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The 200 block of South Chadbourne in 1908 had 30 merchants listed in the telephone book which was the first one published in San Angelo. The streets were paved with wood blocks approximately 4” x 4” x 12” which were placed on end to provide the pavement for traffic which at the time included horses, wagons, early vintage automobiles and the street car you see in the mural. Initials you see on some blocks were put there by attendees at the ribbon cutting. The street car was established to take potential buyers to the new Lakeview development where large lots and acreage were being sold.
Extensive research has been done to be sure that all buildings and businesses were in existence during this time period. We have extensive early photos of the time period showing exactly what you are seeing appear in this mural.
Our Muralist, Crystal Goodman, has painted our first two murals and she uses KEIM Royalan paint which is a potassium silicate paint we bring in from Germany. It was and still is used around the world for masonry painting of buildings and murals. KEIM Mineral Systems was developed in Germany in 1887 and has been in continuous production since that time. Murals you can see today on buildings throughout Europe were painted with KEIM in the 1800’s and are still beautiful today. Historic Murals made the decision to use this paint because we wanted to be sure that the time, effort and money which have gone into producing these murals would assure they will be here for many,
many years for all to enjoy.
The fact that we were able to put this mural on this wall is a rare opportunity to give the viewer the ability to stand at the intersection
of Concho and S. Chadbourne and see the block as it is today and at the same time see the way it looked in 1908. Many street scene
murals have been done around the country in various cities but seldom is a wall available on the specific block that is the subject of the mural.
