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Post by neferetus on Feb 25, 2008 11:29:57 GMT -5
I guess it all began with Theodore Gentilz's 1885 painting, FALL OF THE ALAMO. Based upon an 1844 sketch the artist did, the painting depicts what the compound looked like in 1844, not 1836. By that time, the roof of the hospital portion of the Long Barrack had fallen in, giving it that awkward look. Too, while all of the barack doors appear to be squared off here, the 1844 sketch shows some of them to be rounded. As for the appearence of the south wall, Gentilz seems to have fallen back on a faulty memory, as he shows the wall with stones laid out in the pattern of bricks, rather than in the rough limestone style of the rest of the compound. With all its failings, this image nevertheless remains my favorite overview of the battle.  |
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Post by neferetus on Feb 25, 2008 11:35:22 GMT -5
 While Gentilz set the stage, Frederick Ray's wonderful 1955 birdseye view set the pattern for Alamo overviews to come. Al Ybarra was even inspired to base his Waynamo compound on Ray's sketch. |
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Post by neferetus on Feb 25, 2008 11:38:10 GMT -5
 This overview of the Alamo, taken from a late 1950's DRT pamphlet shows a turret over the main gate. |
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Post by neferetus on Feb 25, 2008 11:41:07 GMT -5
 This one is from an historical map I got of the Alamo from 1966. Based upon Reuben Potter's plat, it better shows the true scope of the Alamo compound. |
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Post by neferetus on Feb 25, 2008 11:46:14 GMT -5
 This overview of the compound is from a 1961 paperback of Lon Tinkle's 13 DAYS TO GLORY. It did not appear in the 1958 first edition of the book. |
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Post by neferetus on Feb 25, 2008 11:48:26 GMT -5
 This one, of the Alamo as a mission, was apparently done by the same artist who did the late 1950's DRT pamphlet. |
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Post by neferetus on Feb 25, 2008 11:52:13 GMT -5
 This violent overview by J. Hefer appears in the mid-1960's book TEXAS IN REVOLT. |
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Post by neferetus on Feb 25, 2008 11:56:02 GMT -5
 This strange overview of the Alamo compound is from around 1915. |
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Post by neferetus on Feb 25, 2008 12:00:05 GMT -5
 Gary Zaboly's wonderful overview , from the 1990's. |
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Post by neferetus on Feb 25, 2008 12:03:57 GMT -5
 This unusual overview of the Alamo used to be on sale in the Alamo giftshop, back in the 1970's. |
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Post by neferetus on Feb 25, 2008 12:05:55 GMT -5
 This overview is from a 1961 child's stampbook of the Alamo. |
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Post by neferetus on Feb 25, 2008 12:10:18 GMT -5
 This overview graces the end boards of Walter Lord's 1961 book, A TIME TO STAND. |
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Post by neferetus on Feb 25, 2008 12:11:48 GMT -5
 from a 1964 READER'S DIGEST scholastic book. |
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Post by neferetus on Feb 25, 2008 12:16:29 GMT -5
 From a 1955 issue of TRUE WEST Magazine. (Note tower on Long Barrack.) |
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Post by neferetus on Feb 25, 2008 12:19:11 GMT -5
 Mike Water's overview, based on a model at the Alamo, not Mike's own research. This appears in the LONG BARRACK MUSEUM book. |
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Post by neferetus on Feb 25, 2008 12:24:24 GMT -5
 From William Weber Johnson's 1960 book, THE BIRTH OF TEXAS. (artist, Herb Mott) |
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Post by neferetus on Feb 25, 2008 12:31:33 GMT -5
 From the READER'S DIGEST condensed version of A TIME TO STAND, 1961. |
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Post by neferetus on Feb 25, 2008 12:39:36 GMT -5
 Geroge Nelson's 1998 overview. |
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Post by neferetus on Feb 25, 2008 12:41:54 GMT -5
 Endsheet's to Lon Tinkle's 1964 book, THE VALIANT FEW. |
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Post by neferetus on Feb 25, 2008 12:53:34 GMT -5
 If the Alamo had been as small as depicted in this 1970 illustration, perhaps the defenders could've held, after all. |
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