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The Casino Club is a historic German-American social club in San Antonio, Texas. It was established in 1854 with gatherings of 20 German-Americans and chartered in 1857 with 106 members. [ 1 ] The club debuted a building known as Casino Hall on Market Street in 1858, which was designed by future mayor Wilhelm Thielepape . [ 2 ]
The five oldest existing American clubs are the South River Club in South River, Maryland (c.1690/1700), the Schuylkill Fishing Company in Andalusia, Pennsylvania (1732), the Old Colony Club in Plymouth, Massachusetts (1769), the Philadelphia Club in Philadelphia (1834), and the Union Club of the City of New York in New York City (1836). [1]
At The Rowfant (Book) Club's 100th anniversary celebration in 1992, local members and their guests from book clubs in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, and San Francisco discovered common interests in bibliophilic book clubs. [1] The new association's first meeting was November 5, 1993, in New York, at The Grolier Club. In 1994, the group drew ...
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark; part of San Antonio Downtown and River Walk Historic District 122: Salado Battlefield and Archeological Site: Salado Battlefield and Archeological Site: November 21, 1978 : Address restricted [6] San Antonio: 123: San Antonio Casino Club Building: San Antonio Casino Club Building
Because of the area's size a "Blue Book" was published as a tourist guide for visitors. [1] [7] The 1911–1912 edition listed 106 vice entertainment venues as well as many other businesses. [1] In contrast to the relatively raucous red-light districts in other parts of the country, San Antonio's was known for being relatively subdued and ...
Francisca Club, private women's club in San Francisco; Friday Morning Club, Los Angeles, founded 1891. Its second clubhouse building, built in 1923, is NRHP-listed; Hollywood Women's Press Club, Los Angeles, founded 1928, no longer extant; Girls Club (San Francisco) La Jolla Woman's Club, La Jolla, CA, NRHP-listed
The Woman's Club of San Antonio is a philanthropic civic organization located in Bexar County in the U.S. state of Texas. It was founded October 1, 1898 by Mary Eleanor Brackenridge, [1] Marin B. Fenwick [2] and sixteen other individuals who had been inspired by the National Federation of Women's Clubs. Brackenridge served as the organization's ...
Co-editor. San Antonio, TX: Adelante Project. I embroider borders.... Poetry book, limited edition. Southwest School of Arts and Crafts. 2006. Editor. Flor y Ciencia: Chicanas in Mathematics, Science and Engineering. AAAS Adelante Project. 2001. Co-editor with Olga Najera Ramírez. Changing Chicana Traditions, University of Illinois Press. 2001.
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