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Post by neferetus on Apr 21, 2005 17:04:39 GMT -5
 Referring back to this image, if you look at the pillars supporting the arches, it's farely easy to tell where the original construction ends and the new construction begins. Whereas the original walls are a kind of a rusty tan, the reconstruction is cement gray. (Also, if you look at the rear wall of the apse, you can see how low it was deliberately broken down to during the siege so that a battery could be enplaced here. The newer construction is of a different thickness.) |
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Post by Bromhead24 on Apr 21, 2005 19:18:30 GMT -5
I'm sure that some kind of scientific study has been done on this subject and maybe it's in the DRT library. So Nef when you return to San Antonio, put it on the top of your list of things to do...  Just put on a white lab jacket and bring a few high tech gadgets to look like you are doing some "Official " studies and go to work.....  Well, on second thought, i'll do the research on line...  Mike |
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Post by alamosteve on Apr 25, 2005 16:16:21 GMT -5
even though this doesnt have anything to do with the ongoing discussion here, 12 pages is a hell of a lot of pages for one thread!
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Post by neferetus on Apr 27, 2005 12:14:38 GMT -5
 Here's the interior of the Baptistry, just to the right of the Alamo church's front door. ( In the Waynamo, the Duke threw a torch in here and destroyed much of the set in the process.) |
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Post by Greg C. on Apr 27, 2005 14:34:20 GMT -5
was that before the restoration to get rid of the blackened front of the chapel?
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Post by MrLouisiana on Apr 27, 2005 14:40:04 GMT -5
Wow, all pretty impressive pictures. And 12 pages is quite alot!
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Post by Greg C. on Apr 27, 2005 14:45:33 GMT -5
this might be the longest thread in proboards history. you should scan through the pages and see some of the impressive photos.
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Post by Bromhead24 on Apr 28, 2005 21:07:23 GMT -5
Wasn't there a fire in the church back in the early 1900's?
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Post by neferetus on May 2, 2005 17:20:24 GMT -5
Wasn't there a fire in the church back in the early 1900's?  Yes, this Turn of The Century postcard clearly indicates smoke stains on the facade, just above the lower window to the right. It's as though John Wayne had come back in a time machine and then blown the powder magazine! |
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Post by neferetus on May 5, 2005 9:32:04 GMT -5
 THE ALAMO, in 1960 |
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Post by Greg C. on May 8, 2005 18:53:28 GMT -5
cool
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Post by neferetus on May 23, 2005 9:18:30 GMT -5
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Post by neferetus on Jun 10, 2005 16:54:54 GMT -5
 MOON OVER THE 'MO |
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Post by Bromhead24 on Jun 10, 2005 18:39:21 GMT -5
Wasn't there a fire in the church back in the early 1900's? Yes, this Turn of The Century postcard clearly indicates smoke stains on the facade, just above the lower window to the right. It's as though John Wayne had come back in a time machine and then blown the powder magazine!  There it is.... |
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Post by neferetus on Jun 13, 2005 9:46:29 GMT -5
Whoa, you caught a big continuity mistake there, Bromhead. Looks like they had to reshoot a scene at the palisade after the chapel had blown and didn't even bother to paint over the powder stain around the window!
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Post by neferetus on Jun 14, 2005 12:54:44 GMT -5
 Here's the Long Barrack around 1911, just after all that horrible wooden storefront was stripped away. After an unsavoury war between DRT members Clara Driscoll and Adina de Zavala, a compromise was reached. While Driscoll had wanted to tear down the Long Barrack altogether and surround the Alamo church building with an open park, de Zavala had wanted to restore the Long Barrack to how it looked during its mission period. The compromise saved the Long Barrack under the condition that the 2nd story be razed. It was felt that the height of the building detracted from the Alamo church.  |
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Post by Cole_blooded on Jun 21, 2005 11:02:23 GMT -5
Did the Long Barracks have a second level all the way back to the Alamo Chapel in 1836? Seems like old Alamo artwork never shows this!
TED....aka....cole_blooded
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Post by Bromhead24 on Jun 21, 2005 19:29:01 GMT -5
I think that "Hugo Ganett" (SP?) added alot to the upper half of the long barracks. He made the second story into a bar and arcade back in the late 1800's.
I have some photo's somewhere, still in a box from the move..
Mike
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Post by Bromhead24 on Jul 1, 2005 19:09:44 GMT -5
Please excuse my ignorance,
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Post by Nefarious on Jul 19, 2005 23:57:29 GMT -5
 Here's an interesting view from an 1861 issue of Harper's Weekly Magazine showing Confederate soldiers taking over the Alamo. Of interest is the yet standing Low Barrack, or 'Galera', showing the main gate. To the left of the Alamo chapel and snugly set against the high wall leading to the Long Barrack is a little hut. |
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