Longhorn that accompanies Old-timey cook up the road from the "Cowboy ...
Public domain image of cattle, livestock, farm animals, agriculture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
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 ...
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
San Antonio, Texas, actor and photographer John Watts Nieto, a collect...
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
Part of a fancy saddle for sale at the San Antonio Stock Show and Rode...
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
Stagecoach and saloon at the Old West town audience-participation them...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The locale contains more than 40 movie facades or original buildings moved from remote locations in the surrounding hills. Credit lin... 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...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural landscape, horses, horse riding, farm animals, farmers, livestock, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Carnival scene outside the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo on the gro...
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 San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo 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
Scene from the opening grand parade at the San Antonio Stock Show and ...
Public domain photograph of military parade, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Scene from the opening grand parade at the San Antonio Stock Show and ...
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
Mario Duran, an Asociacion de Charros de San Antonio member attending ...
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
Mission Senora de la Purisima Concepcion, Church, 807 Mission Road, Sa...
Significance: The church is architecturally significant as physical evidence of building practices and techniques used during the Spanish colonial period. It is the least altered of all the Texas mission church... More
Patsy Moses, ex-slave, Waco - Public domain portrait print
420110. District no. 27. Picture no. 88. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900 (27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More
Portrait photo of Jordon Smith, ex-slave, Marshall
420037. District no. 27. Picture no. 442. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More
Fort Sam Houston, Military Post of San Antonio, Magazine, South side o...
Significance: This late nineteenth-century, one-room, brick magazine, although isolated in its location on the western boundary of the post, is compatible in design and materials with other post buildings erect... More
Martin Jackson, ex-slave, San Antonio
420083. District no. 27. Picture no. 142. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More
Sarah Ford, ex-slave, Houston - Public domain portrait print
420031. District no. 27. Picture no. 381. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More
Rube Witt, Marshall, gelatin silver print
420038. District no. 27. Picture no. 441. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More
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, 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
Mose Hursey, ex-slave, Dallas - Public domain portrait print
420226. District no. 27. Picture no. 579. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More
Fort Sam Houston, Military Post of San Antonio, Company Barracks & Ban...
Significance: Buildings 603-610 and 613, constructed between 1886 and 1887, represent the Army's earliest efforts to provide adequate housing for the enlisted men assigned to the Military Post at San Antonio. T... More
Fort Sam Houston, Military Post of San Antonio, Company Barracks & Ban...
Significance: Buildings 603-610 and 613, constructed between 1886 and 1887, represent the Army's earliest efforts to provide adequate housing for the enlisted men assigned to the Military Post at San Antonio. T... 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
Crockett Street Bridge, Spanning San Antonio River at Crockett Street ...
Survey number: HAER TX-100 Public domain photograph of diesel or electric train engine, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
Fort Sam Houston, Officers' Quarters, 15 Staff Post Road, San Antonio,...
Significance: One of fifteen officers' quarters constructed of similar but varying design on post. Built in the early 1880s, it represents the post's earliest effort to provide housing for officers and their fa... More
House, Bracketville, Seminole-Negro Settlement
Title transcribed from item. District no. 27. Picture no. 252. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Admin... More
Reverend Bill Green, ex-slave, San Antonio
420078. District no. 27. Picture no. 257. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More
Cato Carter, ex-slave, Dallas - Public domain portrait print
420216. District no. 27. Picture no. 416. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More
U.S. San Antonio Arsenal, Magazine, San Antonio Arsenal, San Antonio, ...
Significance: This building was the second structure erected at the Arsenal depot in 1860 and was also the second permanent military building erected in Texas by the Federal Government. Architecturally, the bui... More
Puente Guillermo Esteves, Spanning San Antonio Channel at PR-25 (Juan ...
Significance: Puente Guillermo Esteves, a five-span concrete and steel girder bridge, is the fourth structure to occupy this site since c.1521. The first was a stone causeway. It was followed by a stone arch ... More
Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo, Ramparts, 6539 San Jose Road,...
