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[Alamo Plaza Hotel Courts : picture postcard.]

Topic:
Ethnic Imagery Project, Archives Center
Collector:
Blenkle, Victor A., Dr., 1900-1978 (physician)  Search this
Collection Creator:
National Philatelic Collection, Smithsonian Institution.  Search this
Blenkle, Victor A., Dr., 1900-1978 (physician)  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (color, 3.5" x 5.5".)
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Picture postcards
Place:
Louisiana -- 1920-1930
Texas -- 1920-1930
Louisiana -- Terrebonne Parish
Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.)
Scope and Contents:
Illustration of the hotel courts: the buildings are shaped in the style of the Alamo in Texas. The postcard advertises the chain of hotels with locations in Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana.
General:
Series 1, Box 7, U.S.A.--Louisiana--New Orleans--General.
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research use.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Taverns (Inns)  Search this
advertising -- Hotels, taverns, etc. -- 1920-1930  Search this
Automobile travel -- 1920-1930  Search this
Genre/Form:
Postcards -- 1920-1930
Picture postcards -- 1920-1930
Collection Citation:
Victor A. Blenkle Postcard Collection, c. 1880-c. 1970, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution,
See more items in:
Victor A. Blenkle Postcard Collection
Victor A. Blenkle Postcard Collection / Series 1: Geographical Locations within United States / Louisiana - New Orleans - General
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8c0ee927c-1ddd-4c2b-9983-009186f33881
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0200-ref2206

Greetings from Texas: The Lone Star state [postcard book]

Topic:
Ethnic Imagery Project, Archives Center
Publisher:
E. C. Kroop Co. Publ. Milwuakee  Search this
Collection Creator:
National Philatelic Collection, Smithsonian Institution.  Search this
Blenkle, Victor A., Dr., 1900-1978 (physician)  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (color, 3-1/2" x 5-1/2".)
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Picture postcards
Place:
Texas -- History -- 1846-1950
Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.)
Scope and Contents:
Postcard book depicts various scenes from Texas mythology: the Alamo, "Judge Roy Bean, the law west of Pecos, holding court...trying a horse thief...", cattle and cotton farms during harvest season. The booklet includes a postcard-length history of Texas, from Republic to state to Confederacy to Union membership. The images include Texas industries such as oil, cotton, cattle, etc.
General:
Series 1, Box 13--U.S.A.--Texas.
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research use.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Agriculture -- Texas  Search this
Industries, Regional  Search this
Historic sites -- Texas  Search this
Genre/Form:
Postcards -- 1900-1920
Picture postcards -- 1900-1920
Collection Citation:
Victor A. Blenkle Postcard Collection, c. 1880-c. 1970, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution,
See more items in:
Victor A. Blenkle Postcard Collection
Victor A. Blenkle Postcard Collection / Series 1: Geographical Locations within United States / Texas - Geographical Views
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8051b656c-481b-4b98-9063-1d4c99df5d25
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0200-ref2239

Greetings from San Antonio, Texas. Alamo built in 1718 [picture postcard]

Topic:
Ethnic Imagery Project, Archives Center
Publisher:
Nic. Tengg, San Antonio, Texas  Search this
Collection Creator:
National Philatelic Collection, Smithsonian Institution.  Search this
Blenkle, Victor A., Dr., 1900-1978 (physician)  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (color, 3-1/2" x 5-1/2".)
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Picture postcards
Place:
San Antonio (Tex.)
Texas -- History -- to 1846
Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.)
Scope and Contents:
Color-tinted photograph of the Alamo, San Antonio, Texas.
General:
Series 1, Box 13, USA--Texas.
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research use.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Historic sites -- Texas  Search this
Texas War of Independence  Search this
Military history  Search this
Genre/Form:
Postcards -- 1900-1920
Picture postcards -- 1900-1920
Collection Citation:
Victor A. Blenkle Postcard Collection, c. 1880-c. 1970, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution,
See more items in:
Victor A. Blenkle Postcard Collection
Victor A. Blenkle Postcard Collection / Series 1: Geographical Locations within United States / Texas - San Antonio
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8609c025a-0f6b-4e82-950c-971e6ee3a653
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0200-ref2240

Dawn at the Alamo / Battle at San Jacinto [picture postcard]

