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Photographer: Library of Congress
Taken: Circa 1913
Caption: Clara Driscoll (circa 1913)
Additional Description: Clara Driscoll used her own money to buy the Long Barrack in 1903, and put up her own money once again to help the state purchase more property surrounding the Alamo. Later, she convinced city engineers not to encroach on the site to widen Houston Street, and persuaded the city of San Antonio not to put a fire station adjacent to the Alamo. As president of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, she oversaw the 1936 Centennial celebration of the shrine.
Submitted: September 14, 2023, by Sean Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.
Database Locator Identification Number: p749518
File Size: 0.324 Megabytes

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