A scene of the west side of the Main Plaza in San Antonio, dominated by the Church of San Fernando, with a stagecoach pictured prominently in the foreground
Alternative Title:
Main plaza (W.C.A. Thielepape)
Description:
BEIN WA Prints 447: With manuscript letter in French, dated mai 1856., Pictorial lettersheet., Title from caption below image., Date is no later than 1856, based on Beinecke Library copy that includes a manuscript letter dated mai 1856., Wilhelm Carl August Thielepape moved to San Antonio, Texas in 1854. See Handbook of Texas online, viewed 27 August 2020, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/thielepape-wilhelm-carl-august., and "San Antonio, Texas, __________ 185__."
A scene of the west side of the Main Plaza in San Antonio, dominated by the Church of San Fernando, with a stagecoach pictured prominently in the foreground
Description:
BEIN WA Prints 448: With manuscript description of scene written in space for correspondence., Pictorial lettersheet., Title from caption below image., Wilhelm Carl August Thielepape moved to San Antonio, Texas in 1854. See "Handbook of Texas" online, viewed 27 August 2020, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/thielepape-wilhelm-carl-august., and "185__."
A pictorial lettersheet with a large central image at top and smaller images enclosed in vine medallions trailing down the left and right sides, with a large blank space for the message. The central image, bordered by figures of a Native American and a Mexican, shows the main plaza of San Antonio, Texas. On the left are smaller images of Mission San José, Mission Conception, Courthouse, and an untitled image of a man riding a hay-burdened mule. On the right are smaller images of the Alamo, Mission San Juan, an untitled image of a wooden structure (possibly a hacienda), and an untitled image of a horseman lassoing a steer. These vignettes are interspersed with ornamental images of an African-American (?) worker, a bear, a hunter with his dog, and a jaguar
Description:
Title from caption below central image., Edition statement supplied by cataloger. Print is known to exist in two versions. In this multicolored version, the primary images are printed in black, while the ornamental images and decorative vines are printed in green, all on a white sheet. In the monochrome version, all images and ornaments are printed in black on a white sheet., and Pentenrieder & Blersch first offered this distinctive type of pictorial lettersheet for sale in 1856. See the English-language version of Pentenrieder's biography available on the "Haus der bayerischen Geschichte" website, viewed 25 August 2020. http://www.hdbg.de/auswanderung/docs/pentenrieder_bio_e.pdf
Publisher:
Published by Pentenrieder & Blersch
Subject (Geographic):
San Antonio (Tex.), Texas, San Antonio, and Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.)
Subject (Name):
Mission Concepción (San Antonio, Tex.), Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo (San Antonio, Tex.), and Mission San Juan Capistrano (San Antonio, Tex.)
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, structures, etc, Church buildings, and Missions
A pictorial lettersheet with a large central image at top and smaller images enclosed in vine medallions trailing down the left and right sides, with a large blank space for the message. The central image, bordered by figures of a Native American and a Mexican, shows the main plaza of San Antonio, Texas. On the left are smaller images of Mission San José, Mission Conception, Courthouse, and an untitled image of a man riding a hay-burdened mule. On the right are smaller images of the Alamo, Mission San Juan, an untitled image of a wooden structure (possibly a hacienda), and an untitled image of a horseman lassoing a steer. These vignettes are interspersed with ornamental images of an African-American (?) worker, a bear, a hunter with his dog, and a jaguar
Description:
BEIN WA Prints 445: With manuscript letter dated April 11, 1856., Title from caption below central image., Edition statement supplied by cataloger. Print is known to exist in two versions. In this monochrome version, all images and ornaments are printed in black on a white sheet. In the multicolored version, the primary images are printed in black, while the ornamental images and decorative vines are printed in green, all on a white sheet., Pentenrieder & Blersch first offered this distinctive type of pictorial lettersheet for sale in 1856. See the English-language version of Pentenrieder's biography available on the "Haus der bayerischen Geschichte" website, viewed 25 August 2020. http://www.hdbg.de/auswanderung/docs/pentenrieder_bio_e.pdf, and Date is no later than 1856, based on Beinecke Library copy that includes a manuscript letter dated April 11, 1856.
