Alamo Images

ALAMO IMAGES CHANGING VIEWS OF THE MISSION SAN ANTONIO DE VALERO
	The church of San Antonio de Valero, better known as the Alamo, would have looked something like this had it been completed according to plan. The original design of the church has frequently been likened to that of nearby Mission Concepción with a full three-level baroque retable facade, flanking bell towers, and a central dome topping the characteristic crusiform floorplan. ©2004, Alamo de Parras
	MissionConcepción, 1886 Mission Concepción, near San Antonio, is thought to resemble the intended design of the Alamo chapel. DeGolyer Library
	José Juan Sánchez Navarro, ca. 1835-36. Earliest known view of the Alamo. Western Americana Collection Beinecke Library, Yale University
	At left is the mission's supposed appearance in 1836. Notice the absence of the two upper windows. Those were placed there by the U.S. Army around 1850. The conjectural view is based on early period drawings and the one known photo of the Alamo taken before the U.S. Army reconstruction. ©2004, Alamo de Parras
	Mary Ann Adams Maverick, watercolor, ca. 1838 Earliest known post-battle view of the Alamo ruins. From Rena Maverick Green, Samuel Maverick, Texan, 1803-1870, 1952
	Thomas Falconer, April 22, 1841 Watercolor sketch, inscribed "Entrance to Church, within the Alamo at Bexar, Texas..." Western Americana Collection, Beinecke Library, Yale University
	William Bollaert, 1843 Pencil sketch showing the south wall of low barracks (left), the church, and two small houses next to the Alamo. Edward E. Ayer Collection, the Newberry Library, Chicago
	Jacob Edmund Blake-Sketch, 1845 National Archives
	Edward Everett, watercolor, 1847 View of the Alamo church. Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth
	Edward Everett "Interior View of the Church of the Alamo," watercolor, 1847. Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth
	Sketch by Seth Eastman, 1848 McNay Art Institute, San Antonio, Texas. UT Institute of Texan Cultures
	Edward Everett Sketch, 1848 Documentation of U.S. Army repairs for that year. National Archives
	Arthur T. Lee, ca.1848 Watercolor view of Alamo ruins. In the background are several of the old Indian houses built along the outer west wall. Rochester Historical Society, Rochester, New York
	Seth Eastman, 1848-49 "Mexican houses in San Antonio, Texas. Part of the Alamo," from Seth Eastman Sketchbook, 1848-49, pencil on paper. McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Gift of the Pearl Brewing Company
	1849 Daguerrotype, Photographer Unknown. This rare image of the Alamo chapel, is the earliest known extant photograph taken in Texas. This image of the internationally recognized Alamo facade is of particular historical importance because it is the only known photograph of the Alamo taken before it was repaired and rebuilt by the U.S. Army in 1850. At that time the army altered the appearance of the Alamo in several ways, including adding the distinctive curved gable at the top of the church facade, which is perhaps its best known feature. Little is known of the daguerreotype's history, but there is evidence that it may have been given to the Batterson family of New England by Edward Miles, a local official in Bexar County during the late 1840s and 1850s. It was recently purchased at an estate auction in New England by William S. Reese, a rare book dealer in New Haven, Connecticut. The Center for American History bought the daguerreotype from Reese with funds donated for that purpose by former Texas governor Dolph Briscoe Jr. and his wife, former University of Texas System regent Janey Briscoe. Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.
