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Alamo Plaza

Photo crop exposure date: unknown. Exposure date (or window) of subject photo: 1889. Subject: Photo crop of a creased photograph on a photo table. View is NNW of west side of Alamo Plaza, from south of Crockett Street intersection, in plaza, showing excellent detail of the San Antonio Club and Grand Opera House (1886) showing the round pole sign GRAND OPERA HOUSE and no sidewalk cover, the Wickes building (1886), the Crockett Block (1882), and the Maverick Bank Building (1884). Daily movement on the plaza is captured in beautiful detail. The US Post Office and Courthouse (1890) can be seen under construction in the background. Notice that the curtains are down on the mule drawn streetcar.