Sanctuary of Misión San Juan Capistrano, now known as simply "Mission San Juan," was established in 1716 as… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582601/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseMission Nuestra Señora de la Purisima Concepción de Acuña, better known as simply "Mission… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582592/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseSteve Schmidt is the sheriff in town at the Enchanted Springs Ranch and Old West theme park, special-events venue, and… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582628/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseScene from a Charrería, sometimes called a "Mexican rodeo," at "A Day in Old Mexico," one of several events at the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582579/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseScene from the Texas Cavaliers River Parade on the San Antonio River, which winds through the River Walk beneath the streets… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582696/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseFigure of St. Francis of Assisi at the the Franciscan Renewal Center — affectionately known as the “Casa de Paz… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582399/carol-highsmiths-arizona-photographFree Image from public domain licenseVictor Gomez, whose heritage is Seneca, at the Celebrations of Traditions Pow Wow, an official Native American Pow Wow this… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582701/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseA barge loaded with visitors turns toward a tunnel on the portion of the San Antonio River that winds through San Antonio's… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582572/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseA youngster enjoys a display of inflated Easter bunnies for sale on a San Antonio streetcorner. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582618/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain license Interior view of the mission church at Tallahassee, Florida's, Mission San Luis in the "Panhandle"… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8070916/photo-image-church-public-domain-united-statesFree Image from public domain license Mission church interior detail at Tallahassee, Florida's, Mission San Luis in the "Panhandle"… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8054410/photo-image-church-public-domain-united-statesFree Image from public domain license The Messer House visitor center, one of a very few places at Tallahassee, Florida's, Mission San… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8053904/photo-image-public-domain-house-united-statesFree Image from public domain license The five-story, pyramid-like Council House at Tallahassee, Florida's, Mission San Luis in the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8070363/photo-image-pyramid-public-domain-houseFree Image from public domain licenseThe Mexican artillery goes into action at the annual Battle of San Jacinto Festival and Battle Reenactment, a living-history… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582693/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain license The Mission church at Tallahassee, Florida's, Mission San Luis in the "Panhandle" portion of the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8057064/photo-image-plant-grass-churchFree Image from public domain license Arielle O'Hara portrays the friary gardener and cook at Tallahassee, Florida's, Mission San Luis in… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8050365/photo-image-plant-person-grassFree Image from public domain license Arielle O'Hara portrays the friary gardener and cook at Tallahassee, Florida's, Mission San Luis in… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8052314/photo-image-plant-person-treeFree Image from public domain license Winston Brock portrays a Spanish soldier at Tallahassee, Florida's, Mission San Luis in the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8072234/photo-image-plant-person-grassFree Image from public domain license Arielle O'Hara portrays the friary gardener and cook at Tallahassee, Florida's, Mission San Luis in… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8070129/photo-image-person-wood-public-domainFree Image from public domain license Steve Kurisko (left) and Winston Brock portray Spanish soldiers at Tallahassee, Florida's, Mission… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8069055/photo-image-person-wood-clothingFree Image from public domain licenseMission San Francisco de la Espada. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3094383/free-photo-image-church-america-architectureFree Image from public domain licenseKoi fish at Mission San Juan Capistrano in Southern California. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434066/free-photo-image-koi-fish-pondFree Image from public domain license Sanctuary of the Basilica of San Albino on the plaza of Mesilla (locally called Old Mesilla), a… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8068775/photo-image-person-church-crossFree Image from public domain license The Basilica of San Albino on the plaza of Mesilla (locally called Old Mesilla), a historic town… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8072840/photo-image-person-church-crossFree Image from public domain licenseMural across from the San Ysleta Mission in El Paso. The mission was built in 1682 by members of the Tigua Indian tribe who… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582656/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licensePart of a fancy saddle for sale at the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434223/free-photo-image-leather-fancy-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseA downtown mural depicting blacksmithing, an important Old West business, in San Angelo, the seat of Tom Green County… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582635/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseScene in the San Juan Mountains above Silverton, Colorado, along with the mostly dirt-and-gravel "Alpine Loop" that, for… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582485/carol-highsmiths-colorado-photographFree Image from public domain licenseFancy cowboy boots for sale at the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434224/free-photo-image-cowboy-boots-shoe-shopFree Image from public domain licenseMission San Carlos Borroméo del río Carmelo, also known as the Carmel Mission, is a Roman Catholic mission… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2212393/mission-san-carlosFree Image from public domain licenseProfessor Thaddeus Schmidlap at the Enchanted Springs Ranch and Old West theme park in