A group of men standing next to each other, Ticket sellers, carnival, ...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
A group of people standing around a truck. Office of War Information P...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
A man standing in front of a sign that says girls. Office of War Infor...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Mexican general and American commanding officer at Brownsville, Texas ...
Public domain photograph of military parade, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A black and white photo of a man on a horse holding a flag. Office of ...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a military parade, 20th-century armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
A group of people walking down a street. Office of War Information Pho...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a military parade, 20th-century armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Brownsville, Texas. Charro Days fiesta. Member of local businessmen's ...
Picryl description: Public domain image related to politics, political campaigns, committee, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
A black and white photo of a man in a sombren. Office of War Informati...
Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More
Pecan Tree Motel north of Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Motels. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph a... More
A statue by Mexican artist Jorge Marin, part of his "Wings of the City...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More
The Point (more commonly Port) Isabel Lighthouse, a state historic sit...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Built in 1852 to guide ships through the Brazos Santiago Pass to Port Isabel. During the American Civil War the Point (Port) Isabel L... More
Dorsey House, 113 Cherry Avenue, West Brownsville, Washington County, ...
Significance: Good example of a well preserved 18th century house. Survey number: HABS PA-5176
Stillman House, 1305 East Washington Street, Brownsville, Cameron Coun...
Significance: Stillman House, built in the 1850s, is one of the oldest residences in Brownsville. The house is said to have been the residence of Charles Stillman who owned and developed the original townsite o... More
Stillman House, 1305 East Washington Street, Brownsville, Cameron Coun...
Significance: Stillman House, built in the 1850s, is one of the oldest residences in Brownsville. The house is said to have been the residence of Charles Stillman who owned and developed the original townsite o... More
Cameron County Courthouse, 1150 East Madison Street, Brownsville, Came...
Significance: Cameron County Courthouse, designed by prominent San Antonio architect Atlee B. Ayres, in 1912, is the second Cameron County Courthouse building. It is notable for its academic architectural detai... More
La Madrilena, 1002 East Madison Street, Brownsville, Cameron County, T...
Significance: La Madrilena (a native of Madrid), built in 1892, is a noteworthy example of a small-scale brick corner store. The brick work of the openings, which extend around the store and the elaborate corni... More
Lauer-Gerhard Farm, Barn, Farm Lane (North Heidelberg Township), Brown...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-181 Survey number: HABS PA-1954-C Building/structure dates: after. 1765- before. 1800 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: after 1800 S... More
Lauer-Gerhard Farm, Barn, Farm Lane (North Heidelberg Township), Brown...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-181 Survey number: HABS PA-1954-C Building/structure dates: after. 1765- before. 1800 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: after 1800 S... More
Lauer-Gerhard Farm, Main House, Farm Lane (North Heidelberg Township),...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-181 Survey number: HABS PA-1954-A Building/structure dates: after. 1765- before. 1800 Initial Construction
Lauer-Gerhard Farm, Main House, Farm Lane (North Heidelberg Township),...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-181 Survey number: HABS PA-1954-A Building/structure dates: after. 1765- before. 1800 Initial Construction
Field-Pacheco Complex, 1049 East Monroe Street, Brownsville, Cameron C...
Significance: The Field-Pacheo Complex is a commercial and residential complex covering half a block. The two-story, brick corner Field-Pacheco building was built after 1894 as a combination store and residence... More
Field-Pacheco Complex, 1049 East Monroe Street, Brownsville, Cameron C...
Significance: The Field-Pacheo Complex is a commercial and residential complex covering half a block. The two-story, brick corner Field-Pacheco building was built after 1894 as a combination store and residence... More
Neale House, 230 Neale Road (moved from 625 East Fourteenth Street), B...
Significance: The Neale House was built before 1869 as the home of Wiliam Neale, one of Brownsville's best-known pioneer citizens. The house resembles the double log houses and frame houses erected by early Ang... More
Fort Brown, Commissary & Guard House, May Street & Gorgas Drive vicini...
Significance: Building 88 was constructed around 1903 as a commissary. After the Battle of Matamoros in June 1913 the building was used to hold Mexican insurgents as prisoners. It has a long history of adaptive... More
Hillman Barge & Construction Company, Paul Thomas Boulevard, Brownsvil...
