1928 & 1948 El Jardin interior images

 From Monty's Monthly Magazine which was published in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas containing business and social news.  Within the pages appeared a few now very rare images of the inside of the Hotel El Jardin  (researched by Jose Cazares)

 Images from El Jardin brochure

 1948 Propeller Club party at El Jardin patio

Propeller club members talking about propellers

 December 14th 1926

December 26th, 1926 Hotel El Jardin

 Still inside is the original last used switch board, mail sorter, and key holder (Cassandra Delgado photo)

Original flooring, the ball room chandeliers were HUGE, and the stairs leading up to the rooms  (Cassandra Delgado photo)

The lobby (those arches use to be stained glass), the stairs again, and another chandelier i found complete with Christmas decorations still hanging from it. (Cassandra Delgado photo)

The original hotel safe, and the upper room levels (Cassandra Delgado photo)

The roof top and the original elevator system located at the top floor (Cassandra Delgado photo)

Gus Gianfala meets WW1 hero Sergeant Alvin C. York

 c1948 Gus Gianfala with Alvin "Sergeant York" --  written on back of photo:  Guss Gianfala + Sergant Yotk.  Guss help bring this well in.  Please send this back to me.  use in the same aid deal close to York."  Gus Gianfala was a plumber / electrician from, Louisiana who came to Brownsville with his wife "Honey" in 1948.  This was probably taken somewhere in Tennessee.  

Alvin Cullum York a.k.a. "Sergeant York"

If you haven't seen this movie you sure missed out on a great ol' flick.

 Alvin C. York in 1953

[for more amazing fotos from the Honey & Gus photo album click link below]

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1978 ~ The Plasmatics " Butcher Baby "

Miley Cyrus yer ass

1977 Brownsville, Texas Movie Theater ads

After Interstate moved out of the Majestic and into the Northpark Plaza Shopping Center the Majestic balcony was enclosed to make a small adult movie theater.

 The Southmost I & 2 was also called the Benitez Theaters 

2015 Bronsbil Estacion Bomber logo

Biting Elbows - 'Bad Motherfucker' [Warning: Violence]

They only show these broads for a split second (that's good or bad depending on how you look at it) but this is an awesome action flick with POV fun like a video game. 

This is not for kids  

1969 ~ Led Zeppelin - What Is And What Should Never Be

Catch the wind, see us spin, sail away, leave today, way up high in the sky. 
But the wind won't blow, you really shouldn't go, it only goes to show 
That you will be mine, by takin' our time. 

Emancipación book signing at Market Square 20 November 5pm

Before ~n~ After Views of Brownsville

 La Nueva Libertad 1893 (a.k.a. Andres Cueto building) was a grocery, bakery and pawn shop with living space on the second floor.  1301 E Madison St.

 It was renovated by the UTB/TSC college and now belongs to the City of Brownsville.

 c1890 commercial / domestic building built by Manuel Alonso at 510-514 E St. Charles.

 It is used by the Brownsville Historical Association today.

 c1890s Henry M. Field building complex at 1049 E Monroe was built as a general store and hardware with living space on the second floor; typical of New Orleans style commercial/residential structures.

 It was renamed the Andres Pacheco building after its new owner.

 Jose Bestiero commercial brick building on E Adams and 11th built during the early 1900s.

 It doesn't look much different now but requires major renovation before it can be used again.  It is within Market Square section of downtown where the main focus of revitalization is taking place.

Vivier Office building conundrum of a photo

 Stillman House was built by Henry Miller and lived in by Charles Stillman and Brownsville mayor Thomas Carson and the Manuel Trevino family.

Corner of E Washington and 8th

"Madrilena" Ortiz Store on E Madison St

Park Hotel on E Adams and 12th St

Who's the Guy on the Bronsbil Estacion Banner?

Alfredo Garcia late 1950's near Gateway Bridge ~ Brownsville, Texas

My Dad in front of "Popular" Store on E Elizabeth St.

1967

409 E13th Galeria ~ Mark Clark

 Mark Clark painting Emiliano Zapata at the 409 Galeria in 2006

 2006 - Jim Mills with Cliff and Maritza Welty on the 2nd floor balcony of the 409

 Mark painted his rendition of what the 409 looked like when it was built

 Mark Clark in the news

2008 Emilio Crixell and the band

 This looks like Emilio Crixell and Los Escondidos outside of the Half Moon Saloon

 Ghost Hunters of South Texas and others have been at the 409 looking for haunting evidence

 Ghost host Mark Clark 

This ghost hunting young couple from Harlingen also visited the 409 (sorry I forgot their names)