Casa Navarro and Historic Laredito

Emiliano ‘Nano’ Calderon

Site Educator

228 South Laredo St. • www.visitcasanavarro.com

BARRIO DE LAREDO

1768 plan of the settlements by José de Urrutia Courtesy of British Library

Laredito’s Origins

Historical Map of Old San Antonio de Béxarby John D. Rullman. Courtesy of the The Dolph Briscoe Center for AmericanHistory, the University of Texas at Austin

San Antonio de Béxar, Texas From the West Side by Seth Eastman,1849, pencil on paperCourtesy of the Witte Museum

Engraving from Edward King’s article “Glimpses ofTexas: A Visit to San Antonio” appearing in Scribner’sMonthly: An Illustrated Magazine, January 1874.Courtesy of the Institute of Texan Cultures, the University of Texasat San Antonio

Navarro’s Laredo Street Property

Augustus Koch Bird’s Eye Viewof San Antonio, 1873

•Courtesy of Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin

Laredo Street

Commerce

Above: Vegetable stands on Military Plaza, San Antonio, c. 1886Courtesy of the Institute of Texan Cultures, the University of Texas atSan Antonio

Above Right: Hay vendor on donkey in San Antonio, 1870sCourtesy of the Institute of Texan Cultures, the Universityof Texas at San Antonio

Right: Family washing clothes in a creek in San Antonio, 1870s.Courtesy of the Institute of Texan Cultures, the University of Texas at

San Antonio

LeisureCorrida de la Sandiaby Theodore Gentil, date unknown, oil on canvasCourtesy of Yanaguana Society Collection, the Daughters of the Republic of TexasLibrary

Fandango by Theodore Gentilz, date unknown, oil on canvasCourtesy of Yanaguana Society Collection, the Daughters of the

Republic of TexasLibrary

Gathering and Preparing Food

Above Left: Tortilleras by Theodore Gentilz, date unknown, oil on canvasCourtesy of Yanaguana Society Collection, the Daughters of the Republic ofTexas Library

Above Right: Aguador, or water seller, by H.A. DoerrCourtesy of the Witte Museum

Right: Women grinding corn with a mano y metate represented in thepainting Cocina by Theodore Gentilz, date unknown, oil on canvas.

Courtesy of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library

Gathering and Preparing Food

Laredito Architecture

311 North Laredo St.Courtesy Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library at the Alamo

319 North Laredo St.Courtesy Daughters of the Republic

of Texas Library at the Alamo

Laredito Architecture

300 Block of North Laredo St.

at Salinas St.Courtesy Daughters of the Republic

of Texas Library at the Alamo

Mexican Store on Laredo St.Courtesy Daughters of the Republic

of Texas Library at the Alamo

Laredito Architecture

607 South Laredo St.Courtesy Daughters of the Republic

of Texas Library at the Alamo

320 South Laredo St.Courtesy Daughters of the Republic

of Texas Library at the Alamo

Laredito Architecture

823-825 South Laredo St.Courtesy Daughters of the Republic

of Texas Library at the Alamo

Candy peddler on Laredo St.Courtesy Daughters of the Republic

of Texas Library at the Alamo

Jacales, Chamacueros and Adobes

WEST OF SAN PEDRO CREEK

José Antonio Navarro House, c. 1930.

Calle Laredo

El Regidor. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 86, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 20, 1890 El Regidor. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 87, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 27, 1890

Calle Laredo

El Regidor. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 173, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 9, 1892

El Regidor. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 226, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 29, 1893

El Regidor. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 724, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 16, 1903

The Daily Express. (San Antonio, Tex.) Vol. 42, No. 34, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 3, 1907

Pablo Cruz

La Cocina en el Bolsillo

Foodways at Casa Navarro

“Little Mexico”

“Little Mexico”

“Little Mexico”

Washington Square and Haymarket Plaza

Jose Padilla selling mesquite wood to Dan Herrera on Washington Square, San Antonio, Texas. December, 1948. Courtesy of UTSA Libraries Special Collections

Bird's-eye view of Haymarket Plaza from roof of Municipal Market House, San Antonio, Texas. Circa 1925. Courtesy of UTSA Libraries Special Collections

Washington Square and Haymarket Plaza

Produce dealers on Washington Square, San Antonio, Texas. November, 1948.Courtesy of UTSA Libraries Special CollectionsMrs. John H. Wood, Jr. shopping for a Thanksgiving turkey at

Haymarket Plaza. November, 1941.Courtesy of UTSA Libraries Special Collections

EVE OF DEMOLITION

Shiner Alley, between 300 Block of South Laredo Street and San Pedro Creek.Courtesy of UTSA Libraries Special Collections.

The Diaz-Sauceda Family

Maria Diaz, June 1960Courtesy of Hortencia Sauceda Hortencia Sauceda and Angie

Courtesy of Hortencia Sauceda

The Diaz-Sauceda Family

Elisa Sauceda and Maria Diaz, January 1944Courtesy of Hortencia Sauceda

Luis Flores, January 1949Courtesy of Hortencia Sauceda

The Diaz-Sauceda Family

Urban Renewal

Small houses on unpaved Dinero Alley, San Antonio, Texas. Ray Howell Collection.Courtesy of UTSA Libraries Special Collections

Above: Navarro House roof restoration, Circa 1962

Right: Condemning first piece of property for urban renewal site, October, 1961. Courtesy of UTSA Libraries Special Collections

South Laredo Street, facing north. May, 1962. Courtesy of UTSA Special Collections