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John R. Kampmann House, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

John R. Kampmann House, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

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John R. Kampmann House, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

John R. Kampmann House, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

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John R. Kampmann House, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

John R. Kampmann House, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

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Francis Louis des Mazieres Store Building & House, Martinez & South Alamo Streets, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

Francis Louis des Mazieres Store Building & House, Martinez & South Al...

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Acequias of San Antonio, Hildebrand Avenue & Minita Creek, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

Acequias of San Antonio, Hildebrand Avenue & Minita Creek, San Antonio...

Significance: The Acequias of San Antonio were the Spanish colonial water supply and irrigation systems used to support the region's earliest settlements. Five of the nine acequias were built to supply water t... More

Dr. D. B. F. Kingsley House, 408 Elm Street, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

Dr. D. B. F. Kingsley House, 408 Elm Street, San Antonio, Bexar County...

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Dr. D. B. F. Kingsley House, 408 Elm Street, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

Dr. D. B. F. Kingsley House, 408 Elm Street, San Antonio, Bexar County...

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Fairmount Hotel, 857 East Commerce Street, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

Fairmount Hotel, 857 East Commerce Street, San Antonio, Bexar County, ...

Significance: The Farimount Hotel is an example of the type of commercial establishments that characterized the prosperity of turn of the century San Antonio. Designed by architect Leo M. J. Deilmann and built ... More

Fairmount Hotel, 857 East Commerce Street, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

Fairmount Hotel, 857 East Commerce Street, San Antonio, Bexar County, ...

Significance: The Farimount Hotel is an example of the type of commercial establishments that characterized the prosperity of turn of the century San Antonio. Designed by architect Leo M. J. Deilmann and built ... More

Fairmount Hotel, 857 East Commerce Street, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

Fairmount Hotel, 857 East Commerce Street, San Antonio, Bexar County, ...

Significance: The Farimount Hotel is an example of the type of commercial establishments that characterized the prosperity of turn of the century San Antonio. Designed by architect Leo M. J. Deilmann and built ... More

Ursuline Academy, Priest's House, 300 Augusta Street, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

Ursuline Academy, Priest's House, 300 Augusta Street, San Antonio, Bex...

Significance: This structure is one of the seven Ursuline Academy buildings surviving today and the most stylistically pretentious of them all. Designed in the Gothic Revival style, it is unusual both for the q... More

John Twohig House, Witte Museum, 3801 Broadway, Brackenridge Park, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

John Twohig House, Witte Museum, 3801 Broadway, Brackenridge Park, San...

Survey number: HABS TX-31 Building/structure dates: ca. 1840 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1941 Subsequent Work National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 11000513

Fort Sam Houston, Streetscape, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

Fort Sam Houston, Streetscape, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-183 Survey number: HABS TX-3303-19 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 75001950

Fort Sam Houston, Streetscape, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

Fort Sam Houston, Streetscape, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-183 Survey number: HABS TX-3303-19 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 75001950

Fort Sam Houston, Streetscape, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

Fort Sam Houston, Streetscape, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-183 Survey number: HABS TX-3303-19 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 75001950

Fort Sam Houston, Officers' Quarters, 11 Staff Post Road, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

Fort Sam Houston, Officers' Quarters, 11 Staff Post Road, San Antonio,...

Significance: One of the first fifteen officers' quarters constructed of similar but varying design on Post, built in the early 1880s, the quarters represents the Post's earliest effort to provide housing for o... More

Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo, Mission Road, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo, Mission Road, San Antonio, Be...

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Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo, Mission Road, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo, Mission Road, San Antonio, Be...

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Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo, Mission Road, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo, Mission Road, San Antonio, Be...

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Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo, Mission Road, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo, Mission Road, San Antonio, Be...

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San Jose Grist Mill, Southwest of San Jose Drive, east of Espada Road, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

San Jose Grist Mill, Southwest of San Jose Drive, east of Espada Road,...

Survey number: HAER TX-2 Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

San Jose Grist Mill, Southwest of San Jose Drive, east of Espada Road, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

San Jose Grist Mill, Southwest of San Jose Drive, east of Espada Road,...

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San Jose Grist Mill, Southwest of San Jose Drive, east of Espada Road, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

San Jose Grist Mill, Southwest of San Jose Drive, east of Espada Road,...

