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Post by neferetus on Nov 15, 2007 18:33:24 GMT -5
Here's a couple more of Tony Pasqua's Alamo Village photos from 1976. Interior of the Waynamo chapel.
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Post by neferetus on Nov 15, 2007 18:35:27 GMT -5
Notice how badly damaged the platform support is! Tony was certainly brave, climbing that ladder and all.
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Post by seguin on Nov 15, 2007 19:08:06 GMT -5
I hope he stayed on the ladder and stayed away from the platform... ;D
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Post by neferetus on Nov 15, 2007 20:11:51 GMT -5
I hope he stayed on the ladder and stayed away from the platform... ;D He says that he stood on the platform, but not for long. Those wild and crazy Italians!
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Post by seguin on Nov 15, 2007 21:29:31 GMT -5
That´s right! And those wild and crazy Alamaniacs...
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Post by neferetus on Nov 15, 2007 21:44:53 GMT -5
That´s right! And those wild and crazy Alamaniacs... Yeah, in retrospect, I wish I'd gone up that ladder back when I had the opportunity to do so. By 1980, both platform and ladder were history. To this day, Rich Curilla maintains that he does not know where the platform rests. Says it may be in the "boneyard". For those of you who have been there, the "boneyard" is on top of Parson Hill, directly behing the Waynamo set. A lot of old film wreckage is there, from various productions.
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Post by Bromhead24 on Nov 16, 2007 12:22:54 GMT -5
Thats one place i never visited and wish i had..
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Post by neferetus on Nov 16, 2007 19:04:43 GMT -5
Thats one place i never visited and wish i had.. Yeah, I hope that it's still there. With the Village changing hands, who knows what the future may hold in store for the "boneyard".
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Post by Bromhead24 on Nov 16, 2007 19:33:18 GMT -5
While i talked to Rich on many occasions during my many visits to Alamo village (he wore a beard), we where just turistas to him so he never bothered to give me a "special" tour of the village, although he let my family go thru the gate free of charge many times when he manned the ticket booth at the main gate.
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Post by neferetus on Nov 16, 2007 19:59:21 GMT -5
Well that is something. I never saw Rich man the ticket booth at the gate before.
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Post by neferetus on Nov 17, 2007 12:40:02 GMT -5
Here are some more of Tony Pasqua's photos from 1976. Thanks, Tony!
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Post by neferetus on Nov 17, 2007 12:40:38 GMT -5
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Post by neferetus on Nov 17, 2007 12:41:03 GMT -5
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Post by neferetus on Nov 17, 2007 12:41:31 GMT -5
Then and now.
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Post by neferetus on Nov 17, 2007 12:42:13 GMT -5
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Post by neferetus on Nov 17, 2007 12:43:08 GMT -5
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Post by neferetus on Nov 17, 2007 12:47:39 GMT -5
The buildings from John Ford's TWO RODE TOGETHER sure do block the view of the hotel and Cantina, don't they? Someone asked in an earlier post whether new Alamo Village owner David Jones would tear down these buildings. I replied, probably not. They are a part of Alamo Village History themselves. And, like the real San Antonio itself, this San Antonio has grown over the years.
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Post by seguin on Nov 17, 2007 20:33:39 GMT -5
Great pics! Interesting to compare the ones from ´59 with those from ´76! Thanks, Ned...
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Post by neferetus on Nov 18, 2007 14:31:57 GMT -5
Ae you going to be able to make it to San Antonio this March, Hans? A side trip to Brackettville will definately be in the plans.
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Post by seguin on Nov 18, 2007 22:08:51 GMT -5
Ae you going to be able to make it to San Antonio this March, Hans? A side trip to Brackettville will definately be in the plans. I don´t know for sure. I hope so. I´m working on it. What it boils down to - as always - is money. I don´t know if I´ll be able to get the money together. That´s the problem. If I can manage it Brackettville will of course be a must. To travel all the way to Texas and not see Alamo Village would be really be a let down. A trip to Seguin and Goliad would also be nice...
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