Point Isabel (Tex.)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Barry Horn Postcard Collection
Collection
Identifier: BLIBR-0043
Content Description
This collection consists of eighteen letterpress halftone postcards pertaining to Cameron County and Matamoros, Tamaulipas. The photographs were taken by Robert Runyon and the postcard booklet was made by Curt Teich & Co. of Chicago, Illinois in 1927.
Dates:
c. 1920s
Port Isabel Lighthouse
File — ELIBR-0154, other: Drawer 1, Folder: 26
Scope and Contents
Folder contains (3) prints of the same photograph with different treatments, paper, and crops. Port Isabel/Point Isabel lighthouse is depicted surrounded by several small structures.
Dates:
1850s—2000s
Texas-Mexico Travel Album
Collection — Box BLIBR-0030
Identifier: BLIBR-0030
Content Description
Collection of 117 photographs and real-photo postcards. Album begins with ten photographs of street scenes in New Orleans, followed by nine larger zide images of wild flower and plant life in the Rio Grande Valley and Brownsville, Texas. The next thirty-six images depict life along the Texas-Mexico border, including architecture, culture, the Rio Grande, and a July 4th beach outing. Ten images follow of family life in Oklahoma and Mississippi, and then the focus of the album...
Dates:
1917 - 1922