Significance: The ramparts were an important part of the San Jose Mission, for their sole purpose was to protect the mission inhabitants against attacks by hostile Indians. All 18th century Spanish missions inc... More
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
Aqueduct, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX
Survey number: HABS TX-322 Public domain photograph of a bridge, arch over water, river, 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 Juan de Capistrano, Chapel, Berg's Mill-Graf Road, San Ant...
Significance: The chapel is a typical component of a Spanish mission complex built during the period of Texas frontier. Survey number: HABS TX-321-A National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 72001352
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
San Antonio River Walk, 418 Villita Street, San Antonio, Bexar County,...
Significance: Its Native American name was Yanaguana, which means "refreshing waters," but the San Antonio River (as a Spanish priest named it in 1691) has not always been so appreciated. Its infrequent, but ex... More
Ursuline Academy, Academy Building Addition, 300 Augusta Street, San A...
Significance: This building was the first expansion of the Ursuline Academy since its founding in 1851 and is evidence of the growth and immediate success that this institution achieved. Survey number: HABS TX-32-B
Mission San Antonio de Padua, Hunter Liggett Military Reservation, Jol...
Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mission San Antonio de Padua, Hunter Liggett Military Reservation, Jol...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a monastery, church, religious historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Mission San Antonio de Padua, Hunter Liggett Military Reservation, Jol...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Pfeil House, 125 West San Antonio Street, Fredericksburg, Gillespie Co...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-18, FN-19 Survey number: HABS TX-33-A-13 Building/structure dates: after 1840 Initial Construction
Mexican girls, San Antonio, Texas, 1930 s
Handwritten on back: "Mex. Girls, San Antonio, Tex. May, [i.e. April] 1934." Forms part of: Lomax photographs depicting folk musicians in the Lomax Collection.
Menger Hotel, Alamo Plaza, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX
Survey number: HABS TX-35 Building/structure dates: 1859 Initial Construction
Casa del Rancho San Antonio, 6360 East Gage, Bell, Los Angeles County,...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-10, FN-17 Survey number: HABS CA-36 Building/structure dates: 1844 Initial Construction
Ursuline Academy, Chapel, 300 Augusta Street, San Antonio, Bexar Count...
Significance: This building forms a significant part of the Ursuline Academy buildings and is one of the more stylistically noteworthy of the group. Erected at about the same period (1866-1870) as the Dormitory... More
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
Argyle House, 924 Patterson & Argyle-Alamo Heights, San Antonio, Bexar...
Survey number: HABS TX-36 Building/structure dates: 1859 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1890 Subsequent Work
Hap McQueen, ex-slave, Woodville (Beaumont)
Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Rosa Washington, ex-slave, El Paso
Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Portrait photo of Ellen Butler, ex-slave, Beaumont
420080. District no. 27. Picture no. 207. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More
Portrait photo of Andrew Goodman, ex-slave, Dallas
420245. District no. 27. Picture no. 575. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More
U.S. San Antonio Arsenal, Commanding Officer's Quarters, San Antonio A...
Significance: Erected in 1883, the present building is the first Commanding Officers' Quarters erected by the U.S. Government at the San Antonio Arsenal. Survey number: HABS TX-3175-A
William Homer, ex-slave, Ft. Worth
420120. District no. 27. Picture no. 220. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More
220 Chestnut Street (House), San Antonio, Bexar County, TX
1999 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N446 Survey number: HABS TX-3507 Building/structure dates: 1918 Initial Construction Building/structure dates:... More
Casa Vieja Lime Kiln & Arch, Blue Wing Road, San Antonio, Bexar County...
Survey number: HABS TX-324 Building/structure dates: 1848 Initial Construction
Murallas del Viejo San Juan, Baluarte de San Antonio, San Juan, San Ju...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N508 Survey number: HABS PR-135-F National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000930
Louise Young, ex-slave, Ft. Worth
420231. District no. 27. Picture no. 461. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More
Felix Haywood, ex-slave, San Antonio
420082. District no. 27. Picture no. 138. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More
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
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
Portrait photo of Mary Kindred, ex-slave, Beaumont
420048. District no. 27. Picture no. 203. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More
President Roosevelt and Rough Riders at San Antonio, 1905
H59338 US Copyright Office Copyright by Clogenson, Dallas, Tex. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Espada Acequia, Piedras Creek Aqueduct, Spanning Piedras Creek east of...
