Introduction & Blackout Plans - An early aerial view of downtown San Antonio, looking southeast. Three military planes are visible just below the center. Commerce is the street running east on the right side of the picture. The Municipal Auditorium is visible in the lower left corn... View Full Record
Blackout Preparations - Brooks Field. Color, postcard.... View Full Record
The Blackout Simulation - Aerial image taken before a test blackout, looking west along Dolorosa and Commerce. Visible in lower right area is Military Plaza. The Vogel Belt Complex is partly visible behind City Hall. San Fernando Cathedral is also partially visible in the far... View Full Record
Air Raid Siren Tests - Opening of the Macional Teatro. Left to Right: Rafael Falcon, noted Mexican movie star; Maruja Gomez, noted Mexican movie star; Mr. G.A. Lucchese; Mrs. G.A. Lucchese.... View Full Record
Chrysler-Bell Victory Siren - A wooden tower with a warning siren that rotates on top. Black and white.... View Full Record
Mayor Maverick & Ties with Mexico - Autographed photograph of Maury Maverick, Mayor of San Antonio. Caption reads: " To my friend the engineer Hans Hellano from Maury Maverick, Mayor of San Antonio 1940". Black & white.... View Full Record
Pan-Americanism - Convocation of international and local dignitaries and officials on a stage. On the far left is Antonio Villalobos (Presidente del Comite Central Ejecutivos; Senator), then San Antonio's Mexican Consul Carlos Calderon. P.L. Anderson is in center unde... View Full Record
International Airport - Stinson Municipal Airport Administration Building, pre restoration. Color... View Full Record
Pan-American Foreign Aid - Randolph Field, Randolph Air Force Base, black and white.... View Full Record
Bee-Jays, Latina Air-WACs - Front and side facades of Macional Teatro at 421 W. Commerce St. Black & white.... View Full Record
Latino/a Stars & Raul Cortez - Nacional Teatro, 421 West Commerce Street. Crowd gathered under marquee. Black and white negative.... View Full Record
Latino/a Entertainers - Portrait photograph of Paco Miller and his dummy Don Roque. Black & white.... View Full Record
La Villita - San Antonio City ordinance designating La Villita as a cultural heritage site.... View Full Record
San Antonio Conservation Society & the War - La Villita during restoration - May 9, 1940. A group of SACS members and Mayor Maury Maverick stand in front of the San Martin House. Left to right: Mary M. Beckmann, Ina Altgelt, Lee Pancoast, Dorothy Jarratt, Monnie Barclay, Mayor Maury Maverick... View Full Record
VE Day Plans - Plans for coordinating police, fire, and military personnel during the expected Victory in Europe (V-E Day) celebrations in downtown San Antonio, Texas. Includes a bulletin published by the National Safety Council with suggested plans for controlling... View Full Record
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