I just returned from Mel's Antiques & Collectibles in Olmito, Texas to find he just acquired a large collection of memorabilia from Fisher's Cafe which was once near corner of E Elizabeth and 10th St. across from the Majestic Theater.
There's the cafe sign with the downtown H-E-B behind it. This photo is not part of the collection. Take note of the steel mesh parapet and we'll have a quick look at the merchandise.
The pieces may range from pre 1950s before Mr Del Mar Kuebke came to Brownsville and opened Fisjher's Cafe which lasted decades into the the 1970s. Somebody please write to this blog and let us know more facts to include here.
Fisher's sponsored several baseball teams from West Brownsville Little League. Mel & Del Trevino have several 8x10 photos and some have names written on the back with phone numbers. Most of these boys might be in their 60's by now. There were several large framed photographs of historic scenes from Brownsville but the photo on the left is of the cemetery at Matamoros, Tamaulipas.
Here are a few bowling teams photos and certificates.
Many of these pieces were removed from the cafe when it closed. Here's a Department of Health Permit for the cafe.
Stacks of photo postcards were included with several uncommon cards not usually found on Ebay or posted on internet are in the collection. I grabbed a few to share with Bronsbil Estacion. Two photographs (top right) show steel mesh parapet being installed.
Here's the building today with steel mesh still on it.
There were plenty rare photos of Port Isabel and South Padre Island so hurry in before all that stuff disappears into another collector's hands.
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