SAPL : October 2 In San Antonio History...

Press release from the San Antonio Public Library:

Andrew Crews

2 October 2021

1951
Richmond Avenue Baptist Church, which for 20 years has been meeting in rented locations and quonset huts, holds a dedication service for its new church building at 600 Richmond Avenue.

1954
Nat “King” Cole and his Orchestra play a concert in Memorial Auditorium.

1977
Nine paintings by Renoir and Picasso, worth about $200,000 and taken from the McNay Art Museum in two separate thefts earlier this year, have been returned.

This press release was produced by the San Antonio Public Library. The views expressed here are the author’s own.