Good Morning Brownsville, Texas

From roof of Market Square 2012

1860s - On the Levee with an Artist and Photographer

In the 1860's  the Rio Grande was much closer to E Levee and 12th 

Artist Theodore Gentilz painting of Brownsville, Texas.  

 The sky may be overdone but here's an enhancement.  

 Levee St. Brownsville, Texas ca. 1865-66 photo by Louis de Planque

SMU Central University Libraries

Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs

^^ click that for 1860s photos ^^

Louis de Planque enhanced photo.

2012 ~ KVEO Channel 23's Na'Tassia Finlay

 Na'Tassia Finlay at Market Square May 2012

KVEO is a full service television station in Brownsville, Harlingen and McAllen, Texas, broadcasting on local digital UHF channel 24 and on virtual channel 23. Founded in 1981, it is owned by Communications Corporation of America. KVEO is affiliated with NBC (National Broadcasting Company), airing NBC's primetime shows in the evening. In the morning, the station airs NBC's morning news and information program, with spots for local news and weather; in the afternoon, it airs NBC's soap operas; in the early evening, it shows NBC's national news broadcast and NewsCenter 23. After primetime, it airs its own local newscasts, followed by NBC's late-night programming. KVEO also airs local sports broadcasts.

1949 - Gus -n- Madeline Gianfalla lived on Boca Chica Blvd

From the photo scrapbook pages of Agustus "Gus" 'n' Myrtle "Honey" Gianfala

 March 1949 at Gateway Bridge, Brownsville, Texas

 1949 after heavy rains on Levee and Rio Grande

 1949 

 Home on Boca Chica Blvd

 Fishing at Port Isabel

 1950 Charro Days Parade by GMC Truck building on E Elizabeth and 5th St which is Charro Days headquarters today

Brownsville, Texas International Airport office building

[Bronsbil Estacion will update with more info if it becomes available.  These photos were purchased at Mel's Antiques & Collectibles in Olmito, Texas and will be donated to the Brownsville Historical Association for their photo archives]

[NEW INFO JUST IN!  -- CHECK BACK LATER FOR MORE ABOUT WHO THIS COUPLE WAS!  YOU'LL LOVE IT]

FREE Bumper Sticker

Just print - cut-out - glue to bumper - will last until it gets too wet.

c1954 ~ Brownsville Compress and water tower (near E Jackson and 24th St)

Photo courtesy of Nora Vasquez @ Junk -N- Treasure

25°53'47.9"N 97°29'04.8"W

25.896627, -97.484668

1954 Lone Star Auto Parts

Once Upon A Time....

To Brownsville with Love

Nothing to see here... move along....

He asked me to re-post this from the old Facebook page

Pestina trying to hitch-hike to Brownsville, Texas

Anybody like S.E. Hinton books or just the movies?

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send hate-mail to brownsvilletrain@yahoo.com

Don't be a Brownsville Crab

I got a lot of heat from the watchdog and manager of this retro Motel on Central but here it is!

Kimberly "Sweet Brown" Wilkins 

Brownsville High School wide shot

You can leave Brownsville but...

We saw this photo of Brownsville native Kris Kristofferson and went a li'l crazy with the idea...

Does anyone mind if I post a few family photos?

 Dad at Sam's Olympic Pool at Ringgold Park (thanks to Albert Abete and Leroy Lopez for setting the record straight on this one)

 These are my cousins and brothers.

 My uncle "Choche" and brother and cousin

My brothers and sister by Palo Alto National Battlefield site marker

 Dad's buddies by the bridge.  My tio "Pano" is top left.  They are at Gateway Bridge.

 Two of my Dad's pachuco friends  :D

 Dad (there was other dude in the photo but I erased him)

Dad on E Elizabeth St in front of Popular Store
but it's cool because "Pop" is another name for "Dad"