Topic:
Ethnic Imagery Project, Archives Center
Collector:
Blenkle, Victor A., Dr., 1900-1978 (physician)  Search this
Names:
Houston, Samuel  Search this
Collection Creator:
National Philatelic Collection, Smithsonian Institution.  Search this
Blenkle, Victor A., Dr., 1900-1978 (physician)  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (color, 3-1/2" x 5-1/2".)
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Picture postcards
Place:
San Antonio (Tex.)
San Jacinto County (Tex.)
Mexico -- 1900-1920
Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.)
Scope and Contents:
Inserts from Postcard booklet in record BL401. The images depict points in major battles in the war between Texas independence advocates and the Unionist forces of Mexico.
General:
Series I, Box 13, U.S.A.--Texas-Geographical views.
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research use.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
San Jacinto, Battle of, 1836  Search this
Mexican War, 1846-1848  Search this
Genre/Form:
Postcards -- 1900-1920
Picture postcards -- 1900-1920
Collection Citation:
Victor A. Blenkle Postcard Collection, c. 1880-c. 1970, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution,
See more items in:
Victor A. Blenkle Postcard Collection
Victor A. Blenkle Postcard Collection / Series 1: Geographical Locations within United States / Texas - Geographical Views
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep88de5040e-3714-425c-8fef-f4c1051672cb
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0200-ref2300

Greetings from Texas [picture postcard]

Topic:
Ethnic Imagery Project, Archives Center
Publisher:
E. C. Kroop Co. Publ. Milwuakee  Search this
Collection Creator:
National Philatelic Collection, Smithsonian Institution.  Search this
Blenkle, Victor A., Dr., 1900-1978 (physician)  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (color, 3-1/2" x 5-1/2".)
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Picture postcards
Place:
Texas
Mexico
Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.)
Scope and Contents:
Insert from the postcard booklet titled "Greetings from Texas: the Lone Star State." There are men sitting outside of a building that houses the sheriff and town judge. The scene includes men on horses, and on the left, dark brown men on horses. The shot is arranged like a scene in a movie Western.
General:
Series I, Box 13, U.S.A.--Texas--Geographical views.
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research use.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Criminal justice  Search this
Vigilantes  Search this
Agriculture  Search this
Posses  Search this
Genre/Form:
Postcards -- 1900-1920
Picture postcards -- 1900-1920
Collection Citation:
Victor A. Blenkle Postcard Collection, c. 1880-c. 1970, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution,
See more items in:
Victor A. Blenkle Postcard Collection
Victor A. Blenkle Postcard Collection / Series 1: Geographical Locations within United States / Texas - Geographical Views
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep80324b2d4-6dcb-4c24-8455-62472c3a8b1b
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0200-ref2302

Under Six Flags, showing the Alamo, Built 1718, San Antonio [picture postcard]

Topic:
Ethnic Imagery Project, Archives Center
Publisher:
E. C. Kroop Co. Publ. Milwuakee  Search this
Collection Creator:
National Philatelic Collection, Smithsonian Institution.  Search this
Blenkle, Victor A., Dr., 1900-1978 (physician)  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (color, 3-1/2" x 5-1/2".)
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Picture postcards
Place:
Texas -- 1890-1920
San Antonio (Tex.)
Mexico
Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.)
Scope and Contents:
Insert from the postcard booklet titled "Greetings from Texas: the Lone Star State." It depicts the Alamo with six flags of Texas flying over the old fort.
General:
Series I, Box 13, U.S.A., Texas-Geographical views.
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research use.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Nationalism  Search this
Genre/Form:
Postcards -- 1900-1920
Picture postcards -- 1900-1920
Collection Citation:
Victor A. Blenkle Postcard Collection, c. 1880-c. 1970, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution,
See more items in:
Victor A. Blenkle Postcard Collection
Victor A. Blenkle Postcard Collection / Series 1: Geographical Locations within United States / Texas - Geographical Views
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep82e550cf3-2e38-4877-974c-c0678c8ebc34
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0200-ref2303

On historic ground--President McKinley and Gov. Sayers at Plaza Alamo, San Antonio, Texas. [Active no. 4888 : stereo photonegative.]

