Laredito - San Antonio, TX
Posted by: WalksfarTX
N 29° 25.380 W 098° 29.830
14R E 548775 N 3254956
This public art piece by Jesse Treviño is a 50-by-8 foot mural at the Casa Navarro State Historic Site, the former homestead of Texas patriot José Antonio Navarro.
Waymark Code: WMXTTQ
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/26/2018
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From the left it shows a two wheeled ox cart with a man standing at the head of the oxen. Behind the oxcart to the left is a woman and girl doing laundry in a stream. Directly behind the oxcart is a mission.
Next is a table outside with men and women gathered around for a meal. A man is playing a guitar in the background.
Next is a store with food in bins. Navarro is standing with a rolled document in his right hand and a cane in his left.
Next is a women standing in front of a cart with possibly oranges in it. A bunch of bananas are hanging and under them a man is standing. Another woman is walking toward the first with her hand holding up her long skirt.
Last is a man on horseback wearing a large sombrero and it ends with a large bunch of cactus.
San Antonio News Express
Mural consists of hand-painted ceramic tiles. It depicts the Laredito neighborhood or "Little Laredo", one of downtown's original residential communities.