Boerne, Texas. Original image from… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3089110/free-photo-image-america-boerne-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseMission Nuestra Señora de la Purisima Concepción de Acuña, better known as simply "Mission… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3094531/free-photo-image-america-architecture-blue-skyFree Image from public domain licenseMission Nuestra Señora de la Purisima Concepción de Acuña, better known as simply "Mission… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3094538/free-photo-image-america-architecture-buildingFree Image from public domain licenseA neon version of the Texas "Lone Star" state flag at the Institute of Texan Cultures, part of the University of Texas at… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434257/free-photo-image-texas-neon-starFree Image from public domain licenseItems taken to Space returned to NAMRU San Antonio 221031-N-ND850-0004JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (Oct. 31… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9647910/photo-image-astronaut-space-stickerFree Image from public domain licenseA portion of Great Sand Dunes National Monument and Preserve. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434577/pink-sand-dunesFree Image from public domain licenseA portion of Fort Davis National Historic Site in the Texas town of Fort Davis. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582615/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseMount Vernon, a near (but larger) replica in Dallas, Texas, of George Washington's Virginia estate home. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582573/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseU.S. Air Force pilots and students assigned to Detachment 24, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, fly U.S. Navy T-6B Texans in… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8718222/photo-image-airplane-sky-public-domainFree Image from public domain licenseLonghorn steer wooden sculpture in the arts district of little San Elizario, near El Paso. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582663/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseThe Texas state capitol in Austin. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582671/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseHorse statue advertising sign in the Stockyards, a historic livestock-market district in Fort Worth. Original image from… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582593/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseSome of the 70 bronze steers in a large sculpture in Pioneer Park in Dallas that commemorates nineteenth-century cattle… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582651/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseA piece of Luckenbach, Texas, a dot of a place in Gillespie County, Texas, made famous by the country song about "Waylon… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582600/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseSan Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo Carnival, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3092729/free-photo-image-carnivals-rodeo-americaFree Image from public domain licenseThis mural remembering the famous Chisholm Trail cattle trail in Fort Worth seems to almost literally jump out at you. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582560/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseSome of the 70 bronze steers in a large sculpture in Pioneer Park in Dallas that commemorates nineteenth-century cattle… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582652/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseA roundup, for tourists’ benefit, of longhorn cattle on Exchange Street in the Stockyards, the historic livestock… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582603/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseFountain in San Antonio. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2367187/fountain-san-antonioView licenseCentennial Hall, a 94,000-square-foot exhibition hall at Fair Park, the site of the 1936 Texas Centennial Exposition -- and… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582621/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseManuel Gonzalez-Ortega, an Asociación de Charros de San Antonio member attending a Mexican-style rodeo at "A Day in… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3089177/free-photo-image-mexican-america-asociacion-charros-san-antonioFree Image from public domain licenseTwo "gunslingers" (historical intrepreters Wes Hughes, left, and Thornton Young) fire away in a showdown on the street at… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582630/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseA small, centrally located community building in the old German-immigrant settlement of Gruene, now part of New Braunfels… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582638/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseA downtown mural, by western artist Stylle Read, in San Angelo, the seat of Tom Green County, Texas, It celebrates the life… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582619/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain license"Uncle Bob" Beringer, a historical interpreter, is photographed on an authentic early-Texas sharecropper's cabin on the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582634/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseThe Hopkins County Courthouse in Sulphur Springs, regarded by many as the most beautiful courthouse in Texas. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582583/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseA docile young deer at the Enchanted Springs Ranch in Boerne, Texas, northwest of San Antonio. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434255/free-photo-image-deer-carol-highsmith-carol-highsmith-animalFree Image from public domain licenseDHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas Delivers Keynote AddressSan Antonio, TX (August 24, 2022) Homeland Security Secretary… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9652479/image-people-fire-podiumFree Image from public domain licenseNew U.S. Soldiers take the oath of enlistment during the opening ceremonies at the U.S. Army All American Bowl in the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8742420/photo-image-public-domain-peopleFree Image from public domain licenseThe "Texas Room" at Bayou Bend mansion, the former home of philanthropist and collector Ima Hogg in Houston, Texas. