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Historic Doorways of San Antonio, Texas
Frederick R. Preston
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Description for Historic Doorways of San Antonio, Texas
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, 189 color photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; AMX; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 744.
Doorways, particularly front entrances, are among a building's most significant architectural features. Their powerful visual impact provides a sense of structural design style. The unique and well-preserved historic architecture of San Antonio, Texas, reveals much about the area's history and cultural heritage. Over 180 photographs give a sense of the Coahiltecan Indians at Catholic frontier missions, the spirit of the Alamo, and the rush of progress that arrived with the railroad. "You wish you could grab a knob and walk into the past, when life moved at a slower pace," writes Judge Nelson W. Wolff in his foreword ... Read more
Doorways, particularly front entrances, are among a building's most significant architectural features. Their powerful visual impact provides a sense of structural design style. The unique and well-preserved historic architecture of San Antonio, Texas, reveals much about the area's history and cultural heritage. Over 180 photographs give a sense of the Coahiltecan Indians at Catholic frontier missions, the spirit of the Alamo, and the rush of progress that arrived with the railroad. "You wish you could grab a knob and walk into the past, when life moved at a slower pace," writes Judge Nelson W. Wolff in his foreword ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764331671
SKU
V9780764331671
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About Frederick R. Preston
Dr. Frederick Preston is a retired educator and photographer who holds a doctorate degree from the University of Massachusetts and served as Vice President of Student Affairs at Stony Brook University in New York. He now lives in San Antonio, Texas.
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