Questions to Answer
City of San Marcos
- Where in the city is this? (We need to pin this to the map!)
- When was the photograph taken?
- What is this building (or this place)?
- What was it then?
- What is it now?
- How does the site then compare to the site today?
- Is the structure still there, and is it recognizable from this photo?
- Has the structure been modified or replaced with something else?
City
Power House
1907 Pedagog (hint: this is now a restaurant)
The Square
1926 Pedagog
Downtown San Marcos
1926 Pedagog
1927 Pedagog
1931 Pedagog
1941 Pedagog
1946 Pedagog
1957 Pedagog
1948 Pedagog
1948 Pedagog
City
Additional resources include (but are not limited to):
- Walk around town and observe!
- Pedagogs
- San Marcos (Hays County, Texas) City Directory ("Polk Directory" - beginning in 1968)
- Texas Archive of the Moving Image (search for "San Marcos" to find relevant videos - look for a movie titled "Our Home Town")
- Visit the San Marcos Public Library to see if they have helpful resources in their Local History collection
This group of photographs was selected by the University Archives to represent the city. For this assignment, you must select from the images provided above in the slide show. To copy an image, right-click and select "Save Image As..."
Other Resources for City Research
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1928 Campus MapFrom the C.E. Evans Papers, University Archives