1949 Gus 'n' Honey tour the Rio Grande Valley

More Honey Gianfala scrapbook photos purchased at Mel's Antiques and Collectibles in Olmito

 These photos of Honey were most likely taken while she lived in Louisiana during WWII and she's also dressed like Rosie the Riveter.

 Women joined the workforce while men went off to war.

The original Rosie the Riveter for those unfamiliar with the iconic character

 These were taken during an outing in the upper RGV.  The first photo could have been any of several train depots that came in 1904 with the St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico RR as part of the Gulf Coast Lines which broadened commercial rail transport from the RGV.  The "Ancient building" is typical of commercial brick structures built from the late 1860s to early 1900s in the RGV.  Los Ebanos, Texas is in Hidalgo County and part of the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission statistical area.

Pharr St.L.B&M RR as a RGV train depot example.

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*Addendum to Gus 'n' Honey La Lomita photos

 St. Joseph & St. Peter Seminary in Mission. 

This Seminary burned in 2009.

A statue of Jesus Christ stands above a contruction fence surrounding the remains of the St. Joseph and St. Peter's Seminary in Mission on Wednesday morning. The site was being demolished until City of Mission officials stopped the process on Wednesday morning.

By Nathan Lambrecht/The Monitor | Posted: Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Thanks again to Mel Trevino at Mel's Antiques & Collectibles for being such a great help!