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[Back of Federal Building]

Description: Photograph of the back of the Brownsville federal building, a large multi-story brick building with several rows of windows and two chimneys.In the foreground an automobile is parked on the street on the left and on the far right a man is carrying a box. To the left of the building in the background a crane is visible and in front of it there is a tree and a small light-colored building.
Date: October 3, 1932
Creator: A. Rogers Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 25.902415 -97.499261

[Barrera's Auto Parts Co.]

Description: Photograph of the Barreras Auto Parts Company in Brownsville, Texas. The shop front feature's the company name on its upper half, a neon wall sign attached perpendicular to the wall, and glass display cases below with an entrance at the right. A street lamp and a bin are placed in front of the entrance, and a brick building is to the right of the shop. Street signs, power poles, and a moving car is visible down the right side.
Date: October 28, 1953
Creator: A. Rogers Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 25.900032 -97.497831

[Birthday Scene in Brownsville Home]

Description: Photograph of a birthday scene in an unknown home in Brownsville, Texas. A man at center blows out birthday candles on a white cake set on a table replete with dishes, cups, and plates. A man at left, a woman at right, and a second man at far right look onwards. A window is visible behind the dining table, with a hallway in the center-right foreground.
Date: unknown
Creator: A. Rogers Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Brooks Drugs: 11th St. Front]

Description: Photograph of the corner facade of the Brooks Central Drugs store in Brownsville as viewed from 11th Street. The front features a recessed entrance, several display windows with awnings overhead on both sides of the building's corner, two large pillars in front of the entrance supporting the upper levels, and a brick exterior above the drug store. Several electric lights and signs are placed along the entrance, including a large sign placed perpendicular with the building's exterior at left. Th… more
Date: January 19, 1947
Creator: A. Rogers Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 25.901871 -97.498828

[Brooks Drugs: Corner Facade]

Description: Photograph of the corner facade of the Brooks Central Drugs store in Brownsville, Texas. The front features a recessed entrance, several display windows with awnings overhead on both sides of the corner, two large pillars in front of the entrance supporting the upper levels, and a brick exterior above the drug store. Several electric lights and signs are placed along the corner, including a large sign placed perpendicular with the building's exterior. The interior of the store contains several… more
Date: January 19, 1947
Creator: A. Rogers Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 25.901844 -97.498862

[Brooks Drugs: Elizabeth St. Front]

Description: Photograph of the corner facade of the Brooks Central Drugs store in Brownsville as viewed from 11th Street. The front features a recessed entrance, several display windows with awnings overhead on both sides of the building's corner, two large pillars in front of the entrance supporting the upper levels, and a brick exterior above the drug store. Several electric lights and signs are placed along the entrance, including a large sign placed perpendicular with the building's exterior at upper ce… more
Date: January 19, 1947
Creator: A. Rogers Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 25.901878 -97.498908

[Brooks Drugs: Food Parlor Counter]

Description: Photograph of a food parlor within the interior of the Brooks Central Drugs store in Brownsville, featuring a long counter bar with raised cushioned seats nearby. Upon the counter are napkin dispensers, sugar dispensers, and salt and pepper shakers, and behind it is a mirror spanning the length of the left wall and shelves of foodstuffs, promotional signs, and stainless-steel implements such as cabinets, shelves, and sinks. Above the mirrors are fluorescent lights and large text signs for produ… more
Date: January 19, 1947
Creator: A. Rogers Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 25.901922 -97.498858

[Brooks Drugs: Parlor Booth Seats]

Description: Photograph of booth seats within the interior of the Brooks Central Drugs store in Brownsville, occupying several rows along the back of the drugstore, along the right half of the image. The booths, which vary in width, each have a numbered black square table with salt shakers and sugar containers. A wide mirror is placed the back wall, where other parts of the store are visible, and above it are text signs for product categories: "salads" and "sea foods". The end of a long parlor counter is vi… more
Date: January 19, 1947
Creator: A. Rogers Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 25.901922 -97.498858

[Brooks Drugs: Store Interior #1]

Description: 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 cou… more
Date: January 19, 1947
Creator: A. Rogers Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 25.901922 -97.498858

[Brooks Drugs: Store Interior #2]

Description: Photograph of the interior of the Brooks Central Drugs store in Brownsville, featuring an aisle within the store. At left is a display of postcards, followed by a long counter with selections and arrangements of different types of products such as cookwares, perfumes, sporting goods, and other objects. Below the display counters are shelves of additional products extending to the length of the aisle. At right is a counter and a glass display of multiple items such as toothpaste and over-the-cou… more
Date: January 19, 1947
Creator: A. Rogers Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 25.901922 -97.498858

[Brownsville Courthouse]

Description: Photograph taken from above of the Brownsville U.S. courthouse and post office, a four-story brick and stone building three arched entries in the middle of the first floor, rows of windows on the front and right sides, a flagpole on the facade on the third floor, and a chimney. In the foreground two people are walking on the sidewalk and there is an automobile parked on the street in front of the building. On the far left other buildings and another street are partially visible in the backgroun… more
Date: January 2, 1932
Creator: A. Rogers Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 25.902415 -97.499261

[Brownsville Courthouse and Post Office]

Description: Photograph of the Brownsville U.S. courthouse and post office, a large four-story building made of stone and bricks with four rows of windows and three arch-shaped entrance in the middle of the first floor. A man is standing in front of the building and on the other side of the street two automobiles and a tree can be seen, with smaller buildings partially visible on the left and right.
Date: February 3, 1933
Creator: A. Rogers Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 25.902415 -97.499261

[Brownsville Courthouse and Post Office Foundation]

Description: Photograph of construction of the foundation of the Brownsville U.S. court house and post office, showing a large building site dug into the ground with another building on the street above in the background. In the foreground there is a large puddle with pieces of lumber scattered around it and part of a crane on the far right. Farther back tho horses are standing and two construction workers are standing in front of the site wall while several other men are sitting on the ground above in fron… more
Date: October 1, 1931
Creator: A. Rogers Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 25.902415 -97.499261

[Brownsville Courthouse and Post Office from Elizabeth St.]

