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The Alamo, San Antonio, Texas, circa 1940

Card type
Linen

About this subject

View of the stone facade of the Alamo mission chapel in San Antonio, Texas, with its curved parapet and carved entrance, a Texas flag on a pole at left, palm trees and a low arcaded wall at right, and beds of red flowers on the lawn in front.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Thanks for map card your state - currently out of Texas map cards. Will have supply soon as I get settled and things straightened out at this new address - or rather return to an old one - drop in again soon - Dick Waite, 505 Belknap Pl, San Antonio 1, Texas.

PostmarkedSan Antonio, TX
Stamp
Addressed to
Mrs. Betty Krupsky

318 Yerkes Ave, Northville, Michigan

FromDick Waite, 505 Belknap Pl., San Antonio 1, Texas

Postcard record

PostmarkedSan Antonio, TX
SeriesTX30
ConditionVery good
Place addressedBetty Krupsky, 318 Yerkes Ave, Northville, MI
Place depictedThe Alamo, San Antonio, TX, San Antonio, TX
PublisherColourpicture Publication, Boston, MA
Place sent fromDick Waite, 505 Belknap Pl., San Antonio, TX
Stamp1c George Washington, green, issued 1909
NotesLinen-textured stock with visible crosshatch grain; card number TX30 at upper right and 16203 at lower left; no white border. Postmark: SAN ANTONIO MAR 17 PM (year illegible). Divided-back linen card; 'GIVE ... FUND' slogan cancel; 1c Washington green stamp; Colourpicture publication, Boston 15, Mass.

Cite this card

The Alamo, San Antonio, Texas, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/the-alamo-san-antonio-texas-circa-1940. Accessed October 5, 2026.