Saturday, September 5, 2015

Merchants National Bank / Brook's-Walgreens on E Elizabeth and 11th


 1947 interior of first Walgreen's store in Brownsville, Texas.
 Merchant's Nationl Bank c1910



 2008 photo showing what was left of C&L Drug Store sign

 Local businessman Charlie Bracht on 1950's Charro Days postcard
 More 1947 photos from negatives in Brownsville Historical Association archives





 c1949 Palmetto Yearbook ad

3 comments:

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