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Post by neferetus on Oct 13, 2010 1:33:02 GMT -5
I've tried to post several times and the site wouldn't let me. I've got some Alamo pics I'd like to share. Hi Powderkeg. Try checking the size of the photos, as there is a limit to what the attachment function will allow. My own camera produces way oversized images and I have to go to paintbrush to shrink them down for posting purposes. |
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Post by neferetus on Oct 17, 2010 23:12:45 GMT -5
 Up close and personal. |
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Post by neferetus on Jan 14, 2011 21:10:37 GMT -5
1928 transparency. Attachments:
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Post by neferetus on Jan 18, 2011 22:12:36 GMT -5
 The Alamo today, as seen from The Perch. Bright, sunshiny day, for a change. |
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Post by neferetus on Jan 22, 2011 14:05:48 GMT -5
 Alamo Plaza, just the other day. |
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Post by neferetus on Feb 14, 2011 22:25:47 GMT -5
1909 postcard. Attachments:
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Post by Bromhead24 on Feb 16, 2011 12:06:10 GMT -5
Alamo Plaza, just the other day. Isn't that railed in section on the right the location of the main gate lunnette? |
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Post by neferetus on Feb 17, 2011 18:49:35 GMT -5
No Mike, the railing ends at the east end of the Low Barrack foundation. From that point, the palisade would run all the way to the church. The location of the main gate and lunnete would be on the other (west) end of the Barrack. As the photos below indicate, the main gate would actually be at just the point where the Low Barrack foundation ends in the 2nd photo. When people walk along that sidewalk on Alamo Plaza few realize that they are actually going in and out of the Alamo's main gate. I hope that this explanation and accompanying photos help.  |
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Post by neferetus on Feb 24, 2011 16:58:07 GMT -5
I have always liked that painting, it's too bad that the original was destroyed in a fire. Every time i see it it is small on the page. Is there any large jpegs i can download? Well Mike the original, like many of Gentilz's paintings, was only 5x7 to begin with. Attachments:
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Post by neferetus on Mar 21, 2011 23:12:56 GMT -5
 The Alamo, MArch 21, 2011. Not as crowded as during HHDs. |
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Post by neferetus on Mar 23, 2011 1:02:14 GMT -5
Here's something you don't often see, the back of the Alamo hump.   An even closer view. |
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Post by Rick on Mar 23, 2011 21:23:20 GMT -5
The back of the Hump -- now that is cool. Them zoom lenses are neat, aren't they.
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Post by gtj222 on Mar 28, 2011 10:51:20 GMT -5
That is cool!!!
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Post by powderkeg on Mar 31, 2011 21:59:23 GMT -5
Myself and my brother Bruce today by the Davy Crockett monument in Odessa, Texas, 200 miles west of San Antonio. (Odessa is the county seat of Crockett County.) Not to be critical, but Ozona is the seat of Crockett County and is about 135 miles southeast of Odessa. Odessa doesn't have a monument to David Crockett because he wasn't in the oil business.  |
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Post by neferetus on Apr 15, 2011 15:12:06 GMT -5
Thanks for clarifying that, powderkeg. Oh well, at least I remembered that it was was of those "O" citites in Texas.  |
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Post by neferetus on May 6, 2011 23:06:58 GMT -5
 The Alamo today. |
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Post by neferetus on May 8, 2011 11:52:37 GMT -5
Had a spot of luck in acquiring some black and white snapshots from somebody's 1959 trip to the Alamo and San Antonio. Enjoy.  Rugged, roofless, shrub-covered Long Barrack. |
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Post by neferetus on May 8, 2011 11:53:27 GMT -5
 Groundskeeper mowing the Campo Santo in front of the Alamo chapel facade. |
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Post by neferetus on May 8, 2011 11:55:42 GMT -5
 View of the courtyard gates as seen from the chapel facade. Looks like some Kudzu vine has attacked the courtyard wall, doesn't it? |
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Post by Rick on May 8, 2011 21:40:08 GMT -5
Boy, the place sure looked different, back in the day. I'd forgotten how shrub-laden the area was back then.
Makes one appreciate how open it is now, though I still wish that olive tree would go, along with the trees by the cenotaph.
Thanks for posting. Nice low-angle shot, too. Did you stretch out on the ground to frame it in your viewfinder, or does your camera have one of those twistable viewers?
Mine has the latter, for which my back and knees continue to say thanks.
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