Gallery
1. Alamo Images
Frank Callcott, "The Alamo--Midnight, March 6, 1936"
Eugene O. Goldbeck, Alamo Plaza, ca. 1919
2. Introduction
Robert Jenkins Onderdonk, "The Fall of the Alamo"
Walt Disney's Davy Crockett at the Alamo
Howard L. Hastings, cover illustration for J. Walker McSpadden, Texas, A Romantic Story for Young People, 1927
Howard Fenn, conjectural view of the Alamo as a mission
Jack Jackson, Recuerden El Alamo
Alamo piñata
Alamo Plaza Hotel Courts, Dallas
3. The Alamo: Spanish Mission
Headline, September 28, 1913
Earliest known view of the Alamo, attributed to José Juan Sánchez Navarro
Andrew Jackson Houston, view of the Alamo adapted from the Sánchez Navarro view (2)
Misión Concepción, near San Antonio
The Alamo chapel today
Conjectural view of the Alamo grounds in 1836
Conjectural view of the Alamo in 1760
Conjectural view of the Alamo in 1790
Conjectural view of the Alamo, drawn ca. 1911
4. The Alamo: Ruins and Reuse
Architectural drawing of the Alamo chapel
Earliest known post-battle view of the Alamo ruins
Edward Everett, "Interior View of the Church of the Alamo"
Sketch by Jacob Edmund Blake, 1845
Sketch by Edward Everett documenting U.S. Army repairs in 1848
Alamo buildings in use as Army supply depot, ca. 1850-1870
5. The Second Battle of the Alamo
View of the Alamo church by Edward Everett
Grenet's Alamo store, ca. 1880-82
Alamo chapel and convent building in 1912
Alamo grounds, 1937
6. The Alamo: Image and Reality
The Alamo chapel, 1850
The growing city of San Antonio in 1852
Pamphlet published by Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway Company
"Night View of the Alamo"
The Alamo
"The Alamo," watercolor by John Will Creasy
7. Siege and Battle of the Alamo
Henry McArdle, "Dawn at the Alamo"
Mexican soldiers advance in John Wayne's Alamo
Map of the Alamo
Green B. Jameson, plan of the Alamo with fortifications
"Santa Anna and His Staff on the Day Before the Assault and Capture of the Alamo"
8. The Final Assault
Charles M. McBarron, "The Alamo"
Eric von Schmidt, "Alamo"
The Mexican viewpoint portrayed in John Severin's comic version of the "Alamo!"
Illustration of the battle's aftermath
Laurence Harvey as Travis duels with two Mexican soldiers
José Cisneros, "Alamo Funeral Pyre"
John Wayne's Alamo
Anonymous nineteenth-century illustration of the battle
9. The Mexican Army
Joseph Hefter, "Mexican Sargeant, Matamoros Battalion in Texas, 1836"
Donald M. Yena, "The Alamo-March 6, 1836"
Lajos Markos, "Siege of the Alamo"
Homer DeGolyer, manuscript map of the Mexican Army's march into Texas
Brown Bess, musket, Third Model, manufactured
Armand Welcker, "The Mexican Assault on the Alamo"
Immaculately uniformed Mexican troops advance in formation in John Wayne's Alamo
Rowland B. Wilson, cartoon for Esquire
10. General Antonio López de Santa Anna
Peter Ustinov as General Maximilian Rodriguez de Santos in Viva Max!
Antonio López de Santa Anna
Edward James Olmos as Santa Anna in Seguín
Stereotypically anti-Mexican view of Santa Anna and his men
Original 1928 edition of Texas History Movies
Mexican perspective of the assault, from John Severin, "Alamo!"