Topic:
McKINLEY TOUR
Publisher:
Underwood & Underwood  Search this
Names:
McKinley, William, 1843-1901 (President)  Search this
Sayers, Governor  Search this
Collection Creator:
Underwood & Underwood  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (3-3/4" x 7".)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Stereoscopic photographs
Place:
Alamo Plaza (San Antonio, Tex.)
San Antonio (Tex.)
Texas
Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.)
Local Numbers:
RSN 14103
General:
Currently stored in box 3.1.28 [115], moved from [128].
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. The original glass plate is available for inspection if necessary in the Archives Center. A limited number of fragile glass negatives and positives in the collection can be viewed directly in the Archives Center by prior appointment. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Political campaigns -- Texas  Search this
Presidents -- Texas  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs -- 1900-1910 -- Black-and-white negatives -- Glass
Stereoscopic photographs
Collection Citation:
Underwood &Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
See more items in:
Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection
Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection / Series 3: Underwood & Underwood glass plates / 3.1: Underwood and Underwood Negatives / RSN Numbers 14092-14155
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep88dd1d497-6bf1-482d-9356-042304b397f1
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0143-ref10704

Inherit the Alamo : myth and ritual at an American shrine / Holly Beachley Brear

Author:
Brear, Holly Beachley 1954-  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 184 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm
Type:
Folklore
Place:
Texas
San Antonio
Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.)
San Antonio (Tex.)
Date:
1995
Topic:
Folklore  Search this
Symbolic anthropology  Search this
Hispanic Americans  Search this
Hispanic Americans--Ethnic identity  Search this
History  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_473687

Remembering the Alamo : memory, modernity, and the master symbol / by Richard R. Flores

Author:
Flores, Richard R  Search this
Physical description:
xxi, 192 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Texas
Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.)
Date:
2002
1846-1950
Topic:
Memory--Social aspects  Search this
Symbolism--Social aspects  Search this
Popular culture  Search this
White people--Social conditions  Search this
Mexican Americans--Social conditions  Search this
Siege, 1836  Search this
Influence  Search this
Ethnic relations  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_738804

Duel of eagles : the Mexican and U.S. fight for the Alamo / Jeff Long

Author:
Long, Jeff  Search this
Physical description:
431 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.)
Texas
Date:
1990
Revolution, 1835-1836
Topic:
Siege, 1836  Search this
History  Search this
Call number:
F390 .L63 1990X
F390.L63 1990X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_396723

James Bowie : Texas fighting man : a biography / Clifford Hopewell

Author:
Hopewell, Clifford 1914-  Search this
Subject:
Bowie, Jim 1796?-1836  Search this
Physical description:
xvi, 155 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
Texas
Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.)
Date:
1994
C1994
Revolution, 1835-1836
Topic:
Pioneers  Search this
Siege, 1836  Search this
History  Search this
Call number:
CT275.B784 H7 1994
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_481480

Alamo defenders : a genealogy, the people and their words / by Bill Groneman

Author:
Groneman, Bill  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, 185 p., [11] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm
Type:
Books
Genealogy
Place:
Texas
San Antonio
Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.)
Date:
1990
C1990
Topic:
Soldiers--Registers  Search this
Registers of births, etc  Search this
Siege, 1836  Search this
Registers  Search this
Biography  Search this
Call number:
F390 .G84 1990X
F390.G84 1990X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_408305

Hortense T. Ferne negatives and prints

Creator:
Ferne, Hortense T., 1885-1976  Search this
Names:
Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo (San Antonio, Tex.)  Search this
Extent:
180 Acetate negatives (black and white, 5 x 7 inches.)
71 Photographic prints (gelatin silver, 10 x 13 inches.)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Acetate negatives
Photographic prints
Black-and-white negatives
Photographs
Gelatin silver prints
Place:
Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.)
Teotihuacán Site (San Juan Teotihuacán, Mexico)
Date:
1932-1933
Summary:
This collection contains 180 black-and-white acetate negatives and 71 gelatin silver prints taken by American artist Hortense Ferne. The images depict scenes of everyday life in the Mexican states of Oaxaca, Puebla, Morales, Guerrero and the Federal District, as well as the Teotihuacán archaeological site. A few images of San Jose Mission and the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, are also present.
Arrangement note:
Negatives: organized in individual sleeves; arranged by image number.

