Recently I gave a presentation at the Schreiner Mansion, where I paired historic photographs with snaps I'd taken that day with my phone. I did this because I realized most people haven't studied area photographs as I have, and so it's sometimes confusing to know where an historic photo was taken. So I took a copy of each historic photograph with me, and tried to find the exact spot where the old photograph was taken -- and then I took a photo with my cellphone. Over the next few Wednesdays, I'll publish the results here. Please feel free to share these with your friends.
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| Water Street, looking southeast, around mid-1950s. |
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| The intersection today. |
I seem to remember as a kid on the Washington St. end of Water St., two businesses, Black's Cafe and Henke's Meat Market. Do you have any pictures or history on them?
ReplyDeleteI grew up in Junction and my parents and I would drive to Kerrville a lot for shopping. I remember the old hospital with the service station! We would walk down the street and go shopping at J C Penney, then down to Charles Schreiner Department Store. Schreiner's even had those x-ray machines you could stick you your feet in to see if your new shoes fit. l'm surprised that my feet didn't fall off!
ReplyDeleteI really liked how Water St was in the 50's....dont get me wrong....it looks great now but I really like how it was back then.
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