| Unidentified photographer Alamo Chapel of San Antonio de Valero Mission [Texas, USA] 1849 Daguerreotype Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Accession No: 93-202 LL/56882 Showing the exterior façade of the chapel ruins, it is the only known photographic view of the Alamo made prior to its reconstruction in 1850. It is thought to be the earliest photograph taken in Texas held in a public collection.
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