Significance: The Hillman Barge facility is significant in the commercial and industrial development of southwestern Pennsylvania as a fabricator of shipping vessels. Beginning as a distribution facility for c... More
Hillman Barge & Construction Company, Paul Thomas Boulevard, Brownsvil...
Significance: The Hillman Barge facility is significant in the commercial and industrial development of southwestern Pennsylvania as a fabricator of shipping vessels. Beginning as a distribution facility for c... More
Hillman Barge & Construction Company, Paul Thomas Boulevard, Brownsvil...
Significance: The Hillman Barge facility is significant in the commercial and industrial development of southwestern Pennsylvania as a fabricator of shipping vessels. Beginning as a distribution facility for c... More
Hillman Barge & Construction Company, Paul Thomas Boulevard, Brownsvil...
Significance: The Hillman Barge facility is significant in the commercial and industrial development of southwestern Pennsylvania as a fabricator of shipping vessels. Beginning as a distribution facility for c... More
Hillman Barge & Construction Company, Paul Thomas Boulevard, Brownsvil...
Significance: The Hillman Barge facility is significant in the commercial and industrial development of southwestern Pennsylvania as a fabricator of shipping vessels. Beginning as a distribution facility for c... More
Hillman Barge & Construction Company, Paul Thomas Boulevard, Brownsvil...
Significance: The Hillman Barge facility is significant in the commercial and industrial development of southwestern Pennsylvania as a fabricator of shipping vessels. Beginning as a distribution facility for c... More
Bowman's Castle, Front & Second Streets, Brownsville, Fayette County, ...
Significance: Originally constructed by Jacob Bowman as a trading post & home, Bowman's Castle was both an important commercial enterprise on Pennsylvania's frontier and home to one of the area's most prominent... More
Bowman's Castle, Front & Second Streets, Brownsville, Fayette County, ...
Significance: Originally constructed by Jacob Bowman as a trading post & home, Bowman's Castle was both an important commercial enterprise on Pennsylvania's frontier and home to one of the area's most prominent... More
Brownsville, State Routes 608 & 600 vicinity, Nassawadox, Northampton ...
Significance: Interesting example of rural, Federal-style house, particularly noteworthy for its fine interior Federal woodwork. Significant extant outbuildings, including the "Old Hall" (Ruins), which may be ... More
Brownsville, State Routes 608 & 600 vicinity, Nassawadox, Northampton ...
Significance: Interesting example of rural, Federal-style house, particularly noteworthy for its fine interior Federal woodwork. Significant extant outbuildings, including the "Old Hall" (Ruins), which may be ... More
Brownsville, State Routes 608 & 600 vicinity, Nassawadox, Northampton ...
Significance: Interesting example of rural, Federal-style house, particularly noteworthy for its fine interior Federal woodwork. Significant extant outbuildings, including the "Old Hall" (Ruins), which may be ... More
Carmen Ranch House, Rio Grande Vicinity, Brownsville, Cameron County, ...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-22, FN-23 Survey number: HABS TX-33-AB-3 Building/structure dates: 18h1 Initial Construction
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, East Sixth & East Elizabeth Street...
Significance: Sacred Heart Church was the first Catholic church for an English-speaking congregation in Brownsville. Built in 1913 by San Antonio architect Frederick B. Gaenslen, the church counted many of Brow... More
John Krepps Tavern, U.S. 40, Old National Trail, 2.5 miles west of Bro...
Significance: One of a series of inns built in the early nineteenth century on the Old National or Cumberland Road. The original plan of the building remains unchanged. Unprocessed Field note material exists ... More
Matsell Cottage, Northwest corner of Township Road 229 & Illinois Rout...
Significance: The Matsell Cottage apparently dates to the 1850s. It is one of only two known nineteenth century log houses still standing in White County. As an example of a simple variety of the traditional Mi... More
Pennsylvania Railroad, West Brownsville Junction Bridge, Spanning Mono...
Significance: This bridge's 401'-long Petit through truss is typical of long spans required on Monongahela River navigation. Its approaches feature an early installation of a reinforced concrete slab floor. Un... More
Cross Family House, 911 East Madison Street, Brownsville, Cameron Coun...
