Government Hill [Stereoview]
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Government Hill [Stereoview]Description
Yellow mount includes "San Antonio View Co." printed in black on left and "San Antonio, Texas" printed in black on the right. San Antonio View Company imprint on recto. Stamped on verso: "STEREOSCOPIC VIEWS, / OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, / BY THE / San Antonio View Company / F. HARDESTY, Manager" Below that there is a chart that lists a variety of other locations that stereoscopes had been made by this company. Below the chart, stamped it reads: "All from Original Negatives and Guaranteed the Finest / ever Made in the South. Also A Large Variety of Miscellaneous Views / of San Antonio, and Vicinity." Below that reads, "Parties wishing Special Views made anywhere will please address:- / F. Hardesty / 32 North Flores Street. (near Military Plaza,) / San Antonio, Texas."Context
Government Hill is one of six San Antonio suburbs that developed during the "Gilded Age" of the city’s history, from 1890 to 1930. The history of the Government Hill is integrally linked to that of Fort Sam Houston. Initial development of the fort began in the mid 1870s with a donation by the City of San Antonio of 93 acres to the War Department. Construction of Fort Sam Houston began in 1876, and by the late nineteenth century (the time of this photo) the surrounding area of Government Hill was home to over 12,000 people.Category
Texas in Focus: Early Photographs from the Lew Anvil Texas Collection, Architecture
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