Earliest known view of the Alamo

Posted on September 5, 2009 | Comments Off on Earliest known view of the Alamo

earlyalamoA ca. 1835-36 sketch by Jose Juan Sanchez Navarro, an officer in the besieging Mexican army.

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0 responses to “Earliest known view of the Alamo”

  1. SnoopyTheGoon's avatar SnoopyTheGoon | September 6, 2009 at 6:02 am |

    The flag and the tree seem to be somewhat out of proportion.

  2. Dick Stanley's avatar Dick Stanley | September 6, 2009 at 11:55 am |

    It’s a curious sketch in many ways. It makes the old mission look more like a fortress than most accounts say it was. Those crenelated walls, for instance.