Publisher:
Published by Pentenrieder & Blersch
Subject (Geographic):
San Antonio (Tex.), Texas, San Antonio, and Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.)
Subject (Name):
Mission Concepción (San Antonio, Tex.), Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo (San Antonio, Tex.), and Mission San Juan Capistrano (San Antonio, Tex.)
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, structures, etc, Church buildings, and Missions
Photographs of Texas, including views of homes and the business district of El Paso, the Alamo in San Antonio, artillery drills of Troop H of the 3rd cavalry at Fort McIntosh, the mission at San Jose, a wagon train, and an Apache Camp. In Harrold, Texas, performers pose on the balcony of the Hotel del Teatro and Great Western Theatre
Description:
Manuscript captions accompany many of the photographs, which are mounted on both sides of cardboard mounts.
Subject (Geographic):
Texas, San Antonio (Tex.), El Paso (Tex.), and Ft. McIntosh (Laredo, Tex.)
Subject (Name):
United States. Army. Cavalry, 3rd
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Apache Indians, Missions, Wagons, and Theaters
Postcard photographs created by commercial and amateur photographers of locations and events related to United States military involvement in the Mexican Revolution, ca. 1910-1917. Images include United States artillery, cavalry, and infantry, and Mexican federal and revolutionary soldiers, in addition to individuals in military camps, refugee camps, and prisoner of war camps. Other images include corpses on the battlefields and city streets, views of towns, and depictions of vehicles, such as trucks, trains, and an airplane, Identified events include the burning of Tijuana, Baja California, during a battle on May 9, 1911; the Osaple celebration parade in El Paso, Texas, in Fall 1912; the aftermath of shelling by the U.S.S. Chester of the Mexican Naval Academy, Veracruz, Veracruz-Llave, April 1914; the United States Army Tournament at Washington Park, El Paso, October 9, 1914; the Great Military Parade in El Paso, April 6, 1915; and an outdoor church service at Camp Cotton, Texas, April 11, 1915. Undated events include the recovery of war refugees off the coast of San Diego, California, and a horse stable fire at Fort Bliss, Texas, Identified photographers include Jim A. Alexander, El Paso, Texas; Frank C. Hecox of the Scott White and Company, El Paso, Texas; Walter H. Horne; C. M. Maigne; Calvin Osbon, P. Flores Pérez, Mexico; R.F. Pollock, Alamogordo and Cloudcraft, New Mexico; Robert Runyon, Brownsville, Texas; and Lt. F. R. Undritz, United States Army, in addition to an unidentified photographer with the mark in images "oTa", and a series of images created by an unidentified cavalryman, Identified publishers and distributors of postcards include Albertype Company, Brooklyn, New York; Arthur A. Kline and Company, El Paso, Texas; E. C. Kropp Company, El Fenix, Veracruz, Mexico; Fedtner Printing Company, Omaha, Nebraska; International Film Service; International News Service; G. J. Kavanaugh, Publisher, El Paso, Texas; H. H. Stratton, Chattanooga, Tennessee; Max Stein Publishing House, Chicago, Illinois; Passing Show Printing Company, San Antonio, Texas; S. H. Kress & Company, Scott White & Company, El Paso, Texas; Underwood & Underwood, New York, Identified locations in Texas include Abram, Brownsville, Granjeno, Hidalgo, Houston, Laredo, McAllen, Mission, Pharr, Rio Grande City, San Antonio, Terlingua, and Von Ormy. Locations represented in the vicinity of El Paso, Texas include the military installations at Fort Bliss, Camp Cotton, Fort Hancock, and Camp Pershing, in addition to views of city streets and Washington Park. Other