Group of twelve (12) albumen stereoviews with scenes from across Texas including San Antonio, Houston, and El Paso, circa 1860s - 1880s. Multiple publishers and photographers represented, some uncredited. Each on cardstock mount. Views include:

1. Scene of a large arena with a bull at the center and spectators in the stands. Verso with manuscript notations in different hands "'Bull fight', / Genl. Officer in / distance, / Dec '82, / Paso del Norte." and "'Paso del Norte' / (El Paso, Tex.)."

2. View of a railroad bridge over a river. Verso with manuscript notations "Rail Road Bridge over / Bayou - Houston Texas / Great & Northern RR" and backmark of "Barr & Wright, Photographers, Houston, Texas."

3. Close-up detail of ornate mission church window. Verso with manuscript notation "Second Mission below San Antonio / being San Jose." 

4. Exterior view of mission church. Verso with manuscript notation "Conception Mission, / near San Antonio, / Texas."

5. "XLNT Series. Scenery and Groups" Manuscript notation on mount recto "San Antonio San Pedro Springs."

6. "Texas Scenery." Exterior view showing a group of well-dressed men and women posed near a creek bed. A.V. Latourette, Photographer. Verso with manuscript notation "Head of S.A. River / Crystel Springs."

7. Exterior view of a commercial street with two men tending two large longhorns. Visible on one large building are the painted words "Live Let Live ... / The Cheapest Place / To Buy Texas Flour."

8. Street scene showing two men riding donkeys while another holds the reins of a saddled donkey. Verso with manuscript notation "Street scene Monterey Mex" and backstamp of "H.A. Doerr, / Photographer, San Antonio, Tex."

9. Image of a sculpture of Ernst Dosch, a German immigrant, saloon owner, and one of the most celebrated members of the San Antonio Schutzenverein (San Antonio Rifle Club). Verso with backstamp of "H.A. Doerr, / Photographer, San Antonio, Tex."

10. Outdoor scene featuring horses and three men atop a stagecoach alongside a solo rider and young child. Verso with backstamp of "H.A. Doerr, / Photographer, San Antonio, Tex."

11. Outdoor scene featuring four men posed with pack mules in front of a stone structure. Verso with manuscript notation "Wood Train / Paso del Norte Mex" and backmark of "F. Parker, El Paso, Texas. / Portraits and Views."

12. Exterior view of mission church. Verso with stamped identification "Mission Conception, / San Antonio, / Texas."

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. 

David Barr (1839-1925) and Charles J. Wright (ca 1847-?) operated Houston studios at Main and Preston, main at Congress, and Congress between Main and Travis during the 1870s. 

Alexis V. Latourette (active 1870s-1880s) worked in parts of Texas and northern Mexico. His surviving views span widely across Texas, including small towns and larger cities, making him one of the important photographers documenting the era..

Francis Parker established his photography studio in El Paso ca 1881-1882, and according to the El Paso County Historical Society was the region's first resident photographer. He remained in the region until 1910. Parker's arrival and photographs document the development of El Paso from a frontier town to a bustling railroad community.

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

Generally good condition overall, with sharp definition and solid mounts. Several cards exhibit typical peripheral handling wear, light surface soiling, faint foxing, dampstaining, or corner softening consistent with age. Some views with collector's notes or stamps on verso.