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Fort Sam Houston, Band Quarters, Infantry Post Road, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

Fort Sam Houston, Band Quarters, Infantry Post Road, San Antonio, Bexa...

Significance: The Band Barracks, one of the last completed buildings in the area now referred to as Infantry Post, provided separate quarters for the Fort Sam Houston Band (previously housed in the center of Sa... More

Fort Sam Houston, Officers' Quarters, 102 Artillery Post Road, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

Fort Sam Houston, Officers' Quarters, 102 Artillery Post Road, San Ant...

Significance: This two-and-one=half story yellow brick residence is a good example of officers housing provided on Post during the first decade of the twentieth century. Built in 1906 from standardized plans is... More

Maverick-Carter House, 119 Taylor Street, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

Maverick-Carter House, 119 Taylor Street, San Antonio, Bexar County, T...

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Ursuline Academy, 300 Augusta Street, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

Ursuline Academy, 300 Augusta Street, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

Significance: The Ursuline community in San Antonio was the second Ursuline community established in the State of Texas. Introduction of this community in 1851 was a signal achievement for the Reverend John Mar... More

Ursuline Academy, 300 Augusta Street, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

Ursuline Academy, 300 Augusta Street, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

Significance: The Ursuline community in San Antonio was the second Ursuline community established in the State of Texas. Introduction of this community in 1851 was a signal achievement for the Reverend John Mar... More

Ursuline Academy, 300 Augusta Street, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

Ursuline Academy, 300 Augusta Street, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

Significance: The Ursuline community in San Antonio was the second Ursuline community established in the State of Texas. Introduction of this community in 1851 was a signal achievement for the Reverend John Mar... More

U.S. San Antonio Arsenal, Storehouse, San Antonio Arsenal, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

U.S. San Antonio Arsenal, Storehouse, San Antonio Arsenal, San Antonio...

Significance: During the period of Texas frontier in the 19th century, the storehouse was used for the storage of arsenal supplies and ordnance. It was also charged with issuing there supplies to all military p... More

Mission Nuestra Senora de La Purisima Concepcion, 807 Mission Road, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

Mission Nuestra Senora de La Purisima Concepcion, 807 Mission Road, Sa...

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Mission Nuestra Senora de La Purisima Concepcion, 807 Mission Road, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

Mission Nuestra Senora de La Purisima Concepcion, 807 Mission Road, Sa...

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Mission Nuestra Senora de La Purisima Concepcion, 807 Mission Road, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

Mission Nuestra Senora de La Purisima Concepcion, 807 Mission Road, Sa...

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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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"Our nation will be great -- it cannot shirk its duties" -- President Roosevelt, San Antonio, Texas

"Our nation will be great -- it cannot shirk its duties" -- President ...

Photograph showing side view of President Roosevelt addressing the crowds at San Antonio, Texas. H62587 U.S. Copyright Office Stereograph format photograph not on stereograph mount. Copyright 1905 by Underwood... More

Sonny and Pete newsboys. One is six years old. They began at 6:00 A.M.  Location: San Antonio, Texas.

Sonny and Pete newsboys. One is six years old. They began at 6:00 A.M....

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A black and white photo of a dog on a porch, Texas, during Great Depression

A black and white photo of a dog on a porch, Texas, during Great Depre...

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Young Mexican girl who was playing around relief line in San Antonio, Texas

Young Mexican girl who was playing around relief line in San Antonio, ...

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Old Mexican living alone, sick and unable to work, San Antonio, Texas

Old Mexican living alone, sick and unable to work, San Antonio, Texas

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Mexican pecan shellers cracking nuts. Union plant. San Antonio, Texas

Mexican pecan shellers cracking nuts. Union plant. San Antonio, Texas

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A couple of men standing next to each other, Texas, during Great Depression

A couple of men standing next to each other, Texas, during Great Depre...

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Mexican children in kitchen. San Antonio, Texas

Mexican children in kitchen. San Antonio, Texas

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Relief line with clerk, Mexican district, San Antonio, Texas

Relief line with clerk, Mexican district, San Antonio, Texas

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Mexican boy eating lunch. San Antonio, Texas

Mexican boy eating lunch. San Antonio, Texas

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mexican boy and girl playing phonograph. San Antonio, Texas. The Mexicans love all forms of music

Mexican boy and girl playing phonograph. San Antonio, Texas. The Mexic...