identified locations in the United States include Cloudcroft and Columbus, New Mexico. Identified locations in Mexico include Juárez, Chihuahua; Matamoros, Tamaulipas; Naco, Sonora; Tijuana, Baja California; and Veracruz, Veracruz-Llave. Other images depict the landscape along the Rio Grande River and international border between the United States and Mexico, Identified individuals include Pancho Villa, Venustiano Carranza, and United States army officer Charles B. Hazeltine, Identified military groups in the United States Army include the 6th Infantry Division, 16th Infantry Division, 20th Infantry Division, 22nd Infantry Division, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 13th Cavalry Regiment, and 15th Cavalry Regiment, 5th Field Artillery Regiment, and the 6th Field Artillery Regiment, and Brief notes on postcards by correspondents including Clyde Bartlett, 13th Cavalry Regiment, Troop B; Harry D. Brown, Gouldsboro, Pennsylvania; William Dobson, aboard the U.S.S. Chester; Robert Mills, South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; E. W. Murray, Providence, Rhode Island, to his parents Emma Murray and Henry Murray; Clarence Schindorff, Fostoria, Ohio; Corporal Charles Trenkle, 69th Regiment of the New York National Guard; and Ernest J. Trinkle, aboard the U.S.S. Chester
Description:
Accompanied by a container list (in box 1). and Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
Mexico, United States, Texas, Abram (Tex.), Brownsville (Tex.), Camp Cotton (Tex.), Camp Pershing (Tex.), Cloudcroft (N.M.), Columbus (N.M.), El Paso (Tex.), Fort Bliss (Tex.), Fort Hancock (Tex.), Granjeno (Tex.), Hidalgo (Tex.), Houston (Tex.), Juárez (Chihuahua, Mexico), Laredo (Tex.), Matamoros (Tamaulipas, Mexico), McAllen (Tex.), Mexican-American Border Region, Mission (Tex.), Naco (Sonora Mexico), Rio Grande City (Tex.), San Antonio (Tex.), Terlingua (Tex.), Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico), Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave, Mexico), Von Ormy (Tex.), and Washington Park (El Paso, Tex.)
Subject (Name):
Alexander, Jim A., Bartlett, Clyde., Brown, Harry D., Carranza, Venustiano, 1859-1920., Dobson, William, aboard the U.S.S. Chester., Flores Pérez, P., Hazeltine, Charles B., Hecox, Frank C., Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921., Maigne, C. M., Mills, Robert, of South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania., Murray, E. W., Osbon, C. (Calvin C.), Pollock, R. F., Runyon, Robert, 1881-1968., Schindorff, Clarence., Trenkle, Charles., Trinkle, Ernest J., Undritz, F. R., Villa, Pancho, 1878-1923., Albertype Co., Arthur A. Kline and Company., Chester (Battleship), E. C. Kropp Company., El Fénix (Firm), G. J. Kavanaugh (Firm), H. H. Stratton (Firm), International Film Service., International News Service., Max Stein Publishing House., Mexico. Ejército, New York (State). National Guard. Infantry Regiment, 69th, Passing Show Printing Company., S.H. Kress & Co., Scott White & Company., Underwood & Underwood., United States. Army, United States. Army. Infantry Division, 6th, United States. Army. Infantry Division, 16th, United States. Army. Infantry Division, 20th, United States. Army. Infantry Division, 22nd, United States. Army. Regiment of Artillery, 5th, United States. Army. Regiment of Artillery, 6th, United States. Cavalry, United States. Cavalry. 13th Regiment. Troop B, United States. Cavalry. 13th Regiment, United States. Cavalry. 15th Regiment, United States. Cavalry. 4th Regiment, United States. Navy, Great Military Parade, and United States Army Tournament
Subject (Topic):
History, Dead, Military camps, Prisoners of war, Refugee camps, Refugees, Revolutionaries, and Armed Forces
