View East on Hopkins toward Square, circa 1920 [Photo Negative].

Author: San Marcos Hays County Collection.

Imprint:[San Marcos, Tex] : [San Marcos Public Library], 1920

Physical Description1 negative : b&w ; 8x10 in. photo.

Note:Library has no print of the image.

Note:This image is from an 8x10 negative, provenance unknown.

Note:Foreground is of the caliche that the unpaved Hopkins Street was composed without curbs--but there is a sidewalk, on the pole are State Highway signs for 80 and 2; the remains of a walkway to a razed structure is on the right, with a man sitting at the end of it; Scrutchin Motor Company (now 219 W Hopkins) is in the middle ground, and a man can be seen working under the porte cochere; an arcade for a building with a sign that says "ICE" is across the street; the back of the Bass Building (137 N. Guadalupe), which faced the Square, and the corner of State Bank (NW corner of Square) can be seen; in the background the roof of the rooming house at San Antonio and Fredericksburg can be seen to the right, then the dome of Courthouse is in the center.

Note:Keywords visible on retail signs: ICE, Texas Public Utilities Corporation; BVS Coffee Shoppe; M System; Chevrolet; Texaco; City Tire Store.

Electronic Resource:Electronic resource: http://www.hank.ci.san-marcos.tx.us/SMHC/PHOTOS/33390004050924B.jpg

CitationA high-definition version of this image is available for scholarly or personal use by request from the library. It should be cited as "Photo reproduced from the San Marcos-Hays County Collection at the San Marcos Public Library."

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