Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2014-0151RS |
Title |
San Antonio Before a Test Blackout |
Description |
Image taken before a test blackout, looking north. The bright street on the left is St. Mary's. Moving north along it on the righthand side are: Aztec Theater, the tower of St. Mary's Church, the Empire Theater, and the Gunter Hotel (the tallest). On the left side of the street going north are: Sullivan Bank, Petroleum Commerce Building, and the Gunter Building adjacent to the Texas Theater. The brightly lit building exterior on the right side of the image along Navarro street is the Vogue Building (lit up white), with Grants Department Store and the tower of the Kress Building visible to its right. Black and white. |
Date |
December 17, 1941 |
Notes |
During the blackout, the Air Corps provided assistance with taking photographs and dropping flares to simulate an air raid during the blackout. (See SA Light, 12-17-41) Attached note: "From Headquarters The Air Corps Advanced Flying School, Brooks Field School Memorandum to Commissioner P.L. Anderson SAT Date: Dec. 22 1941 Sir, Transmitted herewith is your set of prints covering the activities as photographed in San Antonio prior to the blackout Dec. 17, 1941. For the commanding officer, Thurman Bercaw, Second Lieut. Air Corps Photographic Officer." |
Collection |
Rosemary Son Collection |
Print size |
8" x 10" |
Subjects |
Aerial views -- Texas -- San Antonio. Aztec Theater (San Antonio, Tex.) Blackouts in war. Cityscapes--Texas--San Antonio. Empire Theater (San Antonio, Tex.) Grants Department Store (San Antonio, Tex.) Gunter Building (San Antonio, Tex.) Gunter Hotel (San Antonio, Tex.) Kress Building (San Antonio, Tex.) Navarro Street (San Antonio, Tex.) Night photography. Petroleum Commerce Building (San Antonio, Tex.) Saint Mary's Church (San Antonio, Tex.) Saint Mary's Street (San Antonio, Tex.) Sullivan Bank (San Antonio, Tex.) Texas Theater (San Antonio, Tex.) Vogue Building (San Antonio, Tex.) |
Copyright |
Official Photograph Air Corps - U.S. Army Brooks Field, Texas. Publication prohibited unless credit given as follows: "Photograph by U.S. Army - Air Corps." |
Credit line |
Photograph by U.S. Army - Air Corps |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Imagefile |
010\20140151RS.JPG |