Brownsville High School and Palm Blvd late 1930s

 Looking down Palm Blvd from intersection of E Elizabeth St.

 The historical stone monument to Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States, was dedicated by the Daughters of the Confederacy 

Present location of marker at Washington Park (photo from www.mitteculturaldistrict.org ) 

 Cruising past the high school

Hopefully this postcard will help you pinpoint exact locations these photos were taken.

1940s - V is for Victory roll and Vintage photos on Bronsbil Estacion

Sometimes it merely takes a slight unfortunate circumstance, sudden death in the family or natural disaster to quickly wipe out a life-held collection of memories corner-stickered on the black pages of a photo album created by someone whose name we hope to reveal soon.

These sample of photos measure approximately 2.5" x 4" and are shown side-by-side to illustrate how a little treatment using photo editing software can really improve the quality of the photo.

We'll call this the Familia Ramirez photo album collection for now.  If you're on Facebook, we've posted more of this collection on the Bronsbil FB page.

 They're probably someone's parents so I hope I did some justice to these old faded photos.

I was going to write a lot of blog stuff but there's more to come later.  Please contact if you can help identify this couple.  Thank you.

Missouri Pacific Railroad Depot and Chamber of Commerce Park off E Levee St. late 1930s

Missouri Pacific Railroad Depot (MoPac) passenger station at left and behind these two couples with Traveler's Hotel rising in distance.

Missouri Pacific RR Depot photo (Erik Sunde)

These two young men are in oark area between depot and Chamber of Commerce building.

postcard of MoPac depot park copied from Ebay

postcard of Chamber of Commerce building copied from Ebay

An ancient steamboat anchor be Chamber of Commerce Park is the spot where many visitors enjoyed the local history of our culture on the Rio Grande and there was also a 1877 Baldwin 2-4-2 locomotive parked there which now sits at the Historic Brownsville Museum on E Madison and 7th St.  No one seems to know what happened to the anchor so please give us a holler at (956) 555-KBRO if you know what happened to it.

At the right is the Moody Hotel and Texaco gas station garage corner seen elsewhere on this blog.  

late 1930's Brownsville High School Twirlers

Being in a Charro Days parade is one's shining moment in Brownsville history.  We have four for you here.

 

These photos were purchased from Mel and Delia Trevino at Mel's Antiques & Collectibles in Olmito, Texas.  Names of persons unknown.