Significance: The Cross House is one of the best examples of the house form most typical of Brownsville in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. These small wood frame structures are characterized ... More
Point Isabel Lighthouse, Northeast of Brownsville, Port Isabel, Camero...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-22, FN-23 Survey number: HABS TX-33-AB-1 Building/structure dates: 1858 Initial Construction
Point Isabel Lighthouse, Northeast of Brownsville, Port Isabel, Camero...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-22, FN-23 Survey number: HABS TX-33-AB-1 Building/structure dates: 1858 Initial Construction
Southern Pacific Railroad Passenger Station, 601 East Madison Street, ...
Significance: The Southern Pacific RR Passenger Station, built ca. 1929, is a particularly fine example of Spanish Mission Revival architecture. Its sharply defined form and open site make it one of Brownsville... More
Southern Pacific Railroad Passenger Station, 601 East Madison Street, ...
Significance: The Southern Pacific RR Passenger Station, built ca. 1929, is a particularly fine example of Spanish Mission Revival architecture. Its sharply defined form and open site make it one of Brownsville... More
Southern Pacific Railroad Passenger Station, 601 East Madison Street, ...
Significance: The Southern Pacific RR Passenger Station, built ca. 1929, is a particularly fine example of Spanish Mission Revival architecture. Its sharply defined form and open site make it one of Brownsville... More
Dundore Farm, State Route 183 & Church Road vicinity, Penn Township (...
Significance: This is a good example of a nineteenth-century Pennsylvania German family farm. Although once very prosperous, the farm failed to adjust to agricultural modernization in the late nineteenth and ea... More
Tomas Tijerina House, 333 East Adams Street, Brownsville, Cameron Coun...
Significance: Designed and built in 1912 by Tomas Tijerina, this house is notable for its fine brick detailing, characteristic of Rio Grande Valley architecture. The unusual buttresses were added to help the ho... More
El Globo Nuevo, 1502 East Madison Street, Brownsville, Cameron County,...
Significance: El Globo Nuevo is typical of nineteenth-century Rio Grande Valley commercial structures whose plain brick facades are highlighted by denticulated cornices and openings grouped into bays by simple ... More
El Globo Nuevo, 1502 East Madison Street, Brownsville, Cameron County,...
Significance: El Globo Nuevo is typical of nineteenth-century Rio Grande Valley commercial structures whose plain brick facades are highlighted by denticulated cornices and openings grouped into bays by simple ... More
El Globo Nuevo, 1502 East Madison Street, Brownsville, Cameron County,...
Significance: El Globo Nuevo is typical of nineteenth-century Rio Grande Valley commercial structures whose plain brick facades are highlighted by denticulated cornices and openings grouped into bays by simple ... More
Alonso Building, 510-514 East Saint Charles Street, Brownsville, Camer...
Significance: The Alonso Building is an interesting example of a brick, two-story, corner commercial structure in Brownsville. Built around 1890, it still retains its two-story gallery which creates a covered w... More
Monongahela Railway Company Shops, Water Street & Seventeenth Street, ...
Significance: The Monongahela Railway Company Shops reflect the support needs of a railroad significant in the coal, coke, and steel industries of Southwest Pennsylvania in the twentieth century, particularly i... More
The war in Texas - The city of Matamoras, Mexico, opposite Brownsville...
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1863 Dec. 5, p. 173.
Bird's-eye-view Brownsville, Bridgeport, W. Brownsville, Pa. 1883.
Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 740.1 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus. and index to points of interest. AACR2: 100; 651... More
![Remember Brownsville. [n. p. 1906].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDYvMDEvMDEvcmVtZW1iZXItYnJvd25zdmlsbGUtbi1wLTE5MDYtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/51/webp "Remember Brownsville. [n. p. 1906].")
Remember Brownsville. [n. p. 1906].
Campaign cartoon. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 240, Folder 10a.
Brownsville, Texas. Charro Days fiesta. Souvenir at the Triple L Club ...
Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Brownsville, Texas (vicinity). Bean harvesters on large farm
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
A group of people marching down a street. Office of War Information Ph...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
A black and white photo of a crowd of people. Office of War Informatio...
Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Tourists at costume show, Charro Days, Brownsville, Texas
Picryl description: Public domain image of a dress, costume accessory, fashion design, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Brownsville, Texas. Charro Days fiesta. Jitterbugs at El Rancho Grande
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Brownsville, Texas. Charro Days fiesta. Aurelia Morales, young singer
Public domain photograph of the United States in the 1930s, portraits, people, events, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
An old photo of a horse pulling a float. Office of War Information Pho...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a military parade, 20th-century armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
A group of people walking down a street holding flags. Office of War I...
Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More
Sign for bridge leading to Matomoros, Mexico, Brownsville, Texas
Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Brownsville, Texas. Charro Days fiesta. Army officer in a Mexican mood...
Public domain photograph of the United States in the 1930s, portraits, people, events, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Brownsville, Texas (vicinity). Harvesters in bean field
Annotation on original negative jacket: X. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More informati... More
The Rabb Plantation Home, southeast of Brownsville, Texas, along the t...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The house, in Queen Anne style, was built in 1892, during the waning years of the steamboat era, by land and cattle baron Frank Rabb ... More
Gazelles and giraffes on a moat-protected island at the Gladys Porter ...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The zoological garden, which opened in 1971, is named after Gladys Porter, the daughter of Earl C. Sams, former president of the J.C.... More
A white tiger relaxes at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The zoological garden, which opened in 1971, is named after Gladys Porter, the daughter of Earl C. Sams, former president of the J.C.... More
The former City Hall, on Market Square in Brownsville, Texas, became h...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of a church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Stillman House, 1305 East Washington Street, Brownsville, Cameron Coun...
Significance: Stillman House, built in the 1850s, is one of the oldest residences in Brownsville. The house is said to have been the residence of Charles Stillman who owned and developed the original townsite o... More
Stillman House, 1305 East Washington Street, Brownsville, Cameron Coun...
Significance: Stillman House, built in the 1850s, is one of the oldest residences in Brownsville. The house is said to have been the residence of Charles Stillman who owned and developed the original townsite o... More
Stillman House, 1305 East Washington Street, Brownsville, Cameron Coun...
Significance: Stillman House, built in the 1850s, is one of the oldest residences in Brownsville. The house is said to have been the residence of Charles Stillman who owned and developed the original townsite o... More
Cameron County Courthouse, 1150 East Madison Street, Brownsville, Came...
Significance: Cameron County Courthouse, designed by prominent San Antonio architect Atlee B. Ayres, in 1912, is the second Cameron County Courthouse building. It is notable for its academic architectural detai... More
La Madrilena, 1002 East Madison Street, Brownsville, Cameron County, T...
Significance: La Madrilena (a native of Madrid), built in 1892, is a noteworthy example of a small-scale brick corner store. The brick work of the openings, which extend around the store and the elaborate corni... More
Trevino House, 1405 East Jefferson Street, Brownsville, Cameron County...
Significance: The Trevino House, a modest residence built as a rental property between 1910 and 1915, combines architectural elements typical of the area in a spacial fashion. Two units with interior, rear porc... More
El Globo Chiquito, 1054 East Monroe Street, Brownsville, Cameron Count...
Significance: El Globo Chiquito (Laiseca Store) is an excellent example of a modest, late nineteenth-century wood frame store. Built ca. 1887, the store's simple but rare twin-gabled form is relieved by shutter... More
Lauer-Gerhard Farm, Main House, Farm Lane (North Heidelberg Township),...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-181 Survey number: HABS PA-1954-A Building/structure dates: after. 1765- before. 1800 Initial Construction
Douglas Drug Store, 1201 East Elizabeth Street, Brownsville, Cameron C...
Significance: The Douglas Drug Store, built ca. 1853, is typical of many nineteenth-century commercial structures still standing in downtown Brownsville. Its box-like form is decorated with simple brick dentils... More
Field-Pacheco Complex, 1049 East Monroe Street, Brownsville, Cameron C...
Significance: The Field-Pacheo Complex is a commercial and residential complex covering half a block. The two-story, brick corner Field-Pacheco building was built after 1894 as a combination store and residence... More
Field-Pacheco Complex, 1049 East Monroe Street, Brownsville, Cameron C...
