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Olmos Dam, San Antonio, Texas, 1942

Subject
Bridges & Dams
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1942 (Linen)
Front of Olmos Dam, San Antonio, Texas, 1942, c. 1942 linen postcard
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Back of Olmos Dam, San Antonio, Texas, 1942, c. 1942 linen postcard
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About this postcard

View of the long arched spillway of Olmos Dam stretching across a wooded valley, with flowering shrubs and yucca plants in the foreground and a water tower on the distant left horizon. Built for flood prevention at the edge of San Antonio, the dam crosses a dry channel that drains a wide area of Hill Country and empties into the San Antonio River. The structure cost $1,571,000, and about fifty bridges crossed the river within the city limits. The dam road was promoted as one of San Antonio's most attractive drives. The wartime message on the back asks for airplane or airport views, a small sign of wartime interest in aviation.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Dear member, Hope you like this. Would like picture of air- planes mostly or airports. Reply welcome.

PublisherSan Antonio Card Co.
22.-OLMOS DAM, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS --- OLMOS DAM NEAR SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS Constructed at a cost of $1,571,000 at the edge of the city of San Antonio, this dam is across a dry channel which drains the rain- fall from a wide area of hill country, and the only outlet of which is the San Antonio River, over which there are about fifty bridges within the city limits. This dam is for flood prevention, but has been made one of the most attractive drives in the city.
PostmarkedSan Antonio, TX, September 8, 1942, 17:30
Stamp
Addressed to
Betty Maurice

2908 Northern Parkway Baltimore, MD

FromMarjorie Thomi, 4220 Fredericksburg, #542, San Antonio, TX

Postcard record

Postmarked, San Antonio, TX
PublisherSan Antonio Card Co.
Series47472
ConditionVery good
Place addressedBetty Maurice, 2908 Northern Parkway, Baltimore, MD
Place depictedOlmos Dam, San Antonio, TX
PublisherSan Antonio Card Co., San Antonio, TX
Place sent fromMarjorie Thomi, 4220 Fredericksburg, #542, San Antonio, TX
Stamp1c Statue of Liberty, green, perforated on all sides
Stamp3c Statue of Freedom
NotesLinen-textured stock with visible crosshatch grain; no white border; slight edge wear. Postmark: SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS SEP 8 5:30 PM 1942, with slogan cancel "BUY DEFENSE SAVINGS BONDS AND STAMPS". Linen-era divided-back card; 1c green Defense stamp (Statue of Liberty, "INDUSTRY-AGRICULTURE FOR DEFENSE"); light edge wear, no stamp-box marks.

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Olmos Dam, San Antonio, Texas, 1942, postcard, c. 1942. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/olmos-dam-san-antonio-texas-1942. Accessed November 2, 2026.