Description: Photograph of construction of the Brownsville U.S. courthouse and post office, which consists of three completed stories and support beams for the additional story and roof, with several construction workers on the upper levels. There is scaffolding next to the building on the right and a temporary structure running parallel to the street below on the left. In the background another street and various other buildings can be seen.
Date: July 4, 1932
Creator: A. Rogers Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 25.902415 -97.499261

[Brownsville Courthouse and Post Office From Tenth Street]

Description: Photograph of the Brownsville Federal Building and post office, a four-story brick building, taken from across the street. In the foreground several automobiles are parked on both sides of the street and part of a store front can be seen on the left. One of the cars in front has a label on the spare tire covering that reads "Clark Electric Shop" and telephone lines and palm trees are also visible in front of the building.
Date: November 1, 1932
Creator: A. Rogers Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 25.902415 -97.499261

[Brownsville Courthouse From Elizabeth Street]

Description: Photograph from above of the Brownsville U.S. courthouse and post office, a large four-story brick and stone building with four rows of windows, a flagpole on the facade, and three arched entryways in the middle of the first floor. In foreground a ladder and other building materials are visible on the sidewalk in front of the building, there is a shed on the right, and on the far right a crane can be seen in the alleyway next to the post office.
Date: November 1, 1932
Creator: A. Rogers Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 25.902415 -97.499261

[Brownsville Courthouse From Tenth Street]

Description: Photograph of the Brownsville U.S. courthouse and post office, a large four-story brick and stone building, taken from Tenth Street. In the foreground there are two automobiles parked on the other side of the street, which is lined with street lamps. On the left part of a storefront is visible and telephone lines are running across the street.
Date: June 2, 1933
Creator: A. Rogers Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 25.902415 -97.499261

[Brownsville Courthouse Looking West]

Description: Photograph of the back of the Brownsville U.S. courthouse and post office, a large multi-story building whose front is at least one story taller than its back and which has two chimneys on the left and right. The photograph is taken from the roof of another building with other buildings visible on the left and right and telephone lines and poles in between them.
Date: August 2, 1932
Creator: A. Rogers Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 25.902415 -97.499261

[Brownsville Courthouse North Side]

Description: Photograph of the North side of the Brownsville U.S. court house and post office, a large four-story brick and stone building with three rows of rectangular windows and thee archways in the middle of the ground floor. There is a crane next to it on the right and on the left there is a long temporary structure running parallel to the road.
Date: September 2, 1932
Creator: A. Rogers Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 25.902415 -97.499261

[Brownsville Demolition of Courthouse]

Description: Photograph of the demolition of the Brownsville first Federal Courthouse. It was demolished to build the second Federal Courthouse and Post Office. The first floor has an arched doorway in the middle and several arch-shaped windows on either side and the second story has several rectangular windows on both sides. In front of the building a man is standing in front of a pile of lumber and other materials next to a tree. In the foreground there are several large stacks of bricks and on the right … more
Date: October 1, 1931
Creator: A. Rogers Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 25.902415 -97.499261

[Brownsville Federal Building]

Description: Photograph of the Brownsville Federal Building and post office, a four-story brick building, taken from across the street. In the foreground several automobiles are parked on both sides of the street and part of a store front can be seen on the left. One of the cars in front has a label on the spare tire covering that reads "Clark Electric Shop" and telephone lines and palm trees are also visible in front of the building.
Date: November 1, 1932
Creator: A. Rogers Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 25.902415 -97.499261

[Brownsville Federal Building and Post Office]

Description: Photograph of construction of the Brownsville federal building and post office, a large four-story brick and stone building with only the first three stories completed. The fourth floor has support beams but no walls and there is what appears to be a grid on the roof. In front of the building there is a machine of some kind on the sidewalk next to a short brick wall and three arched entryways. In the foreground a woman is walking on the street in front of the building there are lampposts and te… more
Date: July 4, 1932
Creator: A. Rogers Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 25.902415 -97.499261

[Brownsville Junior College Dance: Dancing Couples #1]

Description: Photograph of couples slow dancing in the Science Lecture Hall of the Brownsville Junior College in Brownsville, Texas. At center is a couple dancing closely to each other, with a man (right) placing his right hand on the waist of a woman (left), and his left hand extended outwards with the woman's right hand. Two other couples to the left stand in a similar position. Two men at right converse with each other besides the dancing couples. Ribbons hang from the ceiling in arcs, and decorations ar… more
Date: November 1949
Creator: A. Rogers Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Brownsville Junior College Dance: Dancing Couples #2]

Description: Photograph of a dance in the Science Lecture Hall of the Brownsville Junior College in Brownsville, Texas. Numerous couples are visible slow dancing around the lecture hall's space, forming a large, dense crowd that reaches the back of the room. The couples hold one arm out with their pairs, while standing close to one another with the other hand and moving. Streamers and ribbons hang from the ceiling, and paper decorations are pasted onto the walls between the windows.
Date: November 1949
Creator: A. Rogers Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
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