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Post by jkh on Apr 24, 2014 17:14:33 GMT -5
Hi
I am posting some photos of the Alamo from 1916, these were taken by some Ohio NG troops on their way to the Mexican border. I hope they might be of interest.
Kurt.
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Post by jkh on Apr 24, 2014 17:16:59 GMT -5
Two more. Kurt.   |
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Post by TRK on Apr 24, 2014 19:07:53 GMT -5
Spectacular! Thanks!
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Post by Rich Curilla on Apr 24, 2014 20:30:11 GMT -5
Very nice find! Important structural details can be seen clearly. Thanks.
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Post by Jim Boylston on Apr 25, 2014 8:03:47 GMT -5
Fabulous! These are totally new to me. Great find!
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Post by jkh on Apr 25, 2014 9:47:48 GMT -5
I am glad they have been of interest. They are from a photo album I have of an Ohio NG unit, most of them are from the Mexican Border. There are about 700+ photos in total, the above I recognised as the Alamo straight away. There are a couple of others showing some cannon, I must stress I do not think they are Alamo related but if of interest I can post one as members might be able to identify something from the photo, or what the cannon are.
Thanks
Kurt
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Post by martyb on Apr 25, 2014 10:11:12 GMT -5
I am glad they have been of interest. They are from a photo album I have of an Ohio NG unit, most of them are from the Mexican Border. There are about 700+ photos in total, the above I recognised as the Alamo straight away. There are a couple of others showing some cannon, I must stress I do not think they are Alamo related but if of interest I can post one as members might be able to identify something from the photo, or what the cannon are. Thanks Kurt My name is Marty Brazil and I would like permission from you to post these wonderful images on another site. If you will grant that permission please give me your name,so I can credit the source,and any information that would be pertinent about the Ohio NG Unit...Some of the members on this site (like me) belong to the other site but not all...I feel your photographs are a wonderful addition to Alamo knowledge and would like to share with other students of the Alamo... Thank you, Your Obd't Marty Brazil |
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Post by jkh on Apr 25, 2014 10:30:41 GMT -5
Hi Marty
Yes please feel free to share them on the other site.
There is no other information available on the particular unit, it took a bit of detective work to identify who they were, it had to be done by seeing "OHIO" stamped on a canteen and the same on an officers collar insignia, other than that there was no further information.
Regards
Kurt Hughes
United Kingdom
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Post by martyb on Apr 25, 2014 10:54:33 GMT -5
Thank you very much...
Marty Brazil
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Post by jkh on May 4, 2014 11:11:17 GMT -5
The following photos are from the same album and possibly the same page (some photos are loose), anyone have any ideas about them, either possible place or when the cannon might date to or if they are US. Kurt.   |
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Post by Rich Curilla on May 4, 2014 19:26:54 GMT -5
Well, all I can bring to the table is the obvious. This is not at the Alamo or even in Texas. My uneducated guess is pre-Texas revolution and up north someplace (due to the look of walls and trees). (??)
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Post by edward on May 9, 2014 0:49:45 GMT -5
Has anyone seen or have Eugene Goldbeck's full resolution panoramic photos of the Alamo Area. They have some of his amazing photos in the Library of Congress but non of the Alamo that I could find. He is one very interesting character. If you have time read - "Interview with Eugene O. Goldbeck, 1983". ---Google---
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Post by Rich Curilla on May 10, 2014 18:10:18 GMT -5
Not high-resolution. Thanks.
I also have a hard-copy print of another Goldbeck Alamo panorama, taken from further north on the roof of the west-wall buildings. My print is about two feet wide. The shot includes the 20-mule-team Borax wagon (and 20 mules) parked along the front of the long barrack. Very sharp image.
Eugene's grandson (I think) is still doing these! I met him at Alamo Village when he gave Virginia Shahan two then-current framed panoramas of the Alamo, one in the daytime and one at night with the wet streets glistening. They are, of course, in color and quite splendid.
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Post by edward on May 12, 2014 11:43:05 GMT -5
Kurt,
Thanks for posting these great photos of the Alamo (1916).
Wow, Rich that sounds like some great photos.
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Post by Allen Wiener on May 13, 2014 14:27:00 GMT -5
Great photo! Thanks for posting. Shows how shabby the treatment of the Alamo was for a long time; all those commercial displays. The hawkers across the street now don't look that bad in comparison. At least they aren't on the actual Alamo grounds.
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