[Brooks Drugs: Store Interior #1]

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Photograph of the interior of the Brooks Central Drugs store in Brownsville, featuring several long rows of products and goods. A long counter at center has multiple displays of baby products, over-the-counter drugs, and other merchandise with additional shelves below and another counter with a similar display of items to the left. Along the back corner of the room, center-left, are multiple shelves of merchandise up to the back right wall, where the shelves end and a long mirror and parlor counter are placed. Along the top of the store's walls are signs for product categories: "synthetic bar", malts, sundaes, … continued below

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1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 4 x 5 in.

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A. Rogers Studio January 19, 1947.

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Brownsville Historical Association

The Brownsville Historical Association manages 7 historic buildings and museums in the Mitte Cultural District and Downtown Brownsville: Stillman House Museum, Heritage Museum, Market Square Research Center, Historic Alonso Building, Historic Brownsville Museum, the Old City Cemetery and the Laureles Ranch House Museum. Through exhibitions, educational programs, publications, cultural events, and archival collections, BHA shares Brownsville’s history and cultural arts with the local community.

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Photograph of the interior of the Brooks Central Drugs store in Brownsville, featuring several long rows of products and goods. A long counter at center has multiple displays of baby products, over-the-counter drugs, and other merchandise with additional shelves below and another counter with a similar display of items to the left. Along the back corner of the room, center-left, are multiple shelves of merchandise up to the back right wall, where the shelves end and a long mirror and parlor counter are placed. Along the top of the store's walls are signs for product categories: "synthetic bar", malts, sundaes, fine foods, and other product types. Fluorescent lights hang from the ceiling, and the store's entrance is visible at far left.

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1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 4 x 5 in.

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Rescuing Texas History, 2023

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  • January 19, 1947

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  • April 5, 2024, 6:29 a.m.

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  • Feb. 4, 2025, 8:31 p.m.

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A. Rogers Studio. [Brooks Drugs: Store Interior #1], photograph, January 19, 1947; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1665968/: accessed February 16, 2026), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Brownsville Historical Association.

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