Newton A. Mitchell House, 209 Washington Street, San Antonio, Bexar Co...
Significance: The house in its original state was a good example of pre-Civil War Classical Revival residential architecture in the San Antonio area. With its later Neo-Classical additions it is representative ... More
Newton A. Mitchell House, 209 Washington Street, San Antonio, Bexar Co...
Significance: The house in its original state was a good example of pre-Civil War Classical Revival residential architecture in the San Antonio area. With its later Neo-Classical additions it is representative ... More
Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio Depot, Water-Watch Tower, Grayson Street...
Significance: This ninety-foot high limestone tower, built in 1876-78, stands at the center of the original Quartermaster Depot, now the Headquarters of the U.S. Fifth Army, and serves as a focal point for the ... More
Crockett Street Bridge, Spanning San Antonio River at Crockett Street ...
Survey number: HAER TX-100 Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo, Granary, 6539 San Jose Road, ...
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Gustave Uhl House, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX
Survey number: HABS TX-316 Building/structure dates: 1855 Initial Construction
Mission San Juan de Capistrano, Tefu House, Berg's Mill-Graf Road, San...
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Fort Sam Houston, Headquarters of the Department of Texas, Commanding ...
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Fort Sam Houston, Headquarters of the Department of Texas, Commanding ...
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Aqueduct, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX
Survey number: HABS TX-322 Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo, Church, 6539 San Jose Road, S...
Significance: The church is a typical component of a Spanish mission complex built during the period of Texas frontier. Survey number: HABS TX-333-A National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000810
Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo, Church, 6539 San Jose Road, S...
Significance: The church is a typical component of a Spanish mission complex built during the period of Texas frontier. Survey number: HABS TX-333-A National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000810
Colonel Jeremiah Y. Dashiell House, 511 Villita Street, San Antonio, B...
Significance: Built in the mid-19th century, the Dashiell House was then one of the more pretentious houses in the Villita area of San Antonio and was, in general, characteristic of this type of dwelling. Today... More
Colonel Jeremiah Y. Dashiell House, 511 Villita Street, San Antonio, B...
Significance: Built in the mid-19th century, the Dashiell House was then one of the more pretentious houses in the Villita area of San Antonio and was, in general, characteristic of this type of dwelling. Today... More
Jacob Wohlfarth Store & Residence, 823 West Laurel, San Antonio, Bexar...
Written history of site included in field notes Significance: The Jacob Wohlfarth Store and Residence was built circa 1890 on land below the San Pedro Springs Reserve just west of San Pedro Creek. The land was ... More
Jacob Wohlfarth Store & Residence, 823 West Laurel, San Antonio, Bexar...
Written history of site included in field notes Significance: The Jacob Wohlfarth Store and Residence was built circa 1890 on land below the San Pedro Springs Reserve just west of San Pedro Creek. The land was ... More
![[Pres. Roosevelt greeting "the boys" who fought in Cuba--"Rough Rider" reunion at San Antonio, Texas]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMDEvcHJlcy1yb29zZXZlbHQtZ3JlZXRpbmctdGhlLWJveXMtd2hvLWZvdWdodC1pbi1jdWJhLXJvdWdoLXJpZGVyLXJldW5pb24tYXQtNWIxY2RiLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/50/webp "[Pres. Roosevelt greeting \"the boys\" who fought in Cuba--\"Rough Rider\" reunion at San Antonio, Texas]")
[Pres. Roosevelt greeting "the boys" who fought in Cuba--"Rough Rider"...
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Menger Hotel, Alamo Plaza, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX
Survey number: HABS TX-35 Building/structure dates: 1859 Initial Construction
Fort Sam Houston, Military Post of San Antonio, Commanding Officer's Q...
Significance: This large two-story brick residence was built for the Commanding Officer of the Military Post of San Antonio and his family. When completed in 1888, the structure was the most notable residence o... More
Charles L. Lege House, 533 West Elmira Street, San Antonio, Bexar Coun...
Lege was incorrectly identified as being of French descent on the first drawing. He is of German descent. Significance: The house is a good representative example of the style of residential building erected in... More
Augusta Street Bridge, Spanning San Antonio River at Augusta Street, S...
Survey number: HAER TX-101 Public domain photograph of a bridge over the river, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ursuline Academy, Academy Building, 300 Augusta Street, San Antonio, B...
Significance: This building was the first Academy building erected by the Ursulines after their arrival in San Antonio in 1851. It is the largest known building in Texas constructed of "rammed earth" or pise de... More
Ursuline Academy, 1872 House, 300 Augusta Street, San Antonio, Bexar C...
Significance: This building, a part of the Ursuline Academy complex and one of seven surviving buildings, is a good example of the plain style of residential stone masonry architecture to be found in this area ... More
Fort Sam Houston, Magazine Building, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX
2007 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Third Place Significance: During Fort Sam Houston's 160 years in operation, it has played a very important role in the United States' history. Immediately after the construction ... More
Skate board rider in front of a colorful mural, San Antonio, Texas
Mural portrays a man selling raspas (snow cones) in front of lawn and buildings depicted at night. Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may diff... More
Men waiting in line for relief commodities, San Antonio, Texas
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Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio Quartermaster Depot, Northwest corner of...
