1969 Fort Brown and downtown Brownsville, Texas aerial views

 1969 August aerial photo Brownsville, Texas

 Immaculate Conception Cathedral (top left- E Jefferson and 12th St) and Market Square / Town Hall (right center) with Fire Station No1 on E Adams and 10th (bottom right) 

 Texas Southmost College Library and Gorgas building and many Fort Brown buildings (top center) with Immaculate Conception Cathedral at bottom center

 Fort Brown Motor Hotel surrounded by Horseshoe Lake with Jacob Brown Memorial Center at center.  The infamous Casa de Nylon (bottom left) and Customs - right center

 A closer look at Market Square / Town Hall and surrounding buildings

 From top center to right - King Mart and International Bridge to Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico.  There are many recognizable buildings downtown-- no need to name them all.

 Entrance to Matamoros and El Jardon Hotel at bottom center.

Coca Cola building, Methodist Church, Cameron County Courthouse / Post Office across the street from The Majestic Theater on E Elizabeth and 10th

The Vivier Opera House and Goodyear Tires Servive buildings are gone from E Levee and 10th as is the Sinclair gas station (top center).  They called that tall building the Pan-Am Bank at the time maybe ... It is now used for Cameron County offices

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