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_San Antonio_ _City of Missions_
By CLAUDE B. ANIOL
Travelers who have visited San Antonio remember it as a city with a warm and personal charm. It is one of the rare places which embody and symbolize all that is America. Founded by the Spanish in the late seventeenth century, San Antonio has flown the flags of France, Spain, Mexico, the Republic of Texas, the Confederacy, and the United States.
In the midst of an important city which is a center of industry and commerce stand the lovely 200-year-old missions, and the Alamo, whose defense by Bowie, Crockett and their fellow heroes gave birth to a great rallying cry of our nation. Nearby are the aviation stations of Randolph, Kelly, Brooks and Duncan Fields, “the cradle of America’s air might.”
_Claude B. Aniol, one of America’s foremost photographers, is eminently qualified by his intimate knowledge of San Antonio, his home, to portray in superb photographs this dynamic and busy, yet always picturesque city._
_American Guide Series_
America is being rediscovered today. In every state of the Union, in large cities, tiny villages, on the open highway, members of Federal Writers’ Projects are revealing the riches of the land. The American Guide Series is a heartlifting experiment in co-operative literature. Field investigators, cartographers, writers, editors, photographers, business supervisors have contributed to the task of producing guide books which shall be accurate, timely, convenient, and entertaining.
The primary emphasis in the books is upon the tours. Travelers in cars, on trains, in busses—campers, hikers, fishermen, hunters—will find here the information they need. How far to the next town; what kind of road; are there hotels, campsites; what should we see; are there side trips; what are the traffic and game laws? These are the first considerations of travel.
But the book contains more than that. The authors are not Baedekers descending for a moment on some foreign spot. They are writing also for the historian today and tomorrow who would know how the states appear to the people who inhabit them. Sections devoted to the history of the particular state, the temper of its people, the nature of its resources and industries, the problems it faces and the way it meets them, endow the reader—be he tourist, student, or armchair traveler—with an intimate knowledge of the region. These volumes are an invitation to visit America.
The volumes in the American Guide Series contain a wealth of information on the region they cover. Each gives an account of the history and folklore of the city or state, information concerning the recreational facilities available, and many tours. Maps and many beautiful illustrations supplement the text.
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HASTINGS HOUSE Publishers New York, 18
Transcriber’s Notes
--Copyright notice provided as in the original—this e-text is public domain in the country of publication.
--Silently corrected palpable typos; left non-standard spellings and dialect unchanged.
--Moved some captions closer to the corresponding pictures; exchanged the captions on pages 32 and 33.
--In the text versions, delimited italicized text by _underscores_.