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582679/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseWillie Jackson, left, the coach of the San Antonio Para Sport Spurs team, dribbles the ball up court during a scrimmage game… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3319294/free-photo-image-bicycle-bike-cc0Free Image from public domain licenseExterior architectural detail on the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum on the campus of West Texas A&M University in… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582604/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseWorker from Mexico Wears Goggles to Protect His Eyes from Dust at a Cedar Mill near Leakey, Texas, and San Antonio 12/1973.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8765942/photo-image-vintage-person-portraitFree Image from public domain licenseProfusion of the Texas State Flower -- subtle bluebonnets -- in a field in Boerne, Texas, west of San Antonio. Original… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434253/free-photo-image-meadow-flower-field-san-antonioFree Image from public domain licenseSan Miguel Mission. Erected 1797 by the Franciscan Fathers. California. Sourced from the Library of Congress. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12246296/photo-image-cloud-plant-skyFree Image from public domain licenseSan Miguel Mission. Erected 1797 by the Franciscan Fathers. California. Sourced from the Library of Congress. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12246028/photo-image-cloud-sky-roadFree Image from public domain licenseSan Miguel Mission. Erected 1797 by the Franciscan Fathers. California. Sourced from the Library of Congress. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12246002/photo-image-plant-person-skyFree Image from public domain licenseAncient Greek temple architecture with columns. Free public domain CC0 image. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/6020918/photo-image-public-domain-free-worshipFree Image from public domain licenseThe incomplete frontier mission in the tiny settlement of Tumacacori, south of Tucson, Arizona, where native Indian and… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582242/carol-highsmiths-arizona-photographFree Image from public domain licenseNative American Stonework on the Riverwalk in San Antonio. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3094404/free-photo-image-america-carol-highsmith-cc0Free Image from public domain licenseKoi fish at Mission San Juan Capistrano in Southern California. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434059/free-photo-image-koi-fishFree Image from public domain licenseThe modest LBJ Ranch, now called the Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park, near Johnson City, Texas. Original image… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582589/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseSan Miguel Mission. Erected 1797 by the Franciscan Fathers. California. Sourced from the Library of Congress. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12246499/photo-image-cloud-sky-public-domainFree Image from public domain licenseAnimal travel enclosure at the San Antonio Zoo in San Antonio, TX, on July 26, 2022.For more information about the USDA… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9647119/photo-image-animal-public-domain-loveFree Image from public domain licenseDry food in a bowl at the San Antonio Zoo in San Antonio, TX, on July 26, 2022. For more information about the USDA Animal… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9654479/photo-image-public-domain-love-foodFree Image from public domain license"Texas Ranger," San Antonio artist Don Hunt's sculpture of a 19th-Century ranger on horseback at the entrance to the Texas… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582659/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseThe 1908 Fort Bend County Courthouse in Richmond, Texas, southwest of Houston. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582605/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseLarry "Professor Paisley" Heidbreder tends to his yoked Texan longhorns (Justice, left, and Liberty) at the annual Battle of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582624/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain license The Basilica of San Albino on the plaza of Mesilla (locally called Old Mesilla), a historic town… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8067916/photo-image-cloud-plant-personFree Image from public domain license A richly shimmering stained-glass window of the Basilica of San Albino on the plaza of Mesilla… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8069031/photo-image-face-person-churchesFree Image from public domain license A richly shimmering stained-glass window of the Basilica of San Albino on the plaza of Mesilla… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8040900/photo-image-person-churches-artFree Image from public domain license A richly shimmering stained-glass window of the Basilica of San Albino on the plaza of Mesilla… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8040920/photo-image-face-person-churchesFree Image from public domain license A richly shimmering stained-glass window of the Basilica of San Albino on the plaza of Mesilla… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8047156/photo-image-face-person-churchesFree Image from public domain licenseSaint Joseph of Cupertino (Copertino). 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Lorenzini. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13988661/saint-joseph-cupertino-copertino-engraving-ga-lorenziniFree Image from public domain licenseBird in the Hixon Bird House indoor aviary at the San Antonio Zoo in San Antonio, TX, on July 26, 2022.For more information… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9654487/photo-image-animal-public-domain-birdFree Image from public domain licenseBirds in the Hixon Bird House indoor aviary at the San Antonio Zoo in San Antonio, TX, on July 26, 2022.For more information… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9654719/photo-image-animal-public-domain-birdFree Image from public domain licenseA bird travel enclosure at the San Antonio Zoo in San Antonio, TX, on July 26, 2022.For more information about the USDA… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9654722/photo-image-public-domain-love-2022Free Image from public domain licenseAnimal Care Inspector observes San Antonio Zoo staff handle a guinea pig at the San Antonio Zoo in San Antonio, TX, on July… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9647006/photo-image-animal-public-domain-loveFree Image from public domain licenseBirds in the Hixon Bird House indoor aviary at the San Antonio Zoo in San Antonio, TX, on July 26, 2022.For more information… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9654467/photo-image-animal-public-domain-birdFree Image from public domain license