Prints: organized in boxes; arranged by image number.
Biographical/Historical note:
Hortense T. Ferne (1885-1976) was a 20th century lithographer and painter who studied with Charles Webster Hawthorne and William Merritt Chase. Her work was exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the Smithsonian Institution, the Library of Congress and the Philadelphia Museum of Fine Arts. She was also commissioned by the Library of Congress to create lithographic portraits of prominent American statesmen.
Restrictions:
Access is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment.
Rights:
Copyright: National Museum of the American Indian.
Topic:
Indians of Mexico -- Mexico -- Guerrero (State)  Search this
Indians of Mexico -- Mexico -- Puebla (State)  Search this
Indians of Mexico -- Mexico -- Distrito Federal  Search this
Indians of Mexico -- Mexico -- Oaxaca (State)  Search this
Indians of Mexico -- Mexico -- Morelos (State)  Search this
Genre/Form:
Black-and-white negatives
Photographs
Gelatin silver prints
Citation:
Hortense T. Ferne negatives and prints, National Museum of the American Indian Archives, Smithsonian Institution (negative, slide or catalog number).
Identifier:
NMAI.AC.045
Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv448482e0b-bfeb-42ce-9eb7-d82a83dd9c38
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmai-ac-045

David Crockett : hero of the common man / William Groneman, III

Author:
Groneman, Bill  Search this
Subject:
Crockett, Davy 1786-1836  Search this
United States Congress House  Search this
Physical description:
207 p. ; 20 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
Tennessee
United States
Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.)
Date:
2005
Topic:
Pioneers  Search this
Frontier and pioneer life  Search this
Legislators  Search this
Soldiers  Search this
Siege, 1836  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_785275

Uniforms of the Alamo and the Texas Revolution and the men who wore them, 1835-1836 / Bruce Marshall

Author:
Marshall, Bruce  Search this
Subject:
Texas Army Uniforms  Search this
Mexico Ejército Uniforms  Search this
Physical description:
79 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.)
Texas
Date:
2003
C2003
Revolution, 1835-1836
Topic:
Siege, 1836  Search this
History  Search this
Equipment and supplies  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_816959

American legend : the real-life adventures of David Crockett / Buddy Levy

Author:
Levy, Buddy 1960-  Search this
Subject:
Crockett, Davy 1786-1836  Search this
United States Congress House  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 339 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
Tennessee
United States
Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.)
Date:
2005
C2005
Topic:
Pioneers  Search this
Frontier and pioneer life  Search this
Legislators  Search this
Soldiers  Search this
Siege, 1836  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_801169

The Alamo Mission : San Antonio de Valero, 1718-1793 / by Marion A. Habig

Author:
Habig, Marion Alphonse 1901-  Search this
Physical description:
104 p. : ill. ; 19 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.)
Date:
1977
C1977
Call number:
F394.S2H263X 1977
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_345392

Exhibiting patriotism : creating and contesting interpretations of American historic sites / Teresa Bergman

Author:
Bergman, Teresa  Search this
Subject:
California State Railroad Museum  Search this
Physical description:
253 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.)
Mount Rushmore National Memorial (S.D.)
Date:
2013
C2013
Topic:
Historic sites--Interpretive programs  Search this
Visitors' centers  Search this
Historiography--Social aspects  Search this
USS Arizona Memorial (Hawaii)  Search this
Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1024835

The Alamo, San Antonio, Tex., (sculpture)

Sculptor:
Noonan, Will H.  Search this
Medium:
Plaster
Type:
Sculptures-Relief
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library at the Alamo San Antonio Texas 78299 Accession Number: 3056
Date:
Copyrighted in 1910
Topic:
Architecture--Religious--Alamo  Search this
Architecture--Military  Search this
History--United States--Texas  Search this
Architecture--Religious--Church  Search this
Control number:
IAS 52180003
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_24949

Excavations at the Alamo Shrine : (Mission San Antonio de Valero) / Jack D. Eaton

Author:
Eaton, Jack D  Search this
Physical description:
iv leaves, 69 p. : ill. ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Texas
San Antonio
Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.)
San Antonio (Tex.)
Date:
1980
Topic:
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Call number:
F394.S2 E27 1980X
F394.S2E27 1980X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_143039

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