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

Front entrance to Mexican home. San Antonio, Texas. This is home done by hand work

Front entrance to Mexican home. San Antonio, Texas. This is home done ...

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Unlocking the door of a commission house opposite the vegetable market. San Antonio, Texas

Unlocking the door of a commission house opposite the vegetable market...

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Mexicans looking at suits for sale, San Antonio, Texas

Mexicans looking at suits for sale, San Antonio, Texas

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Removing the meats from cracked pecans. Non-union pecan shelling plant. San Antonio, Texas

Removing the meats from cracked pecans. Non-union pecan shelling plant...

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mexican stringbean peddlers. Open air market, San Antonio, Texas

Mexican stringbean peddlers. Open air market, San Antonio, Texas

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Produce peddler's truck in market at San Antonio, Texas

Produce peddler's truck in market at San Antonio, Texas

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Vegetable trucks in lineup at open air market. San Antonio, Texas

Vegetable trucks in lineup at open air market. San Antonio, Texas

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A black and white photo of a man standing in front of a shack, Texas, during Great Depression

A black and white photo of a man standing in front of a shack, Texas, ...

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Better houses in the Mexican quarter, San Antonio, Texas

Better houses in the Mexican quarter, San Antonio, Texas

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Tomato peddler asleep in back of his truck at early morning vegetable market. San Antonio, Texas

Tomato peddler asleep in back of his truck at early morning vegetable ...

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Mexican man sitting by makeshift cooking stove. It is not unusual to find Mexicans cooking over these fires and coals in galvanized tubs. San Antonio, Texas

Mexican man sitting by makeshift cooking stove. It is not unusual to f...

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Mexican house on outskirts of San Antonio, Texas

Mexican house on outskirts of San Antonio, Texas

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Mexican child sitting on bed. San Antonio, Texas

Mexican child sitting on bed. San Antonio, Texas

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Passerby at a mural in San Antonio, Texas

Passerby at a mural in 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. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Scene from the Texas Cavaliers River Parade on the San Antonio River, which winds through the River Walk beneath the streets of San Antonio, Texas

Scene from the Texas Cavaliers River Parade on the San Antonio River, ...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The water-borne parade is one event in month- long Fiesta San Antonio festival. Every year, the floating parade features more than 45... More

Scene from the "Battle of Flowers" parade, part of the monthlong Fiesta San Antonio celebration in Texas

Scene from the "Battle of Flowers" parade, part of the monthlong Fiest...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. First held in 1891 to honor the heroes of the Alamo and the Battle of San Jacinto, the parade, in which local women decorated carriag... More

Scene from the "Battle of Flowers" parade, part of the monthlong Fiesta San Antonio celebration in Texas

Scene from the "Battle of Flowers" parade, part of the monthlong Fiest...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. First held in 1891 to honor the heroes of the Alamo and the Battle of San Jacinto, the parade, in which local women decorated carriag... More

Milo Colton, whose heritage is Cherokee, at the Celebrations of Traditions Pow Wow, an official Native American Pow Wow that is part of the annual, month-long Fiesta San Antonio in Texas

Milo Colton, whose heritage is Cherokee, at the Celebrations of Tradit...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Pow Wow is sponsored by United San Antonio Pow Wow, Inc., a Texas nonprofit organization devoted to promoting the culture and tra... More

Edwin J. De Luna, a Taos Pueblo Navajo, at the Celebrations of Traditions Pow Wow, an official Native American Pow Wow that is part of the annual, month-long Fiesta San Antonio in Texas

Edwin J. De Luna, a Taos Pueblo Navajo, at the Celebrations of Traditi...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Pow Wow is sponsored by United San Antonio Pow Wow, Inc., a Texas nonprofit organization devoted to promoting the culture and tra... More

The Administration Building, known locally and fondly as the "Taj Mahal," at Randolph Field, now Randolph Air Force Base, part of the U.S. Military's Joint Base San Antonio, Texas

The Administration Building, known locally and fondly as the "Taj Maha...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Randolph Field, Texas, played a pivotal role in the development of the air arm of the U.S. Army, which eventually achieved its indepe... More

Sanctuary of Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo, one of four Spanish missions in San Antonio, Texas

Sanctuary of Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo, one of four Span...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Known as the "Queen of the Missions", this is the largest of the missions and was almost fully restored to its original design in the... More

Fancy cowboy boots for sale at the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo in San Antonio, Texas

Fancy cowboy boots for sale at the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo in...

