Here's a li'l taste of a colorized photo which will include some details about the time and place and incidents that precipitated the event which is playing out in this scene. The "Friedman Motors" sign is on the 1880's built Vivier Opera House which was once the entertainment venue for Brownsville's upper echelon which by this time had been reduced to a garage but was also used to stage amateur boxing and wrestling matches. That Sinclair service station would later be replaced with more modern Sinclair gas station by the 1950s. Both buildings on the corner of E Levee St and 10th are now gone.
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Does anyone know the name of the hamburger stand on Palm Boulevard directly across Central intermediate school and Clearwater Elementary school? Back in the 70s, when the belt rang for lunch and we were released, we would dodge traffic On Palm Boulevard from Central to have lunch at the hamburger stand. They were opened during lunch and they had A counter with barstool type of chairs. The little burgers were so good. Then we would run back and we would make it in time for class! Great memories! Thank you for updating this website. It is so great!
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