The view shows a shaded corner of Mandarez Park in San Antonio, where a stone-lined spring or stream runs out from a low stone wall beneath tall trees. A dirt path edges the right side, with shrubs in the foreground and dense foliage behind. The scene suggests a cool, wooded retreat in the city, the kind of shaded public ground common in early-20th-century parks. The sender's note describes a carnival week with daily parades and a crowd he estimated at nine thousand.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
Very truly, Jno. L. Charpeneur.
The carnival started
last Monday a week
ago and it was certainly
fine there was a parade
every day that week. I
suppose you heard of the
shoot parade did you? They
were all in a parade.
About 9 thousand men
there was an immense crowd.
It looked like every body
in Texas rushed to see
it. You will read all about
it in the last issue of
Collier Weekly if you can
before you can form some
idea of the way the field
looks
No white border; lithographic color printing with card number 26449 printed lower right; light edge and corner wear.
Postmark: SAN ANTONIO TEX APR 24 7-PM 1911. Divided-back card ("This side for the Address only"); toned, soiled stock with edge wear and light staining; message written sideways along the left edge in pen. Front is a full-bleed printed view of Mandarez Park, San Antonio, Texas.
Cite this card
Mandarez Park, San Antonio, TX, 1911, postcard, c. 1911. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/mandarez-park-san-antonio-tx-1911. Accessed November 2, 2026.
