Cedar
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|  Subject: Bexar County Courthouse, ca. 1910  Thu 13 Sep 2007, 5:37 pm | |
| Here is a vintage postcard view of the beautiful Bexar County Courthouse, in San Antonio, about the year of 1910. The enduring structure was built of red Texas granite and red Pecos sandstone, at a cost of $600,000.
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~~~ from the perspective of Anne Seagraves
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owl57
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| | Subject: Re: Bexar County Courthouse, ca. 1910 Sat 15 Sep 2007, 2:26 pm | |
| | Pretty fancy rig he got there. |
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Cedar
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| | Subject: Re: Bexar County Courthouse, ca. 1910 Wed 17 Oct 2007, 11:06 pm | |
| It is quite enough considering our crisis, is it not? I expect Al Gore to be taking up a model such as that one very soon, now 
Here is a more tropical view of the beautiful, Bexar-County Courthouse -- in all of its sandstone majesty -- when viewed from the Plaza sometime back:
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The woman of the frontier made the best of her situation, for she had developed a respect for the land that gave her freedom as well as the courage to live in it.
~~~ from the perspective of Anne Seagraves |
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owl57
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| | Subject: Re: Bexar County Courthouse, ca. 1910 Sat 20 Oct 2007, 3:12 pm | |
| | HA HA I can show him about one of those. Its fancyer than the wagon we took back in the good ol days, alot smother ride I bet. There's the bicycle up there and don't forget about it. |
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Cedar
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| | Subject: Re: Bexar County Courthouse, ca. 1910 Tue 23 Oct 2007, 3:55 pm | |
| Oh ... and by the way, a miracle occured this past weekend, in that I was able to coax my husband into accompanying the family on a garage-sale excursion  At one of our stops, we found a wonderful, vintage Schwinn bicycle, with its Houston-registration tag still clinging from 1975  A very good year, no? The bike is red and not quite pristine in that it sports a few tiny rust spots, but it is perfect for this rider 
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The woman of the frontier made the best of her situation, for she had developed a respect for the land that gave her freedom as well as the courage to live in it.
~~~ from the perspective of Anne Seagraves |
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madelyn
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| | Subject: Re: Bexar County Courthouse, ca. 1910 Wed 24 Oct 2007, 4:25 pm | |
| Good for you!
Madelyn |
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