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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

1899 Kerrville scenes

Julius Neunhoffer brought by a nice 1899 Christmas edition of the Kerrville Mountain Sun, produced by J. E. Grinstead, and designed to "sell" the hill country and Kerrville in particular.  Short sketches of prominent citizens, a brief story of both Kerr County and Kerrville, and photographs fill the issue.  Here are a few more nice images from the edition.  Thanks, Julius, for sharing these with everyone.
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Kerr County Courthouse, Kerrville, 1899.  This courthouse was built in 1876.

Residence of Capt. Charles Schreiner, Kerrville, 1899.

Unloading wool at Schreiner's warehouse on Water Street, Kerrville, 1899.

2 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 16, 2012 at 2:50 PM

    Those are great photos.

    Thank you Joe, and Mr. Neunhoffer.

    The third photo shows Schreiner's warehouse.

    Is that the same building that would later become Gene Lehman's store?

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  2. Joe HerringMay 16, 2012 at 3:41 PM

    Yes, this was later Lehmann's, then later Winn's when I was a boy.

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