Historic Photos of San Antonio (Faulkner, 2007)

Frank S. Faulkner Jr. · 2007 · Turner Publishing (Historic Photos series)

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Bibliographic detail

• Title: Historic Photos of San Antonio
• Author / editor: Frank S. Faulkner Jr.
• Year: 2007
• Publisher: Turner Publishing (typically — verify in-hand; the Historic Photos series is Turner Publishing’s franchise)
• ISBN: TBD — verify in-hand
• Pagination: TBD — verify in-hand (Turner Historic Photos volumes are typically ~200 pp)
• Format: Large-format hardcover; high-resolution archival photo reproduction is the volume’s selling point

Physical description

Standard Turner Publishing Historic Photos series format: large-format hardcover with high-quality reproductions of archival images. Each volume in this series prioritizes legible, browsable prints over deeply captioned scholarly apparatus. Faulkner’s authorship implies a local-curator / archive-mining hand. Condition: TBD — verify in-hand.

Provenance

Physically in-hand prior to formal library accessioning; registered to the library 2026-05-24 under the TODO-26 buildout. Original purchase date and source not separately recorded. Accessioned as HH-BOOK-2026-0009. The book had been carried as a resources/ entry prior to this consolidation.

Why it matters

Historic Photos of San Antonio is the large-format archival photo reference for the SA visual research thread. The Turner Historic Photos format emphasizes big, legible prints — useful as a visual anchor for what a street or skyline looked like at a given period.

For H&H research, the book functions as:

1. A visual reference for the H&H operating decades — 1910s through mid-century streetscapes, downtown towers, commercial districts. When H&H newspaper clippings or factory photographs need contextual visual support (“what did Commerce Street look like in 1920?”), this is a first stop.
2. A complement to narrative SA histories — pairs with Saving San Antonio (Fisher 1996) (preservation narrative), Downtown San Antonio (Korte & Pech 2013) (Arcadia visual timeline), and Greater San Antonio: City of Destiny (1918) (period booster volume).
3. A potential source of unattributed business photographs — Turner Historic Photos volumes draw on local archives (institute / library / newspaper photo morgues); H&H or H&H-adjacent buildings may appear without identification, and the captions may have leads.

Notable contents

• Large-format archival reproductions across SA’s history (River, missions, downtown towers, military presence, neighborhoods).
• Date range: typically late-19th through mid-20th century in the series.
• Photo provenance / archive credits typically printed per image.

Open questions

• Does any photograph show the 601 Delaware Street area, 1223 W. Commerce, or other documented H&H addresses?
• Does any caption mention Hoffmann, Hayman, or H&H?
• What’s the date range of the photographs? (verify by browsing in-hand)

Related

• Downtown San Antonio (Korte & Pech, 2013) — companion SA visual reference.
• Saving San Antonio (Fisher, 1996) — companion SA preservation history.
• Greater San Antonio: City of Destiny (1918) — period SA booster volume.
• resources/historic-photos-of-san-antonio.md — citation-pointer page.
• places/601-delaware-street.md — H&H factory address.
• library/index.md — full library holdings.