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San Antonio - San Fernando Cathedral , undated

 Item — Box: 1

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

This collection contains postcards and a souvenir book from Paris, France. There are series of postcards from the United States, Mexico, and Japan with as-needed sub-series describing the specific geographic location the postcard depicts. The postcards from the United States and Mexico date from approximately 1930 to 1950. This approximation is based on their material qualities, publishing information, format, and the few post-dated postcards available. The time frame of the postcards from Japan are unknown but suspected to be from around the same time as it is assumed they arrived in an envelope (included in the collection) post-dated 1954. The souvenir book titled “Souvenir de Paris” is located in the back of box 1 of Hankla Collection. It contains 12 leporello black and white photographs of landmarks in Paris, France cabinet cards. Based on research, it is meant to have 20 photographs and should be in leporello format. This book is from the publisher Rommler & Jonas in Dresden (founded in 1871), Germany and from approximately 1870 to 1900, as suggested by the format of the photographs (cabinet-cards) and rounded corners of each card.

Dates

  • undated

Conditions Governing Access

The materials are open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 0.52 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

From the Collection: Japanese

Physical Description

caption on back: "The Original Parish Church of San Antonio. 'The old cathedral' has watched over the city through 200 years of struggle and progress. During the siege of the Alamo it was held by Santa Anna, and his flag flew from its towers. From these same towers had flown Texans' flag of victory a short time before. Tradition says that soon after the fall of the Alamo, an influential Mexican, whose sympathies were with the Texans, gathered together what bones of the heroes he could find, and buired them, secretly under the altar of San Fernando. The church has always been kept in the perfect repair and is in daily constant use. Visitors are welcome." reprint of postcard with denoted number 101, colors are brighter on reprint but caption and image are the same

Repository Details

Part of the SU Distinctive Collections & Archives Repository

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