Keywords: A cow skull that's part of the garden ornamentation at Quinta Mazatlan, a historical adobe mansion within a nature and birding center in McAllen, Texas LCCN2014631650.tif 1 photograph digital tiff file color Notes Title date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer ; Gift; The Lyda Hill Foundation; 2014; DLC/PP-2014 054 ; Forms part of Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M Highsmith Archive ; The word quinta in Spanish translates to a country house villa or estate When the owners Jason Marcia Matthews began building the home in the 1930s the area was surrounded by grapefruit orchards The word mazatlan has an ancient Indian translation in Mexico meaning Land of the Deer The owners frequented the city of Mazatlan in Mexico and were clearly inspired by the Spanish architecture of the area The home and grounds are now owned by the City of McAllen ; Credit line The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division 2014 Creator Carol M Highsmith Library of Congress Catalog http //lccn loc gov/2014631650 Image download https //cdn loc gov/master/pnp/highsm/27400/27450a tif Original url http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/highsm 27450 No known restrictions on publication LOC-image highsm 27450 PD-Highsmith Images uploaded by Fæ Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M Highsmith Archive The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Photographs by Carol M Highsmith |