Group of eleven (11) albumen stereoviews documenting San Antonio, circa late 1860s - 1880s. Published by Henry A. Doerr and Doerr & Jacobson, of San Antonio, Texas. Each on cardstock mount. Views include:

1. Untitled image with no photographer's imprint. Exterior view showing a three-story building at right with men in the street alongside, yellow mount. Possibly by Doerr, or Sampson & Turrey Photographic Gallery, San Antonio. 

2. Untitled image with no photographer's imprint. Verso with manuscript notation "Military Plaza." An exterior view of Military Plaza in San Antonio, featuring the rear facade of the San Fernando Cathedral in the background, on gray mount.

3. Untitled image with no photographer's imprint. Verso with manuscript notation "San Antonio Tex." An exterior view featuring the city and a large number of buildings from a distance, on gray mount.

4.  "Views In and Around San Antonio, by Doerr & Jacobson, Photographers." Scenes on the San Antonio River. Verso with manuscript notation "Ossian Crawford builder, standing in door." Exterior view showing large muti-story manufacturing building with painted letters " [M]ISSION MILL" and a carriage and riders in foreground, on gray mount.

5. Untitled image. Verso with pictorial backmark "Henry A. Doerr, / Photographic Artist / New Masonic Building, / San Antonio, / Texas." An exterior view of San Fernando Cathedral Main Plaza, on yellow mount.

6. "Views In and Around San Antonio, by Doerr & Jacobson, Photographers." Street Life In San Antonio. Breakfast On Military Plaza. Exterior view showing a large group of people at tables in foreground with buildings and signage visible in background, on gray mount. 

7. "Views In and Around San Antonio, by Doerr & Jacobson, Photographers." Scenes On the San Antonio River. Manuscript notation on verso reads "Mill built by O Crawford / 1880." Exterior view of "Mission Wool Mill" situated along the river, on gray mount.

8. "Commerce Street looking East, San Antonio, Tex." Verso with manuscript notation "Anna (?) Delzell. / No.54." Backmark "Doerr & Jacobson / 63 Commerce St. / San Antonio, / Tex." Exterior view looking down the center of a city street, on gray mount. 

9. Untitled image. Verso with manuscript notation "Grenet Castel" and backstamp of "H. A. Doerr, / Photographer, / San Antonio, / Tex." An exterior view of French merchant Honore Grenet's distinctive "castle" housing his grocery business and sitting alongside the Alamo, on yellow mount.

10. Untitled image. Verso with manuscript notation "La Vileta" and backstamp "H.A. Doerr / Photographer / San Antonio, Tex." An exterior view of the La Villita district of San Antonio, on gray mount.

11. Untitled image. Verso with backstamp "H. Doerr / Photographer / San Antonio, Texas." An exterior view of a complex of buildings, likely the original building of St. Mary's College, on yellow mount.

Henry A. Doerr (ca 1822-1885) was a Prussian-born photographer active in San Antonio during the last third of the nineteenth century. A March 1867 San Antonio Ledger article describes Henry Doerr as "the first gentleman who took photographs in San Antonio, and has been engaged in this business over seventeen years." Over the course of his more than three-decades in Texas, Doerr operated both independently and in partnership with other photographers. His most enduring partnership was with Samuel E. Jacobson (also known as Sammy E. Jacobson). The pair operated an establishment at 63 Commerce St. from roughly July 1875 to 1879. Arthur V. Lynch's article "San Antonio: As Viewed By Henry A. Doerr Photographic Artist," (Stereo World, Jul/Aug 1981) notes the following: "In December,1872 Henry A. Doerr moved to a new building on Commerce Street where he remained through 1875. Examples of his work during this period are on yellow, round-cornered mounts with a small  'H. Doerr, Photographer, San Antonio Texas' uniformly stamped in the center of the back. For eleven years the titles on Doerr's views were handwritten on the backs. Many in-town views, with images familiar to the purchaser, were sold untitled.... At the end of 1876 Doerr was at 63 Commerce Street where he was joined by Samuel Jacobson....During their association (1876-1879), the views were usually on gray mounts. Apparently, Jacobson was responsible for the new format with backs headed by 'Views In And Around San Antonio, By Doerr & Jacobson...." By 1880, Doerr was again working alone. He passed away in October 1885 and is buried in the Saint John's Lutheran Cemetery New, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

[Photography, Early Photography, Historic Photography, Stereoviews, Stereographs, Albumen Prints, Texas]

Generally good condition overall, showing minor edge rubbing and light corner softening consistent with age. Light soil and occasional dampstaining. Some views with modern collector notations. Commerce Street view has large, deep vertical crease at center.