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

1. "Views In and Around San Antonio, by Doerr & Jacobson, Photographers." Plazas & Streets of San Antonio. Exterior view showing a busy street with wagons and oxen at left foreground, on gray mount.

2.  Untitled image. Verso with two separate manuscript notations in different hands: "Scene on S.A. River" and "M.H. Schlegel." Backstamps of "H.A. Doerr / Photographer / San Antonio, Tex" and "Nic Tengg / Books / Stationery / San Antonio, Texas."  An exterior river view showing buildings alongside the river bank, on gray mount.

3. Untitled image. Verso with backstamp "H.A. Doerr / Photographer / San Antonio, Tex."  An exterior view showing the elaborate gravestone marker of "M.M. Perpetua", on gray mount.

4. "Stereoscopic Views In and Around San Antonio, by Doerr & Jacobson, 63 Commerce Street." San Antonio River. Exterior view capturing a river scene with a small bridge in the distance, on gray mount.

5. Untitled image. Verso with manuscript notation "Mexican Train" and backstamp "H.A. Doerr / Photographer / San Antonio, Tex."  An exterior view showing a large number of harnessed mules with riders on horseback, on gray mount.

6. Untitled image. Verso with backmark of "Doerr & Jacobson / 63 Commerce Street 63 / San Antonio,  - - - Texas." An exterior view showing a river scene with a large church in the background, on gray mount.

7. Untitled image. Verso with manuscript notation "Grave of C F Kleine & family / San Antonio" and backstamp "H.A. Doerr / Photographer / San Antonio, Tex."  An exterior view showing a large, gated memorial, on gray mount. Though the manuscript notation on verso indicates the grave of C.F. Kleine, the gate in the image bears the name "J.H. Bosshard." 

8. Untitled image. Verso with manuscript notation "Pinto Creek Kinney County" and backstamp "H.A. Doerr / Photographer / San Antonio, Tex."  An exterior view showing a creek below a steep rock face, on gray mount. 

9. Untitled image. Verso with manuscript notation "Turkey Creek" and backstamp "H.A. Doerr / Photographer / San Antonio, Tex."  An exterior view showing a creek with trees overhanging, on yellow mount. 

10. "Stereoscopic Views In and Around San Antonio, by Doerr & Jacobson, 63 Commerce Street." Exterior view of a man near a prickly pear cactus bush, on gray mount.

11. Untitled image. Verso with manuscript notation "Mouth of the Devils Riv / Rio Grande" and backstamp "H.A. Doerr / Photographer / San Antonio, Tex."  An exterior view showing workers at the junction of the Rio Grande and Devil's River Canyon, 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.