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

[Mural, "El Barrio on my mind" near the Mission Concepcion, San Antonio, Texas]

[Mural, "El Barrio on my mind" near the Mission Concepcion, San Antoni...

Title devised by Library staff based on information provided by the photographer. Mural concept by Joe Lopez; painted by Joe Lopez and Juan Farias (Source: Waymarking website, 2014) Credit line: The Lyda Hill T... More

Mission San Juan Capistrano, now known as simply "Mission San Juan," was established in 1716 as Mission San Jose de los Nazonis in East Texas

Mission San Juan Capistrano, now known as simply "Mission San Juan," w...

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

A barge loaded with tourists at the River Walk, also known as the Passeo del Rio, a network of walkways along the banks of the San Antonio River, one story beneath the streets of Downtown San Antonio, Texas

A barge loaded with tourists at the River Walk, also known as the Pass...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Lined by bars, shops and restaurants, the River Walk is a free gathering place attraction that loops under bridges as two parallel si... More

Fancy cowboy boots for sale at the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo in San Antonio, Texas

Fancy cowboy boots for sale at the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo in...

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

Stone wall at Mission Nuestra Senora de la Purisima Concepcion de Acuna, better known as simply "Mission Concepcion" today, is one of four surviving Spanish missions in San Antonio, Texas

Stone wall at Mission Nuestra Senora de la Purisima Concepcion de Acun...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Founded by Franciscan friars, this stone church was dedicated in 1755 and appears much as it did over two centuries ago. It stands as... More

A barge loaded with visitors plies a portion of the San Antonio River that winds though San Antonio's lively, underground River Walk, which turned an unsightly slum into an international tourist attraction

A barge loaded with visitors plies a portion of the San Antonio River ...

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

Chyian Guajrdo a student at the the Academy of Careers and Technologies Charter School in San Antonio, Texas, models her creation exhibited in the "Hats Off to Fiesta!" event, sponsored by the University of Texas at San Antonio's Institute of Texan Cultures, as part of the month-long Fiesta San Antonio celebration

Chyian Guajrdo a student at the the Academy of Careers and Technologie...

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Calvin Osife, whose heritage traces to the Navajo people of Chinle, Arizona, wears a traditional "jingle dress" at the Celebrations of Traditions Pow Wow, an official Native American Pow Wow that is part of the annual, month-long Fiesta San Antonio in Texas

Calvin Osife, whose heritage traces to the Navajo people of Chinle, Ar...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Pow Wow is sponsored by United San Antonio Pow Wow, Inc., a Texas nonprofit organization devoted to promoting the culture and tra... More

Scene from a Mexican-style rodeo, or Charreria, at "A Day in Old Mexico," part of the annual, monthlong Fiesta celebration in San Antonio, Texas

Scene from a Mexican-style rodeo, or Charreria, at "A Day in Old Mexic...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Asociacion de Charros de San Antonio sponsors the event. Charreria originated in 19th century as a way for the landed gentry to p... More

Victor Gomez, whose heritage is Seneca, at the Celebrations of Traditions Pow Wow, an official Native American Pow Wow that is part of the annual, month-long Fiesta San Antonio in Texas

Victor Gomez, whose heritage is Seneca, at the Celebrations of Traditi...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Pow Wow is sponsored by United San Antonio Pow Wow, Inc., a Texas nonprofit organization devoted to promoting the culture and tra... More

The Espada Acequia, or Espada Aqueduct, was built by Franciscan friars in 1731 in what is now San Antonio, Texas. 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

Scene from a Mexican-style rodeo, or Charreria, at "A Day in Old Mexico," part of the annual, monthlong Fiesta celebration in San Antonio, Texas

Scene from a Mexican-style rodeo, or Charreria, at "A Day in Old Mexic...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Asociacion de Charros de San Antonio sponsors the event. Charreria originated in 19th century as a way for the landed gentry to p... More

A barge loaded with visitors plies a portion of the San Antonio River that winds though San Antonio's lively, underground River Walk, which turned an unsightly slum into an international tourist attraction

A barge loaded with visitors plies a portion of the San Antonio River ...

