Actually, Jose Cazares does take aerial photos but this time he sought some vintage ones for us to look at.
Joe has done us the favor of researching archives anywhere he thinks he'll find some good material on Brownsville, Texas while researching former East Levee St conglomerates Capitol Theatre, El Jardin, Missouri Pacific Railroad depot (MoPac) and the original Chamber fo Commerce building all built in that Spanish Colonial style of which we still have a few reminders left scattered throughout the historic district.
This time Joe visited the University of Texas Libraries and searched their vast inventory of records in the L.L. Cook Company files in the Texas Highway Department Historical records. You all recognize the ol' Gateway Bridge there.
Here's another photo of the Gateway Bridge which may look familiar because this was also produced as an old postcard.
This aerial photo shows both bridges to Mexico.
The Old Bridge
Port of Brownsville
Not sure what this section back beyond Fort Brown is
By the way these are "photo copies" being that Joe took these with his camera. Some of them are behnd plastic and he managed to not get much glare at all in these photos. He did a helluva job.
More to come later
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