Two years ago we saw for the first time rare images of downtown Brownsville after Nora Vasquez at Junk N Treasure called to ask if I could develop photos from large (approx. 3" x 5") negative film. My scanning equipment include templates which allow for scanning any transparent film or slides 35mm or smaller. It required at least 3 or 4 cross sectional scans of each negative which had to be merged using Photoshop. Needless to say it was a lot of work but well worth the look at interior and exterior photos of downtown businesses, buildings and people.
When Nora contacted me again to ask if I was interested in looking at several color slides of historic Brownsville scenes I got excited. Here's what we discovered about the images. They appear to be photo-copies of museum scenes on display. Many of these are now common images you can find on the internet but some are not. Here are some of the slide images.
1846
The capture of General Vega (In the act of discharging a canon) by the gallant Capt. May, of the U.S. Army, during the engagement of the 9th May / / Lith. & pub. by Sarony & Major, 117 Fulton St. N.Y.
Original litho
Variations of scene
Artists copied Vega figure from one depiction to next
1846 wood-cut depicting soldier's life
Ft Brown after cannonade
c1875 map
from 1863 Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper of Santa Cruz ferry opposite Brownsville, Texas
Union General Francis Jay Herron with a weird beard
1858 Steel engraving showing Brownsville, Texas which is a Mexican Boundary Survey.
Looks like steamboats on Rio Grande on Levee illustrations or photos we've seen before with Fort Brown or city of Brownsville in distance.
Fort Brown soldiers on parade grounds
Fort Brown from folding souvenir book
Fort Brown parade grounds
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