José Cisneros, 1971 drawing of a "Mexican Lancer, 1839"
Joseph Hefter, ca. 1971 illustration of military uniforms
Lino Sánchez y Tapia, "Mexican Presidial Soldier"
11. San Antonio de Béxar: Tejano City
Seth Eastman, sketch of the Plaza at San Antonio
Spanish General Joaquín de Arredondo subduing the citizens after an anti-royalist revolt in 1813
Erhard Pentenrieder, engraved stationary with San Antonio scenes
Conjectural view of political protest in early San Antonio, by Armand Welcker
Conjectural illustration of the Siege of Béxar in December 1835
Gabriel Martínez, claim for $170 in damages to house and contents, destroyed by the Alamo defenders
Tom Brown, "Veramendi Palace"
Title page of Nota Estadística
Late nineteenth-century photograph of San Antonio jacal
12. Juan N. Seguín: Tejano Leader
Seguín family in Jesús Treviño's film biography, Seguín
Portrait of Juan Seguín in 1838, by Thomas J. Wright
Title page from Seguín's memoirs, 1858
Autograph of Erasmo Seguín, Juan's father, on 1838 legal document
Erasmo Seguín (left) tries to persuade his son Juan not to leave Texas
Anonymous portrait of Stephen F. Austin, ca. 1836
Stephen F. Austin's signature (in Spanish) on 1826 deed
Stephen F. Austin's map of Texas in 1836
Colonization law passed by the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas in 1825
13. Tejanos and the Alamo Defense
Thom Ricks, 1981 illustration, "Gregorio Esparza's Body, beside his Cannon, after the Battle of the Alamo"
Land grant certificate for Gregorio Esparza
Scene from John Wayne's Alamo
James C. Neill, the Alamo commander in January 1836
Juan Seguín and Flaca, Tejano characters in John Wayne's Alamo
Excavation of the Alamo's west wall in 1979-80
Land grant certificate for José Toribio Losoya
14. Tejanos and the Alamo Shrine
Robert Julian Onderdonk, "Christmas at the Alamo"
Arthur T. Lee, watercolor view of Alamo ruins
Seth Eastman, "Mexican houses in San Antonio, Texas. Part of the Alamo"
Pencil sketch by William Bollaert
Jack Jackson's illustration for Recuerden El Alamo, 1979
Adina De Zavala, one of the few Texans of Hispanic ancestry who took part in the effort to preserve the Alamo
Tile mural at Alamo Stadium
15. Alamo Defenders
One of the last letters believed to have been written from the Alamo
The men of Gonzales preparing to reinforce the Alamo in a scene from Heroes of the Alamo
Cover illustration by Joe Ruiz Grandee, "The Defender of the Alamo"
In John Wayne's Alamo, defenders raise the Mexican flag of 1824
16. Alamo Survivors
First Alamo monument, carved by William B. Nangle in 1841
Susanna Dickinson, daughter, and "Happy Sam" depart after the battle in John Wayne's Alamo
David Damm, "Rose Escapes over the Wall"
Bradford Smith, "The American Adventure"
Illustration of Robert Evans' reported attempt to blow up the Alamo powder magazine
Seguín movie crew filming execution scene on Alamo set at Bracketville, Texas
Alamo women resisting the final attack in The Immortal Alamo
17. William Barret Travis: Alamo Commander
Eugene Savage, Alamo panel from the "Texas History" wall mural
Frieze at base of San Jacinto Monument, Houston
Facsimile of Travis' letter from the Alamo, February 24, 1936
Woodcut portrait of Travis, based on idealized likeness by Henry McArdle
In Viva Max!, General Max mistakenly uses his heel to copy Travis' line in the dust
The "line" scene in Walt Disney's Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
18. Jim Bowie: Legend of the Old Southwest
Portrait of Jim Bowie, copied by Mamie A. Cardwell in 1894
John Wayne's Alamo depicted Bowie in buckskins
Bowie as portrayed on a 1950s television series and spin-off comic book
One of the bowie knives later owned by Juan Seguín
Bowie's death scene in John Wayne's Alamo
Louis Betts, "The Death of Bowie"
Thom Ricks, 1981, illustration of Madame Candelaria
19. Davy Crockett: Coonskin Hero
Defenders of the Alamo
Davy Crockett Elementary School students, San Antonio, at the Alamo, 1968
Classic Illustrated comic book, 1966
Richard Widmark as Bowie, John Wayne as Crockett, and Laurence Harvey as Travis
The popular 1830s play, The Lion of the West
Nineteenth-century tobacco card
Greeting card, 1981
Portrait of Davy Crockett in hunting garb
Francis Ford as Davy Crockett in The Immortal Alamo, the first Alamo movie
20. Crockett at the Alamo
Frederick C. Yohn, "The Battle of the Alamo," ca. 1913
Crockett's death in John Wayne's Alamo
"Crockett Led before Santa Anna"
Illustration from Ben Hardin's Crockett Almanac, 1842
Crockett lies atop a pile of bodies in Joseph Hefter's painting, "The Alamo: 8 A.M."
Crockett's death scene in Man of Conquest
21. Remember the Alamo
Texas Governor Price Daniel with John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Baines Johnson at the Alamo, 1956
Illustrated wrapper, Hiram McLane, The Capture of the Alamo, 1886
Bas relief on the Alamo Monument, State Capitol Grounds, Austin
José Juan Sánchez Navarro, plat of the Alamo, with memorial to Mexican dead, 1836
Illustration for an Italian comic book
Ku Klux Klansmen at the Alamo, 1982
22. Remember the Alamo
Advertisement for L&M cigarettes, designed by Cunningham and Walsh, 1976
Automobile leasing office in Plano, Texas, originally built as a game arcade
Restaurant and cantina in Connecticut, 1985
Advertisement, Southwest Review, Summer 1985
Alamo garden shrine
Ron Bechtol, "Besieged by the Alamo," SA, 1979
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