Significance: The Field-Pacheo Complex is a commercial and residential complex covering half a block. The two-story, brick corner Field-Pacheco building was built after 1894 as a combination store and residence... More
Field-Pacheco Complex, 1049 East Monroe Street, Brownsville, Cameron C...
Significance: The Field-Pacheo Complex is a commercial and residential complex covering half a block. The two-story, brick corner Field-Pacheco building was built after 1894 as a combination store and residence... More
Neale House, 230 Neale Road (moved from 625 East Fourteenth Street), B...
Significance: The Neale House was built before 1869 as the home of Wiliam Neale, one of Brownsville's best-known pioneer citizens. The house resembles the double log houses and frame houses erected by early Ang... More
Fort Brown, Commissary & Guard House, May Street & Gorgas Drive vicini...
Significance: Building 88 was constructed around 1903 as a commissary. After the Battle of Matamoros in June 1913 the building was used to hold Mexican insurgents as prisoners. It has a long history of adaptive... More
Fort Brown, Commissary & Guard House, May Street & Gorgas Drive vicini...
Significance: Building 88 was constructed around 1903 as a commissary. After the Battle of Matamoros in June 1913 the building was used to hold Mexican insurgents as prisoners. It has a long history of adaptive... More
Hillman Barge & Construction Company, Paul Thomas Boulevard, Brownsvil...
Significance: The Hillman Barge facility is significant in the commercial and industrial development of southwestern Pennsylvania as a fabricator of shipping vessels. Beginning as a distribution facility for c... More
Hillman Barge & Construction Company, Paul Thomas Boulevard, Brownsvil...
Significance: The Hillman Barge facility is significant in the commercial and industrial development of southwestern Pennsylvania as a fabricator of shipping vessels. Beginning as a distribution facility for c... More
Hillman Barge & Construction Company, Paul Thomas Boulevard, Brownsvil...
Significance: The Hillman Barge facility is significant in the commercial and industrial development of southwestern Pennsylvania as a fabricator of shipping vessels. Beginning as a distribution facility for c... More
Hillman Barge & Construction Company, Paul Thomas Boulevard, Brownsvil...
Significance: The Hillman Barge facility is significant in the commercial and industrial development of southwestern Pennsylvania as a fabricator of shipping vessels. Beginning as a distribution facility for c... More
Hillman Barge & Construction Company, Paul Thomas Boulevard, Brownsvil...
Significance: The Hillman Barge facility is significant in the commercial and industrial development of southwestern Pennsylvania as a fabricator of shipping vessels. Beginning as a distribution facility for c... More
Hillman Barge & Construction Company, Paul Thomas Boulevard, Brownsvil...
Significance: The Hillman Barge facility is significant in the commercial and industrial development of southwestern Pennsylvania as a fabricator of shipping vessels. Beginning as a distribution facility for c... More
A black and white photo of a ferris wheel, Brownsville, Texas. Carniva...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of workers, war production, aircraft, airfield, the 1930s -1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Brownsville, Nassawadox, Northampton County, Virginia
Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, lobby, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Old Brownsville Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River & Water Street at S...
Significance: The Pennsylvania truss bridge spans the Monongahela River between Brownsville and West Brownsville. The bridge is heavily constructed of built-up members and eye-bars, and is a significant landmar... More
Lauer-Gerhard Farm, Farm Lane (North Heidelberg Township), Brownsville...
Significance: The Lauer/Gerhard farmstead is a well-preserved example of a Pennsylvania German family farm. Its layout illustrates socio-historical continuity and spatial integrity through nearly 200 years, and... More
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, East Sixth & East Elizabeth Street...
Significance: Sacred Heart Church was the first Catholic church for an English-speaking congregation in Brownsville. Built in 1913 by San Antonio architect Frederick B. Gaenslen, the church counted many of Brow... More
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, East Sixth & East Elizabeth Street...
Significance: Sacred Heart Church was the first Catholic church for an English-speaking congregation in Brownsville. Built in 1913 by San Antonio architect Frederick B. Gaenslen, the church counted many of Brow... More
John Krepps Tavern, U.S. 40, Old National Trail, 2.5 miles west of Bro...
Significance: One of a series of inns built in the early nineteenth century on the Old National or Cumberland Road. The original plan of the building remains unchanged. Unprocessed Field note material exists ... More