and black-and-white photo postcards, many of them quite rare, that yield a compelling visual narrative of the city in the early twentieth century, when postcards were at their height of popularity. Presented unaltered and accompanied by concise descriptive text, the postcards provide a distinctive visual portrait of a captivating and unique city during the early years of its transformation into the multicultural mecca it is today.
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ISBN-13: 9781595349187
ISBN-10: 1595349189
Pagini: 232
Dimensiuni: 279 x 215 mm
Greutate: 1.07 kg
Editura: Trinity University Press

Notă biografică

Lewis F. Fisher is the author of numerous books about San Antonio and Texas, including Greetings from San Antonio: Historic Postcards of the Alamo City, American Venice: The Epic Story of San Antonio’s River, Saving San Antonio: The Preservation of a Heritage, Maverick: The American Name That Became a Legend, Chili Queens, Hay Wagons, and Fandangos, and The Spanish Plazas in Frontier San Antonio. He has received numerous local, state, and national writing awards and was named a Texas Preservation Hero by the San Antonio Conservation Society in 2014.

Cuprins

Contents Foreword ix Introduction xi 1. Arriving and Settling In Transportation 2 Hotels, Spas and Tourist Courts 6 2. Seeing the Sights The Alamo 24 Southern Missions 32 The Flavor of Mexico 42 Beyond San Antonio 50 3. Downtown and at Home Central City 56 Public Services 72 Neighborhoods 84 4. Out and About Dining 92 Entertainment 103 Fiesta 116 Clubs 124 Parks 130 5. Churches, Schools and Colleges Churches 140 Schools and Academies 150 Colleges 159 6. Military City USA Fort Sam Houston and the Mexican Border 166 Kelly Fields 194 Randolph Field 204 San Antonio Aviation Cadet Center/Lackland Air Force Base 207 Index 213