Turn-of-the-Century Photographs from San Diego, Texas / Ana Carolina Castillo Crimm, Sara R. Massey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Castillo Crimm, Ana Carolina, Author.

Massey, Sara R., Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 p.)

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, [2013]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Situated in the South Texas borderlands some fifty miles west of Corpus Christi, San Diego was a thriving town already a hundred years old at the turn of the twentieth century. With a population that was 90 percent Mexican or Mexican American and 10 percent Anglo, the bicultural community was the seat of Duval County and a prosperous town of lumberyards, banks, mercantile stores, and cotton gins, which also supplied the needs of area ranchers and farmers. Though Anglos dominated its economic and political life, San Diego was culturally Mexican, and Mexican Americans as well as Anglos built successful businesses and made fortunes. This collection of nearly one hundred photographs from the estate of amateur photographer William Hoffman captures the cosmopolitan town of San Diego at a vibrant moment in its history between 1898 and 1909. Grouped into the categories women and their jobs, local homes, men and their businesses, children at school and church, families and friends, and entertainment about town, the photos offer an immediate visual understanding of the cultural and economic life of the community, enhanced by detailed captions that identify the subjects and circumstances of the photos. An introductory historical chapter constitutes the first published history of Duval County, which was one of the most important areas of South Texas in the early twentieth century.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

A NOTE ON TERMINOLOGY

PREFACE

MAP OF DUVAL COUNTY, TEXAS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

MAP OF SAN DIEGO, TEXAS

THE HISTORICAL, BACKDROP

THE HOFFMAN COLLECTION

THE PHOTOGRAPHS

WHO'S WHO IN AND ABOUT SAN DIEGO

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX OF NAMES

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 20. Mar 2025)

ISBN:

9780292757318

029275731X

OCLC:

1473443135