Alamo to Espada: A Vintage Postcard Profile of San Antonio's Spanish Missions

San Antonio's five Spanish missions were being pulled from the brink of destruction a century ago just as picture postcards came into vogue. In Alamo to Espada, the author of The Spanish Missions of San Antonio uses more than 150 scarce vintage postcards to document the dramatic transformation and far-reaching impact of these treasures, one preserved as the Alamo and the others in San Antonio Missions National Historical Park. In addition to the focus on individual missions, one chapter vividly illustrates how the Alamo has been remembered. Another displays the missions' architectural legacy in landmarks from railroad stations to hotels to beer gardens, yielding further unusual insights into the Alamo and its sister missions.