Commercial building with stone steps leading up to three different entrances
Title:
Commercial building with stone steps leading up to three different entrances
Description:
Unknown houses, Fredericksburg, exterior | Commercial building with stone steps leading up to three different entrances. Middle section has a sign on the window that reads \Restaurante Mexicano J.L. Villarreal Prop.\ A sign on the street reads \J.L. Villarreal Mexican Restaurant\ with a smaller sign that says \Groceries\ Different posters are on the walls, some illegible, others read \Ice Cold Coca Cola Sold Here\ \Apple Chewing Tobacco.\ Two trees line the sidewalk. | From a series of unique photographic images, which Williams took on his travels through central Texas in the 1920s, show examples of vernacular architecture. Williams donated the negatives to the UT's School of Architecture in 1961 and were subsequently transferred to the Alexander Architectural Archives.
Creator/Contributor:
Williams, David R. (David Reichard), 1890-1962 (photographer)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1920s
Owning Repository:
Alexander Architectural Archives, University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin
Photographs, black-and-white photographs, still image, and Architectural photographs
Rights - Use and Reproduction:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
Language:
not applicable
Topic:
Vernacular architecture and Dwellings
Time Period Covered:
1920-1930
Place Name:
Fredericksburg (Tex.)
General Note:
Eugene George reviewed the images and attempted to identify the projects' locations. Suggested locations offered as a note in the description are supplied by George.
Citation Note:
David Reichard Williams collection, Alexander Architectural Archives, University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin