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Mission San Antonio de Valero, Alamo Plaza, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

Mission San Antonio de Valero, Alamo Plaza, San Antonio, Bexar County,...

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Mission San Antonio de Valero, Alamo Plaza, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

Mission San Antonio de Valero, Alamo Plaza, San Antonio, Bexar County,...

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Mission San Antonio de Valero, Alamo Plaza, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

Mission San Antonio de Valero, Alamo Plaza, San Antonio, Bexar County,...

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Mission San Antonio de Valero, Alamo Plaza, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

Mission San Antonio de Valero, Alamo Plaza, San Antonio, Bexar County,...

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Mission Church of Ranchos de Taos, Ranchos de Taos, Taos County, NM

Mission Church of Ranchos de Taos, Ranchos de Taos, Taos County, NM

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-6 Survey number: HABS NM-7 Building/structure dates: ca. 1772 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 17t3 Subsequent Work Building/struc... More

Mission Church of Ranchos de Taos, Ranchos de Taos, Taos County, NM

Mission Church of Ranchos de Taos, Ranchos de Taos, Taos County, NM

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-6 Survey number: HABS NM-7 Building/structure dates: ca. 1772 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 17t3 Subsequent Work Building/struc... More

Mission Church of Ranchos de Taos, Ranchos de Taos, Taos County, NM

Mission Church of Ranchos de Taos, Ranchos de Taos, Taos County, NM

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-6 Survey number: HABS NM-7 Building/structure dates: ca. 1772 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 17t3 Subsequent Work Building/struc... More

Mission Church of Ranchos de Taos, Ranchos de Taos, Taos County, NM

Mission Church of Ranchos de Taos, Ranchos de Taos, Taos County, NM

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-6 Survey number: HABS NM-7 Building/structure dates: ca. 1772 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 17t3 Subsequent Work Building/struc... More

U. S. Branch Mint, Mission & Fifth Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

U. S. Branch Mint, Mission & Fifth Streets, San Francisco, San Francis...

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Mission San Francisco Solano de Sonoma, First & Spain Streets, Sonoma, Sonoma County, CA

Mission San Francisco Solano de Sonoma, First & Spain Streets, Sonoma,...

See also HALS CA-66 for additional documentation. Significance: Mission was founded in 1823 by Padre Jose Altimira as the last in a chain of 21 missions. Survey number: HABS CA-1138 Building/structure dates: ... More

Mission San Francisco Solano de Sonoma, First & Spain Streets, Sonoma, Sonoma County, CA

Mission San Francisco Solano de Sonoma, First & Spain Streets, Sonoma,...

See also HALS CA-66 for additional documentation. Significance: Mission was founded in 1823 by Padre Jose Altimira as the last in a chain of 21 missions. Survey number: HABS CA-1138 Building/structure dates: ... More

Mission San Francisco Solano de Sonoma, First & Spain Streets, Sonoma, Sonoma County, CA

Mission San Francisco Solano de Sonoma, First & Spain Streets, Sonoma,...

See also HALS CA-66 for additional documentation. Significance: Mission was founded in 1823 by Padre Jose Altimira as the last in a chain of 21 missions. Survey number: HABS CA-1138 Building/structure dates: ... More

Mission San Francisco Solano de Sonoma, First & Spain Streets, Sonoma, Sonoma County, CA

Mission San Francisco Solano de Sonoma, First & Spain Streets, Sonoma,...

See also HALS CA-66 for additional documentation. Significance: Mission was founded in 1823 by Padre Jose Altimira as the last in a chain of 21 missions. Survey number: HABS CA-1138 Building/structure dates: ... More

San Xavier del Bac Mission, Mission Road, Tucson, Pima County, AZ

San Xavier del Bac Mission, Mission Road, Tucson, Pima County, AZ

Suggested address, Mission Road, not verifiable in documentation. Less common element keywords for complex include: conventos, canales, cimborios, grotoes, & sacroriums. Significance: Date of Erection, 1797. A... More

San Xavier del Bac Mission, Mission Road, Tucson, Pima County, AZ

San Xavier del Bac Mission, Mission Road, Tucson, Pima County, AZ

Suggested address, Mission Road, not verifiable in documentation. Less common element keywords for complex include: conventos, canales, cimborios, grotoes, & sacroriums. Significance: Date of Erection, 1797. A... More

San Xavier del Bac Mission, Mission Road, Tucson, Pima County, AZ

San Xavier del Bac Mission, Mission Road, Tucson, Pima County, AZ

Suggested address, Mission Road, not verifiable in documentation. Less common element keywords for complex include: conventos, canales, cimborios, grotoes, & sacroriums. Significance: Date of Erection, 1797. A... More

San Xavier del Bac Mission, Mission Road, Tucson, Pima County, AZ

San Xavier del Bac Mission, Mission Road, Tucson, Pima County, AZ

Suggested address, Mission Road, not verifiable in documentation. Less common element keywords for complex include: conventos, canales, cimborios, grotoes, & sacroriums. Significance: Date of Erection, 1797. A... More

San Xavier del Bac Mission, Mission Road, Tucson, Pima County, AZ

San Xavier del Bac Mission, Mission Road, Tucson, Pima County, AZ

Suggested address, Mission Road, not verifiable in documentation. Less common element keywords for complex include: conventos, canales, cimborios, grotoes, & sacroriums. Significance: Date of Erection, 1797. A... More

San Xavier del Bac Mission, Mission Road, Tucson, Pima County, AZ

San Xavier del Bac Mission, Mission Road, Tucson, Pima County, AZ

Suggested address, Mission Road, not verifiable in documentation. Less common element keywords for complex include: conventos, canales, cimborios, grotoes, & sacroriums. Significance: Date of Erection, 1797. A... More

San Xavier del Bac Mission, Mission Road, Tucson, Pima County, AZ

San Xavier del Bac Mission, Mission Road, Tucson, Pima County, AZ

Suggested address, Mission Road, not verifiable in documentation. Less common element keywords for complex include: conventos, canales, cimborios, grotoes, & sacroriums. Significance: Date of Erection, 1797. A... More

San Xavier del Bac Mission, Mission Road, Tucson, Pima County, AZ

San Xavier del Bac Mission, Mission Road, Tucson, Pima County, AZ

Suggested address, Mission Road, not verifiable in documentation. Less common element keywords for complex include: conventos, canales, cimborios, grotoes, & sacroriums. Significance: Date of Erection, 1797. A... More

San Xavier del Bac Mission, Mission Road, Tucson, Pima County, AZ

San Xavier del Bac Mission, Mission Road, Tucson, Pima County, AZ

Suggested address, Mission Road, not verifiable in documentation. Less common element keywords for complex include: conventos, canales, cimborios, grotoes, & sacroriums. Significance: Date of Erection, 1797. A... More

San Xavier del Bac Mission, Mission Road, Tucson, Pima County, AZ

San Xavier del Bac Mission, Mission Road, Tucson, Pima County, AZ

Suggested address, Mission Road, not verifiable in documentation. Less common element keywords for complex include: conventos, canales, cimborios, grotoes, & sacroriums. Significance: Date of Erection, 1797. A... More

San Xavier del Bac Mission, Mission Road, Tucson, Pima County, AZ

San Xavier del Bac Mission, Mission Road, Tucson, Pima County, AZ

Suggested address, Mission Road, not verifiable in documentation. Less common element keywords for complex include: conventos, canales, cimborios, grotoes, & sacroriums. Significance: Date of Erection, 1797. A... More

San Xavier del Bac Mission, Mission Road, Tucson, Pima County, AZ

San Xavier del Bac Mission, Mission Road, Tucson, Pima County, AZ

Suggested address, Mission Road, not verifiable in documentation. Less common element keywords for complex include: conventos, canales, cimborios, grotoes, & sacroriums. Significance: Date of Erection, 1797. A... More

San Xavier del Bac Mission, Mission Road, Tucson, Pima County, AZ

San Xavier del Bac Mission, Mission Road, Tucson, Pima County, AZ

Suggested address, Mission Road, not verifiable in documentation. Less common element keywords for complex include: conventos, canales, cimborios, grotoes, & sacroriums. Significance: Date of Erection, 1797. A... More

San Xavier del Bac Mission, Mission Road, Tucson, Pima County, AZ

San Xavier del Bac Mission, Mission Road, Tucson, Pima County, AZ

Suggested address, Mission Road, not verifiable in documentation. Less common element keywords for complex include: conventos, canales, cimborios, grotoes, & sacroriums. Significance: Date of Erection, 1797. A... More

San Xavier del Bac Mission, Mission Road, Tucson, Pima County, AZ

San Xavier del Bac Mission, Mission Road, Tucson, Pima County, AZ

Suggested address, Mission Road, not verifiable in documentation. Less common element keywords for complex include: conventos, canales, cimborios, grotoes, & sacroriums. Significance: Date of Erection, 1797. A... More

San Xavier del Bac Mission, Mission Road, Tucson, Pima County, AZ

San Xavier del Bac Mission, Mission Road, Tucson, Pima County, AZ

Suggested address, Mission Road, not verifiable in documentation. Less common element keywords for complex include: conventos, canales, cimborios, grotoes, & sacroriums. Significance: Date of Erection, 1797. A... More

San Xavier del Bac Mission, Mission Road, Tucson, Pima County, AZ

San Xavier del Bac Mission, Mission Road, Tucson, Pima County, AZ

Suggested address, Mission Road, not verifiable in documentation. Less common element keywords for complex include: conventos, canales, cimborios, grotoes, & sacroriums. Significance: Date of Erection, 1797. A... More

Mission of San Juan Capistrano, mammoth plate negative

Mission of San Juan Capistrano, mammoth plate negative

Public domain photograph of rural landscape, California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Father O'Kief and two other monks standing under dilapidated arch of the old Spanish mission church, San Luis Rey, California]

[Father O'Kief and two other monks standing under dilapidated arch of ...

D16325 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 599. Copyright by G.P. Thresher and C.C. Pierce.

Vested choir, St. Mary's Mission, [Detroit, Mich.]

Vested choir, St. Mary's Mission, [Detroit, Mich.]

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Eskimo children and puppies at the Moravian Mission Station

Eskimo children and puppies at the Moravian Mission Station

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of children, kids, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mission San Buenaventura de Cochiti, New Mexico

Mission San Buenaventura de Cochiti, New Mexico

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CUBAN WAR MISSION TO THE U.S. GENERAL JOSE MARTIN AND WIFE, AND DR. DeCESPEDES, MINISTER TO U.S.WITH CAPTAIN E.N. TABIO, MILITARY ATTACHE, CUBAN LEGATION.

CUBAN WAR MISSION TO THE U.S. GENERAL JOSE MARTIN AND WIFE, AND DR. De...

A group of men and women standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

JAPANESE MISSION TO U.S. VISIT TO NAVAL ACADEMY

JAPANESE MISSION TO U.S. VISIT TO NAVAL ACADEMY

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JAPANESE MISSION TO U.S. VICE ADM. TAKESHITA; VISCOUNT ISHII; AMB. SATO

JAPANESE MISSION TO U.S. VICE ADM. TAKESHITA; VISCOUNT ISHII; AMB. SAT...

A black and white photo of three men in suits. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

BELGIAN MISSION TO U.S. BARON LUDOVIC MONCHEUR, HEAD OF MISSION

BELGIAN MISSION TO U.S. BARON LUDOVIC MONCHEUR, HEAD OF MISSION

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

SERBIAN MISSION TO THE U.S. AT MOUNT VERNON, WITH SEC. LANSING

SERBIAN MISSION TO THE U.S. AT MOUNT VERNON, WITH SEC. LANSING

A group of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

SERBIAN MISSION TO THE U.S. ATL. LT. COL. MICHAILO MENADOVITCH; DR. SIMA LOZANITCH, FORMER MINISTER TO LONDON; FRONT, DR. MILENKO VESVITCH, HEAD OF THE MISSION; FRONT, GEN. MICHAILO RACHITCH; MR. L. MICHAILOVITCH, SERBIAN MIN. TO U.S. REAR: LEFT, VLADISLAV MARTINATZ; CAPT. MILAN YORITEHITCH. OTHERS ARE AMERICANS

SERBIAN MISSION TO THE U.S. ATL. LT. COL. MICHAILO MENADOVITCH; DR. SI...

A black and white photo of a group of men. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mission of San Juan Capistrano, near Capistrano, Calif.

Mission of San Juan Capistrano, near Capistrano, Calif.

J240482 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 23117. Copyright by Keystone View Company.

Chinese special mission, 6/27/21

Chinese special mission, 6/27/21

Public domain photograph of chinatown, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Naval mission to Brazil, 12/1/22

Naval mission to Brazil, 12/1/22

Picryl description: Public domain image of military personnel, army, group photograph, armed people in uniform, war inspection, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mrs. Hoover at Central Union Mission, 12/23/29

Mrs. Hoover at Central Union Mission, 12/23/29

A group of people standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Children leaving Central Union mission on picnic, 7/23/25

Children leaving Central Union mission on picnic, 7/23/25

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a group of people, 1900s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Lt. General Wada and Japanese mission at grave of Unknown soldier, Arlington, [Virginia], 8/5/24

Lt. General Wada and Japanese mission at grave of Unknown soldier, Arl...

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Japanese Military Mission and Charge d'Affairs Isaburo Yoshida, White House, [Washington, D.C.], 8/11//24

Japanese Military Mission and Charge d'Affairs Isaburo Yoshida, White ...

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60th Anniversary of A.C. [i.e., American Colony] in Jer. [i.e., Jerusalem] Archimandrite Antony, chief of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission

60th Anniversary of A.C. [i.e., American Colony] in Jer. [i.e., Jerusa...

Public domain image of a priest, member of a church, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Apostolic Mission House. Portion of front of Apostolic Mission House II

Apostolic Mission House. Portion of front of Apostolic Mission House I...

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Sea of Galilee from Dr. Torrance's porch [Scots Mission Hospital, Tiberias].

Sea of Galilee from Dr. Torrance's porch [Scots Mission Hospital, Tibe...

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Scots Mission Hospital Tiberias. Mission House in Safad showing Reverend Sloan & Mr. Glaser

Scots Mission Hospital Tiberias. Mission House in Safad showing Revere...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an ancient city, historic place, stone buildings architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Scots Mission Hospital, Tiberias (Torrance). Hospital beds.

Scots Mission Hospital, Tiberias (Torrance). Hospital beds.

Public domain photograph of a person in bed, bedroom, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a hole in a wall. Great Depression and World War Two FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a hole in a wall. Great Depression and Worl...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an arch stone structure, bridge, or tunnel, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Ruins of supposed Spanish mission, Georgia

Ruins of supposed Spanish mission, Georgia

Public domain photograph - Georgia folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gospel mission, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Gospel mission, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Public domain photograph - historical image of Minnesota, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A couple of men standing outside of a building, Minnesota. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A couple of men standing outside of a building, Minnesota. Farm Securi...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT AND SANTA CLAUS (HOMER RODEHEAVER) AT CENTRAL UNION MISSION'S XMAS PARTY

MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT AND SANTA CLAUS (HOMER RODEHEAVER) AT CENTR...

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A black and white photo of a sign on a building, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a sign on a building, Great Depression. FSA...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT HELPS SPREAD CHRISTMAS CHEER. WASHINGTON, D.C., DECEMBER 23. CONTINUING A PRECEDENT BEGUN BY THE LATE MRS. WARREN G. HARDING WHEN HER HUSBAND WAS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT ASSISTED IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF XMAS BAGS TO HUNDREDS OF NEEDY CHILDREN THIS MORNING AT THE ANNUAL PARTY OF THE CENTRAL UNION MISSION AT THE CAPITOL THEATRE. SANTA CLAUS WAS PLAYED BY HOMER RODEHEAVER OF NEWYORK CITY. L TO R: SANTA CLAUS HOMER RODEHEAVER; BOBBY CARTER, 4; JOAN CARTER, 6; MARY ELLEN CARTER, 5; AND MRS. ROOSEVELT

MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT HELPS SPREAD CHRISTMAS CHEER. WASHINGTON, D...

A black and white photo of a group of people. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Barn in a valley back of Mission San Jose. Santa Clara County, California

Barn in a valley back of Mission San Jose. Santa Clara County, Califor...

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Dr. C. MacLean, Ajlun. Gilead Mission Hospital. Entrance to hospital enclosure. Visitors waiting for opening of the gate

Dr. C. MacLean, Ajlun. Gilead Mission Hospital. Entrance to hospital e...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Jordan, Middle East, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dr. C. MacLean, Ajlun. Gilead Mission Hospital. Hospital site from the castle, from upper storey [i.e., story]

Dr. C. MacLean, Ajlun. Gilead Mission Hospital. Hospital site from the...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Jordan, Middle East, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mission, South Dakota - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Mission, South Dakota - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Public domain photograph of life in the United States in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Carpenter, his wife and daughter eating supper in front of their tent-home. Mission Valley, California, about three miles from San Diego. Refer to caption 38175-D

Carpenter, his wife and daughter eating supper in front of their tent-...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bureau, office furniture, desk, chair, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Wife and child of Navy yard worker from North Carolina, now living in one room apartment in Helping Hand Mission. Portsmouth, Virginia

Wife and child of Navy yard worker from North Carolina, now living in ...

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Mission San Jose, California. Tombstone of emigrant to California from Sao Jorge, Azores Islands

Mission San Jose, California. Tombstone of emigrant to California from...

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Trampas, New Mexico. A church which was built in 1700 and is the best-preserved colinal mission in the Southwest. Symbolic coffin placed in readiness for a memorial mass

Trampas, New Mexico. A church which was built in 1700 and is the best-...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a church, cathedral, religious building, 17th,18th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Trampas, New Mexico. Father Cassidy conducting mass at a church which was built in 1700 and is the best-preserved colonial mission in the Southwest

Trampas, New Mexico. Father Cassidy conducting mass at a church which ...

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Captain Rollo C. "Pop" Lawrence of the U.S. Army 9th Air Force, who has just finished 300 combat hours in the Middle East and North Africa. He is shown in the Snow White, a B-24 bomber which he piloted across the Atlantic and the only plane he ever used in a bombing mission. Captain Lawrence was a Louisiana state patrolman before the war

Captain Rollo C. "Pop" Lawrence of the U.S. Army 9th Air Force, who ha...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Trampas, New Mexico. Church-goers in the patio in front of the mission church of Santo Tomas

Trampas, New Mexico. Church-goers in the patio in front of the mission...

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A black and white photo of a woman sitting in a chair, Torrance's Tiberias [Scots Mission Hospital]

A black and white photo of a woman sitting in a chair, Torrance's Tibe...

Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. forces inflict heavy casualties on Japs in capture of Buna, New Guinea. A 37 mm. gun crew, part of a U.S. Army tank force in New Guinea, fires at an objective at Buna Mission. Empty shells, heaped hurriedly in the foreground, indicate intensity of fire. The action resulted in the complete rout of the foe with heavy losses as the American and Australian troops drove the Japanese from their last stronghold in Papua

U.S. forces inflict heavy casualties on Japs in capture of Buna, New G...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Trampas, New Mexico. Massachusetts day at a church which was built in 1700 and is the best-preserved colonial mission in the Southwest

Trampas, New Mexico. Massachusetts day at a church which was built in ...

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Tripoli, Am. [i.e., American] Mission Girls' School, main entrance

Tripoli, Am. [i.e., American] Mission Girls' School, main entrance

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Elevation of the Holy Cross Russian Orthodox Churches, Russian Mission, Wade Hampton Census Area, AK

Elevation of the Holy Cross Russian Orthodox Churches, Russian Mission...

Survey number: HABS AK-65 Public domain photograph - historical image of Alaska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mission Concepcion, one of five missions in Old San Antonio, Texas

Mission Concepcion, one of five missions in Old San Antonio, Texas

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Mission Concepcion was dedicated in 1755, 21 years befo... More

Mural, Mission District, San Francisco, California

Mural, Mission District, San Francisco, California

The Mission District, also commonly called "The Mission," is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California, USA, named after the sixth Alta California mission, Mission San Francisco de Asis. Title, date, and subj... More

Mission San Carlos Borroméo del río Carmelo, Carmel Mission, Carmel California

Mission San Carlos Borroméo del río Carmelo, Carmel Mission, Carmel Ca...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. A Roman Catholic mission church in Carmel, California. It is on the National Register of Historic Places and a U.S. National Historic Landmark. Destroyed ... More

Sonoma Mission, Sonoma, California

Sonoma Mission, Sonoma, California

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Mission Santa Clara de Asís, Santa Clara, California

Mission Santa Clara de Asís, Santa Clara, California

Founded by the Franciscan order, it was the eighth Spanish mission built in California, was founded on January 12, 1777. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace ... More

Doorway to the Alamo, an 18th-century mission church in San Antonio, Texas

Doorway to the Alamo, an 18th-century mission church in San Antonio, T...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Originally built to be the church for the Mission San Antonio de Valero, which was founded in 1718. The church was built by Spanish F... More

Mission San Miguel Arcángel is a Spanish mission in San Miguel, San Luis Obispo County, California

Mission San Miguel Arcángel is a Spanish mission in San Miguel, San Lu...

Established on July 25, 1797 by the Franciscan order on a site chosen specifically due to the large number of Salinan Indians that inhabited the area, whom the Spanish priests wanted to evangelize. Title, date,... More

Originally an eighteenth-century Franciscan mission church in San Antonio, Texas, the Alamo was destined to become the "Shrine of Texas Liberty"

Originally an eighteenth-century Franciscan mission church in San Anto...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. During the so-called Texians' War of Independence in 1835-36, the Alamo's two hundred or so volunteer defenders, the exact number is d... More

Mission San Carlos Borroméo del río Carmelo, Carmel, California

Mission San Carlos Borroméo del río Carmelo, Carmel, California

Also known as the Carmel Mission, it remains a parish church today. It is the only one of the California Missions to have its original bell tower dome. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Cr... More

Mission San Buenaventura, Ventura, California

Mission San Buenaventura, Ventura, California

Founded by the Franciscan order on March 31, 1782, it was the ninth Spanish mission established in California. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection... More

Interior view of aisle, Mission San Buenaventura, Ventura, California

Interior view of aisle, Mission San Buenaventura, Ventura, California

Founded by the Franciscan order on March 31, 1782, it was the ninth Spanish mission established in California. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection... More

Mission San Juan Capistrano in southern California

Mission San Juan Capistrano in southern California

Public domain photograph of a lake, river, pond in the woods, forest, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"Ukuladies" strum their instruments in front of a mural in the Mission District of San Francisco, California

"Ukuladies" strum their instruments in front of a mural in the Mission...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Mural: Mobius by Mark Bode (Source: San Francisco Mural Arts, 2013). Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Hig... More

[Chinese mural by Qi Pang located in Figueroa Plaza, across from the Mission San Buenaventura in Ventura, California]

[Chinese mural by Qi Pang located in Figueroa Plaza, across from the M...

Title information from website: Elise DePuydt, Hidden Voices, the Chinese of Ventura County, 2013. Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace C... More

Iron gate at Mission Santa Clara de Asís, Santa Clara, California

Iron gate at Mission Santa Clara de Asís, Santa Clara, California

Founded by the Franciscan order, it was the eighth Spanish mission built in California, was founded on January 12, 1777. Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line:... More

Altar, Mission San Buenaventura, Ventura, California

Altar, Mission San Buenaventura, Ventura, California

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Animals at La Purisima Mission, Lompoc, California

Animals at La Purisima Mission, Lompoc, California

Mission La Purisima Concepción is one of 21 Spanish missions in California built as religious and military outposts by Spanish Catholics of the Franciscan Order between 1769 and 1823. Title, date, and keywords ... More

For over a century, world leaders and Hollywood stars have chosen The Mission Inn Hotel & Spa in Riverside, California as a place of refuge and renewal

For over a century, world leaders and Hollywood stars have chosen The ...

Originally built as a two-story adobe guesthouse in 1876, the Inn has become the crown jewel of Inland Southern California, occupying an entire city block. Title, date and keywords based on information provided... More

Old Mission San Juan Bautista in San Juan Bautista, a city in San Benito County, California

Old Mission San Juan Bautista in San Juan Bautista, a city in San Beni...

Named after Mission San Juan Bautista, it is primarily an agricultural town.The Juan Bautista de Anza House, the General Jose Castro house, and the San Juan Bautista Plaza Historic District are National Histori... More

The Espada Acequia, or Espada Aqueduct, was built by Franciscan friars in 1731 in what is now San Antonio, Texas, United States. It was built to supply irrigation water to the lands near Mission San Francisco de la Espada, today part of San Antonio Missions National Historical Park

The Espada Acequia, or Espada Aqueduct, was built by Franciscan friars...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Doorway to the Alamo, an 18th-century mission church in San Antonio, Texas

Doorway to the Alamo, an 18th-century mission church in San Antonio, T...

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Doorway to the Alamo, an 18th-century mission church in San Antonio, Texas

Doorway to the Alamo, an 18th-century mission church in San Antonio, T...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Originally built to be the church for the Mission San Antonio de Valero, which was founded in 1718. The church was built by Spanish F... More

Mission Nuestra Senora de la Purisima Concepcion de Acuna, now commonly called Mission Concepcion. San Antonio, Texas

Mission Nuestra Senora de la Purisima Concepcion de Acuna, now commonl...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The mission was stablished in 1731 after an earlier parish in East Texas was abandoned due to French and American Indian incursions in... More

Simple wooden cross outside Mission San Francisco de la Espada, better known today simply as "Mission Espada," in San Antonio, Texas

Simple wooden cross outside Mission San Francisco de la Espada, better...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Founded in 1690 by Spanish Franciscan friars as San Francisco de los Tejas near present-day Weches, Texas, this was the first mission... More

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