Photo crop exposure date: unknown.
Exposure date (or window) of subject photo: 1859-1868
Subject: Photo crop of Main Plaza. View is east, taken from a point in the plaza, showing the east elevation of San Fernando church, buildings to north and south and the San Antonio City Hall/Bexar County Courthouse and jail compound (1852) in the background. Dating is from a newspaper article of 6 May 1859 discussing the artwork done on the belfry (stripes) and the beginning of the Giraud renovation of 1868.