Gone But Not Forgotten in San Antonio! - Part I (Houston: limo, carnival)

[SAnativegirl]

Here is the pic of my mother and JFK on November 21, 1963.

[wCat]

Fabulous picture!!!! Wow!

[BudB]

Very interesting foto of JFK in SA the day be fore Dallas. Note that Pres. Kennedy and Gov. Connolly are both sitting in the Lincoln's rearmost seats while their wives sat together in the middle area. I tweaked the image a little to get rid of the aging common to old prints like this. Can anyone tell us exactly where the snapshot was taken since it must have been somewhere along Loop 13 between Kelly and Brooks Fields? Many thanx for sharing it.

[wCat]

Hey Bud...the previous page, she said on Broadway near Sunset?

Sunset is in the Alamo Heights area (just north of AH city limits)...not sure if that's what she meant. But that building looks familiar....but then that slanted roof line was fairly common about that time period.

Hopefully she will come back and possibly provide some details.

[Nix54]

Originally Posted by SAnativegirl

Here is the pic of my mother and JFK on November 21, 1963.

Thank you for taking us to the last day of Camelot. All of San Antonio felt the happiness your Mother did that day.

[Taco-n-Beer]

Originally Posted by Primo

On the subject of mansions. There is the park next to the Southwestern Bell/ AT&T building on Hildebrand...Right across from Incarned Word, there are some stairs and a headless angel statue. I heard there was a mansion there in the 1920's...owned by a wealthy doctor. His child was kidnapped for ranson.....it was botched and the child was found decapitated. He commissioned the statue to be made in memory of his child. Can anyone verify that?

It looks like the Angel thing is an urban myth.
The statue is called The Victory of Samothrace.

The most visible sculpture from Hildebrand is the 8’ high cement reproduction of the Victory of Samothrace, or ]Winged Victory (which originally decorated the roof of Dr. Urrutia’s house on Broadway), surrounded on two sides by 4’x 30” cement lions (site 3l)



see page 13, 21, page 216





http://www.sanantonio.gov/sapar/pdf/...MasterPlan.pdf

[wCat]

OK...this is what I thought of when I saw that photo. This is (I think) Overstreet Photography at the corner of Broadway and Flamingo (a couple of blocks North of Sunset.)

I hope this link comes through. Sometimes it doesn't translate to all browsers.

Web browser and Live Maps are incompatible

You can see the slanted roof...and the general architecture of that building.

Does anyone know the route of JFK's motorcade that day. Did he land at the airport? It would make sense that they were going down Broadway to downtown. If this is the correct building, then they were traveling South on Broadway.

Any thoughts?

[wCat]

I'll try to get them on the same page. Approximately 8124 Broadway ST, San Antonio.

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2009

[wCat]

Thanks to Budb....here is a touched/cleaned up copy of the JFK photo. He did the work...I'm just posting it!

Thank you again SAnativegirl!!!!

[wCat]

Originally Posted by Taco-n-Beer

It looks like the Angel thing is an urban myth.
The statue is called The Victory of Samothrace.

The most visible sculpture from Hildebrand is the 8’ high cement reproduction of the Victory of Samothrace, or ]Winged Victory (which originally decorated the roof of Dr. Urrutia’s house on Broadway), surrounded on two sides by 4’x 30” cement lions (site 3l)



see page 13, 21, page 216





http://www.sanantonio.gov/sapar/pdf/...MasterPlan.pdf

TacoNBeer.....I didn't want this post to get lost in the middle of the JFK pics. This report on Urrutia's mansion and history is fabulous!!! I'm so envious of all that got to participate on the research! Incredible information on a very misunderstood and mysterious personality in San Antonio's history.
All the aerials are fantastic!

Do you know if copies of this are available to purchase anywhere? Super resources and photos!