Olmos Dam, San Antonio, Texas, 1945

Subject: Bridges & Dams
Card type: Linen
Date: c. 1945 (Linen)

Back of Olmos Dam, San Antonio, Texas, 1945, Mrs. T. W. Lendermon, TX, USA, c. 1945 linen postcard — Back

About this postcard

An elevated view of Olmos Dam stretching across the landscape at the edge of San Antonio, Texas. Water sits behind the spillway, with flowering shrubs and yucca in the foreground and wooded hills under a pale sky beyond. The printed caption notes the dam was built for flood prevention at a cost of $1,571,000, holding back runoff from a dry channel that drains a wide area of hill country, and calls it one of the city's most attractive drives.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Hi: Thanks a lot for the card. I'd love to exchange cards with you. Please write to my new address. Sincerely (miss) Juneth Whitaker 1026 Avant Avenue San Antonio (3) Texas

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 rainfall 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. POST CARD MADE IN USA PUB. BY SAN ANTONIO CARD CO., SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 47472 THIS SPACE FOR WRITING THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS

PostmarkedSan Antonio, TX, August 10, 1945, 11:30

Addressed to

Mrs. T. W. Lendermon

939 E. Richmond Ft. Worth, TX 3

FromJuneth Whitaker, 1026 Avant Avenue, San Antonio, TX 3

Postcard record

Postmarked	August 10, 1945, 11:30, San Antonio, TX
Publisher	San Antonio Card Co.
Series	47472
Condition	Good
Place addressed	Mrs. T. W. Lendermon, 939 E. Richmond, Ft. Worth, TX, 3
Place mentioned	Olmos Dam, San Antonio, TX
Publisher	San Antonio Card Co., San Antonio, TX
Place sent from	1026 Avant Avenue, San Antonio, TX, 3
Notes	Linen-textured stock with visible crosshatch grain; no white border; light edge wear. Postmark: SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS AUG 10 11:30 AM 1945. Linen-era divided-back card; stamp removed (stamp box empty, printed 'STAMP HERE'). Handwritten date '12/11/45' above the cancellation. Light edge wear and toning.

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Olmos Dam, San Antonio, Texas, 1945, postcard, c. 1945. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/olmos-dam-san-antonio-texas-1945. Accessed November 2, 2026.