Significance: The Quartermaster Depot, built of locally quarried stone on land donated by the City of San Antonio, was the first permanent military post at San Antonio. Completed in 1878, the depot replaced a s... More
Mission San Francisco de la Espada, Berg's Mill Community, San Antonio...
Significance: First established in 1716, then relocated in 1731 on its present site, the Mission San Francisco de la Espada is one of five extant mission complexes in San Antonio dating from the eighteenth cent... More
Mission San Francisco de la Espada, Berg's Mill Community, San Antonio...
Significance: First established in 1716, then relocated in 1731 on its present site, the Mission San Francisco de la Espada is one of five extant mission complexes in San Antonio dating from the eighteenth cent... More
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, ...
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, ...
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, ...
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
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
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
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,...
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, Be...
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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, Be...
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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
Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo, Chapel, 6539 San Jose Road, S...
Significance: The small chapel, which adjoins the church on the south side, is a typical component of a Spanish mission complex built during the period of Texas frontier. Survey number: HABS TX-333-B National... More
Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo, Chapel, 6539 San Jose Road, S...
Significance: The small chapel, which adjoins the church on the south side, is a typical component of a Spanish mission complex built during the period of Texas frontier. Survey number: HABS TX-333-B National... More
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
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, T...
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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
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
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
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
Mission Nuestra Senora de La Purisima Concepcion, 807 Mission Road, Sa...
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James Green, ex-slave, San Antonio
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Mission San Juan de Capistrano, Berg's Mill-Graf Road, San Antonio, Be...
Significance: First established in 1716, then relocated in 1731 on its present site, the Mission San Juan is one of five extant mission complexes in San Antonio dating from the eighteenth century. These buildin... More
Mission San Juan de Capistrano, Berg's Mill-Graf Road, San Antonio, Be...
Significance: First established in 1716, then relocated in 1731 on its present site, the Mission San Juan is one of five extant mission complexes in San Antonio dating from the eighteenth century. These buildin... More
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,...
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City market, San Antonio, Tex. postcard
Y36533 U.S. Copyright Office. No. A 17673. Copyright 1905 by the Rotograph Co.
Miraflores Entry Gate, 900 Block of East Hildebrand Avenue, San Antoni...
STORED ON SITE. mchr 2011 Leicester B. Holland Prize, Entry Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1727 Survey number: HABS TX-3558
U.S. San Antonio Arsenal, Stable, San Antonio Arsenal, San Antonio, Be...
Significance: The stable building is one of several permanent structures of the San Antonio Arsenal Depot which were erected in the latter half of the nineteenth century. As such, it forms a part of a group of ... More
A couple of men standing on top of a truck, Texas, during Great Depres...
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Mexican woman preparing spinach. San Antonio, Texas. The spinach was a...
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Mexican children living on outskirts of San Antonio, Texas. Notice the...
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Mexican mother and child in doorway, San Antonio, Texas
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Privy and corral in Mexican district, San Antonio, Texas
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Mexican mother and child. San Antonio, Texas
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A black and white photo of a man opening a door, Texas, during Great D...
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Clothing piled atop bureau in Mexican house in San Antonio, Texas. The...
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A man and a woman preparing food at a table, Texas, during Great Depre...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Mexican pecan shellers cracking nuts, non-union plant. San Antonio, Te...
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Sign, San Antonio, Texas. Great Depression public domain photograph.
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Classifying pecan meats. Pecan shelling plant. San Antonio, Texas
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Mexican man in front of movie theater, San Antonio, Texas
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Clothing store with tailor in doorway, Mexican district, San Antonio, ...
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Onion peddler paying off laborers. Early morning market, San Antonio, ...
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Mexican woman and child, San Antonio, Texas
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Mexican picking over peas in market in San Antonio, Texas
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A black and white photo of a pile of junk, Texas, during Great Depress...
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Mexican owner of small grocery store. He has visited the market in the...
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Stove and other articles in kitchen of Mexican living in San Antonio, ...
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Girl putting penny into vending machine, San Antonio, Texas
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Passersby 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
Youngster enjoys a display of inflated Easter bunnies for sale on a st...
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
Mission Concepcion in San Antonio Texas, the oldest unrestored stone c...
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 stone church was dedicated in 1755, ... More
A tourist barge rounds the bend of the San Antonio River in San Antoni...
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 "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
A view of three prominent San Antonio, Texas, towers
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The forward two are part of the 1892 Bexar County Courthouse, designed by architect J. Riely Gordon. The third and most-hidden struct... More
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
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
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
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
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
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
Colorful cafe sign near Mission Concepcion" in San Antonio, Texas
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
Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo, one of four Spanish missions ...
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
Colorful opening pageant at the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo in Sa...
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 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
Scene from a Mexican-style rodeo, or Charreria, at "A Day in Old Mexic...
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Kevin Alvarez, a student at the the Academy of Careers and Technologie...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Organized by the university's fine-arts department, the event rotates the type of fashions from year to year: from hats to medals to ... More
Minu Martinez, of San Antonio, Texas, models her creation exhibited in...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Organized by the university's fine-arts department, the event rotates the type of fashions from year to year: from hats to medals to ... More
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