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Echoes From The Past© has 3 floors of antiques and collectibles and hosts professional Antique dealers. We also have a knowledgeable staff to help the collector find those special items they treasure.
How We Began
Echoes From The Past© was established in the late 70's in our home in San Antonio. We specialized in player pianos and rebuilt and restored them in our kitchen. Then we began to restore Jukeboxes and it was time to leave the kitchen and open a shop.
The first Echoes From The Past© shop was located on North New Braunfels street in San Antonio - down the street from historic Ft Sam Houston - this area of town is called "Rattle Snake Hill". We began to expand our business with antiques and collectibles.
In 1990, Echoes From The Past© moved to it's present location in the old Sol Frank building at 517 East Houston street in downtown San Antonio. We are located across the street from the side entrance of the old Woolworth's building. Woolworth's faces the Alamo and we can see the Alamo from our front door.
This is a postcard from the 1940's showing the view of Houston Street from the Alamo. San Antonio has changed considerably since this postcard was made - but the buildings around the Alamo are still there. Our building is the third one down from the corner on the right.
In 1998 we opened another Antiques and Collectibles shop called The Tourist Trapp© at 307 Alamo Plaza. It is on the way to the River through the Hyatt Hotel across from the Alamo. You go down the steps to go to the river through the Hyatt Hotel. We are at the "start" of the river across from the waterfall.
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Locate Us
Echoes From The Past© is quick to find when you are in Downtown San Antonio, - just ask anyone where we are.
To help you get here, click on the map to the left for a larger detailed map of Downtown San Antonio courtesy of the San Antonio Convention & Visitors Bureau.
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Our CustomersWe have as customers, Little Old Ladies on Social Security to billionaires. The folks that visit our shop come from all walks of life and all over the world.
We have also met quite a few celebrities. To name a few of the celebrities that have visited our store, Dick Clark, Juliana Marguiles, Ethan Hawke, Freddy Fender, Dan Ackryod, and our favorite, Skeets Ulrich.
These are only a few from stage and screen. You never know who you'll see and meet here! But all of our Guests are special to us.
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Our Inventory
Our inventory is so varied, we attract everyone. We have 3 Floors of Quality Glassware and Pottery, Advertising, Militaria, Brewery Memorabilia, Trading Cards, Vintage Sheet Music, Piano Rolls 50's and 60's Collectibles, Phonographs, Radios, plus over 50,000 78 RPM, 45 RPM and LP's - the largest inventory of recordings in this part of the country!! If we don't have what you are looking for in our shop - we'll find it for you and deliver it to your home or business. We ship all over the world!!
We also repair and restore Player Pianos, Phonographs, Music Boxes, Nickleodians, Juke Boxes and Coin-Op Machines.
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Special Request Form
If you are looking for a particular item use this quick form to tell us what you are looking for. If we do not have it in our shop we will find it!
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