The Harness Maker's Dream: Nathan Kallison and the Rise of South Texas

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Top: According to the 1895 Russian census, Kallison relatives lived with another Ladyzhinka family in a strow-roofed clay house similar to this one in a Ukrainian shted. Yad Vashem Archives. Above: Liberty Street in the Jewish District, Chicago's West Side Ghetto, c.I900. American JOllmal a/Sociology, vol. XVII, Jllly 191 J. Above: Chicago's West Side Maxwell Street Market (Jefferson Street), c. 18901910 . Chicago History Museum (ICHi-I4059). Left: Alley view, Jewish district, Chicago's West Side Ghetto, c.1900. Metropolitan Planning Council records, MPC 0000 0000 0117, University of minois at Chicago Libmry, Special Collections. Above: Nathan Kallison (center) and brothers Jacob (right) and Samuel (left), harness makers in Chicago, 1896. Right: Anna l.etwin in Chicago, employed by a distant cousin to care for her children, 1892. Above: The Kallison family in Chicago, 1899. Standing: Nathan and Anna. Dina Kallison, the family matriarch, is seated with gmnddaughter Pauline in her lap. Young Morris stands at his grandmother's side. Opposite, top: Chili stand in the open-air market on Military Plaza, San Antonio, late 1880s. Gelleral Photograph Collectioll, MS 354: 102-0637, Ulliversity ofTextls at San Antonio Libraries Special Collections from ti,e I"stitute ofTexan Cultures. Opposite, bottom: Ruiz House commercial building in the Military Plaza market area, c.1880s. General Photograph Collection, MS 362: 098-1250, University ofTexas at Sa" Antonio Libraries Special Collediolls from the Institute ofTextln Cultures. -........ Top: Military Plaza Vegetable Stands, 1886. Geneml Photograph Colledion, MS 362: 101-0050, University ofTems at Stm Antonio Libmries Special Collections from the Institute ofTexan Cultures. Above: Temple Beth-E!, a Reform Jewish congregation at the corner of Travis and Jefferson Streets in San Antonio. Photograph c.1877. Geneml Photograph Collection, MS 362: 093-0384, University ofTexas at San Antonio Libmries Special Collections from the Institute ofTexan Cultures. Top: Pioneer Flour Mills, an enduring San Antonio business founded in 1851 by German immigrant Carl Hilmar Guenther, who established this mill along the banks of the San Antonio River in 1859 one mile south of the city. Photograph 1891. General Photograph Collection, MS 362: 082-0642, University ofTexas at San Antonio Libraries Special Collections from the Institute of Texan Cultures. Above: Laying a cornerstone for the new Bexar County Courthouse in San Antonio, May 17, 1892. General Photograph Collection, MS 362: 073-0203, University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries Special Collections from the Institute ofTexan Cultures. Opposite, top: Streetcar Tramway Sprinkler No.6, working to keep the dust down on the unpaved city streets, 1897. Geneml Photograph Collection, MS 362: 075-0856, University ofTexas at San Antonio Libmries Special Collections from the Institute ofTexan Cultures. Opposite, bottom: Bexar County Courthouse, 1900. Geneml Photogmph Collection, MS 362: 101-0083, University ofTexas at San Antonio Libmries Special Collections from the 1nstitute ofTexan Cultures. Above: Electric light arches on Commerce Street in downtown San Antonio, 1899. Geneml Photogmph Collection, MS 362: 101-0102, University ofTexas at San Antonio Libmries Special Collections from the Institute ofTexan Cultures. Above: Nathan and Anna Kal1ison in their harness and saddlery shop at 124 South Flores Street, San Antonio, Texas, c.1906. Above: President McKinley addresses a crowd at Alamo Plaza in front of San Antonio's Grand Opera House, May 4, 1901. General Photograph Collection, MS 362: 075-0199, University of Tems at San Antonio Libraries Special Collections from the Institute ofTemn Cultures. • i , .. , , , " " , :'1 'I ~ , , " i " ~ " . ~~... ~. ',The Sanborn Map Company, founded in 1866 by D. A. Sanborn, originally created richly detailed maps to help insurers estimate fire insurance liabilities. Noting street names and addresses; building footprints, construction materials, and usage; property boundaries; and natural features, these maps have become a valuable historical record. The above 1904 Sanborn map shows that Nathan Kal1ison's harness and saddle shop at 124 South Floresthen a brick-paved street-:as at &m Antonio Libraries Special Colledions from the Institute ofTexan Cultures. Above: Morris Kallison in Kallison's veterinary supply department, c.19305. San Antonio Light Photograph Collection, MS 359: L-3185-B, University ofTexas at San Antonio Libraries Special Collections from the Institute a/Texan Cultures. Rig/It: Morris Kallison and Dorothy Sherwood with Pancho Villa's saddle on display in Kallison's store, c.1930s. San Antonio Light Photograph Collection, MS 359: L-3IBS-A, University o/Texas at San Antonio Libraries Special Colledions from the Institute ofTexan Cultures. Above...