Survey number: HAER TX-1-A Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
James Cape, ex-slave, Ft. Worth
420106. District no. 27. Picture no. 176. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More
Mission San Francisco de la Espada, Church, Berg's Mill Community, San...
Significance: The church of the Espada features a typical design derived from the plans used by the Franciscan Fathers in their construction of mission buildings. Survey number: HABS TX-320-A National Registe... 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
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
Latimer Packing House, 321 South San Antonio Avenue, Ontario, San Bern...
Significance: This building is one of two packing houses on the property that was the site of The San Antonio Orchard Company. It sits to the east of the main packing house structure at 321 South San Antonio A... More
Latimer Packing House, 321 South San Antonio Avenue, Ontario, San Bern...
Significance: This building is one of two packing houses on the property that was the site of The San Antonio Orchard Company. It sits to the east of the main packing house structure at 321 South San Antonio A... More
Brackenridge Park Bridge, Spanning San Antonio River at Brackenridge P...
Survey number: HAER TX-103 Building/structure dates: 1890 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 11000513
Students with Miss Jovita Gonzales, St. Mary's Academy, San Antonio, T...
Handwritten on back: "St. Mary's Acad. San Antonio, Tex., students with Miss Jovita Gonzales. Ap. 1934." Gonzales possibly Mexican American. Forms part of: Lomax photographs depicting folk musicians in the Loma... More
John R. Kampmann House, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX
Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Wilson County Camelback Bridge, Spanning San Antonio River at Old Coun...
Significance: This 487'-0"-long bridge included a 180'-0" camelback through truss with subdivided panels and a Warren pony truss with a polygonal top chord. The subdivided-panel camelback is one of only two of... More
First National Bank Building, 100-102 East San Antonio Avenue, El Paso...
Significance: The First National Bank Building was built circa 1882-1883 for Joshua Raynolds, President of the First National Bank of Las Vegas, New Mexico. The establishment of the bank in El Paso was prompted... More
First National Bank Building, 100-102 East San Antonio Avenue, El Paso...
Significance: The First National Bank Building was built circa 1882-1883 for Joshua Raynolds, President of the First National Bank of Las Vegas, New Mexico. The establishment of the bank in El Paso was prompted... More
Dr. D. B. F. Kingsley House, 408 Elm Street, San Antonio, Bexar County...
Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Dr. D. B. F. Kingsley House, 408 Elm Street, San Antonio, Bexar County...
Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 307 East Pecan Street, San Antonio, Bexar...
Survey number: HABS TX-33 Building/structure dates: 1859 Initial Construction
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
317 King William Street (House), San Antonio, Bexar County, TX
Survey number: HABS TX-302 Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
317 King William Street (House), San Antonio, Bexar County, TX
Survey number: HABS TX-302 Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Felix Haywood, ex-slave, San Antonio
420082. District no. 27. Picture no. 139. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More
Steve Williams, ex-slave, San Angelo
Public domain photograph, 20th-century portrait, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo, Mission Road, San Antonio, Be...
Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo, Mission Road, San Antonio, Be...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a monastery, church, religious historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo, Mission Road, San Antonio, Be...
Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo, Mission Road, San Antonio, Be...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Ursuline Academy, Dormitory Building, 300 Augusta Street, San Antonio,...
Significance: The Dormitory building, erected 1866-1870, was constructed during the same building program as the Chapel, and together they represented the new growth and responsibility of the post Civil War era... More
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, 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
North-Evans Chateau, 708 San Antonio Street, Austin, Travis County, TX
STORED ON SITE. mchr 2012 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: As a part of the Bremond Block Historic District, the North-Evans Chateau remains as one of Austin's few surviving large-scale Vict... More