Monday, May 19, 2014

WHERE WAS BRISCOE MOTOR PARTS WAY BACK WHEN?






















(Ed.'s Note: A reader sent us this old photo of Brownsville Street Dept. workers doing their cleanup duty. Does anyone know where this auto parts store used to be and what year it might have been? There is a cupola visible in the upper middle background. Is that Market Square? It appears to be a photo taken during the 1930s, perhaps during the Great Depression when public works projects were used to help people without work make a few dollars.)  

16 comments:

Anonymous said...

e. levee between 12 & 13

Anonymous said...

e. levee between 12 & 13

Anonymous said...

asi sigue el dept de public works..puros huevones , fijate montoya desde cuando esta la epidemia de huevones en brownsville desde los anos treinta. puros parasitos incluyendo al huevon de santana titere de cabler.

Anonymous said...

My guess is that the building behind the sign is La Joya (Rosser's building. Therefore,
the picture is on the corner of
Levee ST and 13th ST.

Anonymous said...

Little has changed. Lots of city employees with tools....none working.

Anonymous said...

Corner of E. 13th & E. Levee Streets where Central Motor Supply was. You can See Roser Custom Croker Office in the background.

Anonymous said...

Ahi van Jim y Nena Farton en la camioneta. Asi de viejos estan los rucos esos

Anonymous said...

In the eyes of those of us who live elsewhere in Texas, this photo depicts today's Brownsville.

Anonymous said...

At the very least, the city workers are walking and carrying a broom. In San Bene they cruise around town in new trucks with the a/c full blast talking on their cell phones like they are in no hurry to get anywhere.

Anonymous said...

siguen sin jalar desde 1930 por eso la cuidad esta como esta.puro pelado HUEVON falta de lider.sr alcalde haga algo antes que termine su mandato NO SEA HUEVON.

Anonymous said...

Long live the Huevones class .Que. bonito es hacer nada y despĂșes descansar. An old Naco proverb.39

hot rod wicho said...

nice truck !

Anonymous said...

Looks like a younger version of PUB, 6 of them watching 1 work, if you squint hard enough, grandpa is holding a push broom!

Javier Garcia said...

This is E Levee at 13th St. The building on right is Moody Hotel and behind sign is Al Roser's "The Gem" or Joya/ The tip of the building where sky is is Miller Hotel. ~ Javier R Garcia

Javier Garcia said...

This is E Levee at 13th St. The building on right is Moody Hotel and behind sign is Al Roser's "The Gem" or Joya/ The tip of the building where sky is is Miller Hotel. ~ Javier R Garcia

Anonymous said...

Da mayor was disguised as a week-end street sweeper. He was wearing his street-sweeper G-string.

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