Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo, Interior of Sacristy [Stereoview]

Name/Title

Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo, Interior of Sacristy [Stereoview]

Description

Henry A. Doerr stereograph of the interior of the Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo. Dated 1872 - 1875, due to the yellow, round-cornered mounts with a small "H. Doerr, Photographer, San Antonio Texas'' uniformly stamped in the center of the back.

Context

Known as the "Queen of the Missions", this is the largest of the missions, and before it was almost fully restored to its original design in the 1930s by the WPA (Works Projects Administration).

Category

Texas in Focus: Early Photographs from the Lew Anvil Texas Collection