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West Commerce Street, San Antonio, Texas, circa 1907

Subjects
Street ScenesTown & City Views
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1941 (Linen)
Front of West Commerce Street, San Antonio, Texas, circa 1907, Charlotte Barrett, MA, USA, c. 1941 lithograph postcard
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Back of West Commerce Street, San Antonio, Texas, circa 1907, Charlotte Barrett, MA, USA, c. 1941 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

A tinted view looking down West Commerce Street in San Antonio, Texas, with a horse-drawn wagon and a bicycle in the foreground, pedestrians in period dress, and an arcaded bank building on the right whose arch reads "THE SAN ANTONIO NATIONAL BANK." Commerce Street was San Antonio's principal commercial thoroughfare, lined with banks, wholesale houses and hotels near the Alamo and the San Antonio River. The card's 1907 date places it in the city's pre-automobile boom years, when streetcars and wagons still shared the roadway.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

from Ralph Nov 16 1907

PublisherRaphael Tuck & Sons
SAN ANTONIO, TEX. West Commerce Street. --- Raphael Tuck & Sons' Series No 2345, "San Antonio, Tex." ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING AND QUEEN. By Appointment. Photochromed in Saxony. WEST COMMERCE STREET is one of the busiest streets in San Antonio, situated in the city's center - the quarter devoted to business. It runs from the Main Plaza and contains many imposing structures. It has been almost entirely rebuilt since 1860. POST CARD CARTE POSTALE (FOR ADDRESS ONLY)
PostmarkedSan Antonio, TX, November 18, 1907, 21:30
Stamp
Addressed to
Charlotte Barrett

Amesbury, MA

Postcard record

Postmarked, San Antonio, TX
PublisherRaphael Tuck & Sons
ConditionFair
Place addressedCharlotte Barrett, Amesbury, MA
PublisherRaphael Tuck & Sons, Saxony
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1941
NotesHeavy black ink speckling/staining across the sky; handwritten date and note in the right margin; undivided-back era stock. Postmark: SAN ANTONIO NOV 18 9-30P 1907 TEX. Divided-back Raphael Tuck photochrom card; faint receiving mark (NOV 23) at lower center; light toning and edge wear.

Cite this card

West Commerce Street, San Antonio, Texas, circa 1907, postcard, c. 1941. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/west-commerce-street-san-antonio-texas-circa-1907. Accessed October 25, 2026.