	Hermann Lungkwitz. 1850 Detail of lithograph. The Alamo chapel From a reproduction by Historic Urban Plans, 1975
	Lithograph after Hermann Lungkwitz, ca. 1852 The growing city of San Antonio in 1852 surrounds the Alamo church, far right, seen from the rear with new Army roof and gable. From a reproduction by Historic Urban Plans, 1975
	Alamo buildings in use as Army supply depot, ca. 1850-1870. The San Antonio Light Collection, UT Institute of Texan Cultures
	Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, 1854. Picture depicting he Alamo as a stylish promenade ground. DRT Library at the Alamo, San Antonio, TX
	Grenet's Alamo Store 1880-82 Hugo Grenet's Alamo store located in the converted convent building, seen here in an etching made between 1880 and 1882 and reprinted in Adina de Zavala's History and Legends of the Alamo, 1917. From Adina De Zavala, History and Legends of the Alamo, 1917
	Jean Louis Theodore Gentilz, ca. 1885 "Fall of the Alamo," oil painting. Destroyed ca. 1906. Courtesy DRT Library at the Alamo, San Antonio
	The Alamo and Hugo and Schmeltzer Building, ca. 1890. UT Institute of Texan Cultures
	John A. Beckmann,Sketch, ca. 1895 Conjectural view of the Alamo ruins in 1845. Issued on a souvenir photograph by J. Eckerskorn of San Antonio. Note the presence of the two upper windows in the chapel. These did not exist until the U.S. Army's restoration in the early 1850's. Courtesy DRT Library at the Alamo, San Antonio
	Anonymous, "Alamo Church" , 19th Century Anonymous painting, probably nineteenth century, of the "Alamo Church." A stucco coating is clearly visible on the walls. DRT Library at the Alamo, San Antonio
	Alamo Plaza, ca. 1900, showing one of the nearby saloons. DRT Library at the Alamo, San Antonio
	The Alamo. Souvenir of the Picturesque Alamo City, 1907 Postcard from San Antonio Traction Company
	The Alamo. Souvenir Postcard, 1908 Tinted Black & White Photo Collection of Randell Tarín
	The Alamo. Souvenir Postcard, ca. 1900 Collection of Randell Tarín
	The Alamo Plaza Souvenir Postcard, ca. 1900 Collection of Randell Tarín
	Alamo Plaza Souvenir Postcard, ca. 1900 Collection of Randell Tarín
	Post card (ca. 1910 )showing a rare view of the Church's Interior. Notice the ceiling. Compare it to the image below. Private Collection
	Interior Views of the Alamo Shrine. Photos by Bill Reaves © Texas Parks & Wildlife
	Robert Julian Onderdonk, ca. 1910-20 "Christmas at the Alamo," oil painting. From a private collection.
	Rolla Taylor, ca. 1911 Conjectural view of the Alamo, drawn for Adina De Zavala. DeGolyer Library
	Alamo chapel and convent building in 1912, with Grenet's wooden arcades partially removed. San Antonio Museum Association, San Antonio
	Alamo grounds, ca. 1912-13, showing surviving convent walls. DRT Library at the Alamo, San Antonio See:Too Much Rain Cracks West Wall of Alamo Fort. San Antonio Express, Thursday, Oct. 9, 1913.
	Eugene O. Goldbeck, ca. 1919 Alamo Plaza Photography Collection Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center University of Texas at Austin
	Alamo grounds, 1937, showing demolition of neighboring buildings. San Antonio Light Collection, University of Texas Institute of Texan Cultures at San Antonio
	Andrew Jackson Houston , 1938 View of the Alamo adapted from the Sánchez Navarro view. The inaccurate church facade was not visible in the original. From Lenoir Hunt, Bluebonnets and Blood, 1938
	Movie Set John Wayne's The Alamo, designed by Alfred Ybarra and erected at Brackettville, Texas, ca. 1957-59. This full-scale adobe replica of the Alamo recalls John Beckmanns's late-nineteenth-century conjectural view of the ruins. The second-story outer windows cut through by the U.S. Army are present, while the ruined skyline has been raised at the center to approximate the now-familiar arched gable also added by the U.S. Army. Statues that were probably on the original, are conspicuously missing from the niches. © 1960 United Artist. Used with permission.
	The Losoya Home Excavation of the Alamo's west wall in 1979-80, showing two-room residence of the family of Alamo defender José Toribio Losoya. Today, visitors to San Antonio can still see portions of this excavation. It's located at the top of the entrance stairway to the San Antonio Riverwalk directly across the street from the Alamo chapel. Center for Archaeological Research, UT San Antonio
	This is the Alamo facade as it appears today.