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

Manuel Gonzalez-Ortega, an Asociacion de Charros de San Antonio member attending a Mexican-style rodeo, or Charreria, at "A Day in Old Mexico," part of the annual, month-long Fiesta celebration in San Antonio, Texas

Manuel Gonzalez-Ortega, an Asociacion de Charros de San Antonio member...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The asociacion sponsors the event. Charreria originated in 19th century as a way for the landed gentry to prepare horses and riders f... More

Jeannette (left) and Paulina Rodriguez, attending a Mexican-style rodeo, or Charreria, at "A Day in Old Mexico," part of the annual, month-long Fiesta celebration in San Antonio, Texas

Jeannette (left) and Paulina Rodriguez, attending a Mexican-style rode...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Asociacion de Charros de San Antonio sponsors the event. Charreria originated in 19th century as a way for the landed gentry to p... More

Calvin Osife, whose heritage traces to the Navajo people of Chinle, Arizona, wears a traditional "jingle dress" at the Celebrations of Traditions Pow Wow, an official Native American Pow Wow that is part of the annual, month-long Fiesta San Antonio in Texas

Calvin Osife, whose heritage traces to the Navajo people of Chinle, Ar...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Pow Wow is sponsored by United San Antonio Pow Wow, Inc., a Texas nonprofit organization devoted to promoting the culture and tra... More

Downtown San Antonio, Texas, with the prominent Weston Centre office building, which opened in 1989, as its most prominent tower

Downtown San Antonio, Texas, with the prominent Weston Centre office b...

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

[Mural, "El Barrio on my mind" near the Mission Concepcion, San Antonio, Texas]

[Mural, "El Barrio on my mind" near the Mission Concepcion, San Antoni...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a mural painting, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Scene from a Mexican-style rodeo, or Charreria, at "A Day in Old Mexico," part of the annual, monthlong Fiesta celebration in San Antonio, Texas

Scene from a Mexican-style rodeo, or Charreria, at "A Day in Old Mexic...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Asociacion de Charros de San Antonio sponsors the event. Charreria originated in 19th century as a way for the landed gentry to p... More

A barge loaded with visitors pass a row of colorful food and beverage purveyors' umbrellas on a portion of the San Antonio River that winds though San Antonio's lively, underground River Walk, which turned an unsightly slum into an international tourist attraction

A barge loaded with visitors pass a row of colorful food and beverage ...

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

The Pavilion, a downtown San Antonio wedding, event, meeting, banquet and reception venue just outside HemisFair Park, San Antonio, Texas

The Pavilion, a downtown San Antonio wedding, event, meeting, banquet ...

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

Scene from the opening grand parade at the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo in San Antonio, Texas

Scene from the opening grand parade at the San Antonio Stock Show and ...

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At Mission San Francisco de la Espada, better known today simply as "Mission Espada," in San Antonio, Texas

At Mission San Francisco de la Espada, better known today simply as "M...

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

Carnival scene outside the San Antonio Stock Show and rodeo in San Antonio, Texas

Carnival scene outside the San Antonio Stock Show and rodeo in San Ant...

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

Judge Thomas J. Devine House, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

Judge Thomas J. Devine House, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

Survey number: HABS TX-332 Building/structure dates: 1849 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1850 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1880 Subsequent Work

207 Center Street (House), San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

207 Center Street (House), San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

1999 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N442 Survey number: HABS TX-3506

Eduard Steves House, 509 King William Street, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

Eduard Steves House, 509 King William Street, San Antonio, Bexar Count...

Significance: Eduard Steves founded a family prominent in San Antonio building, financial and social circles. The house is an excellent example of lavish mansarded Victorian domestic architecture of the 1870s, ... More

Eduard Steves House, 509 King William Street, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

Eduard Steves House, 509 King William Street, San Antonio, Bexar Count...

Significance: Eduard Steves founded a family prominent in San Antonio building, financial and social circles. The house is an excellent example of lavish mansarded Victorian domestic architecture of the 1870s, ... More

Fort Sam Houston, Blacksmith Shop & Tether Wall, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

Fort Sam Houston, Blacksmith Shop & Tether Wall, San Antonio, Bexar Co...

2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: In June of 1893, the Blacksmith Shop was constructed simultaneously with the Tether Wall to handle the increased blacksmithing needs of the fort. Their presen... More

Fort Sam Houston, Officers' Quarters, 109 Artillery Post Road, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

Fort Sam Houston, Officers' Quarters, 109 Artillery Post Road, San Ant...

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

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