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"This photo
is January, 1930, year I was born. Dad's shop and once again his brother
Dick is in front and dad at back, Britt Towery Sr and the shop was
located on 110 East Chandler Street, Brownwood, TX. The woman in middle
chair and the barber I do not know, nor the woman waiting. Note spitoon
and tin ceiling." - Britt
E. Towery, Jr.
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"Here is
a 1940 photo of my dad's Brownwood Barbershop. He is Britt
Towery, Sr working the last chair and his brother Dick Towery is working
first chair. Later Dick has his own shop across Fisk Avenue from the
12-story Brownwood
Hotel." - Britt
E. Towery, Jr.
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| "The Lyric
was an opera house, then first run films and now reopened as a community
theater. This one is beside the Lyric Theater, with Center
Avenue behind us. Year is 1943 and from left to right: Robert Taylor,
the manager, girl usher, Joe Swan, Bill Lequay, and Britt Towery"
- Britt
E. Towery, Jr. |
"A small
grocery or general store. My great grandfather, Thomas Jefferson
Simmon II owned this." - Bruce D. White
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"Appears
to be taken during some kind of benefit. The customers are throwing
rings. On the wall at the left, a partially visible sign says some
thing about "Benefit" and Brownwood."
- Bruce D. White, April 14, 2007
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Howard-Payne
College, Brownwood, Texas
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Howard-Payne
College, Brownwood, Texas
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Howard-Payne
College Dormitory, Brownwood, Texas
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The 12 story
Hotel Brownwood
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Hotel Brownwood
Old Postcard |
Hotel Southern,
circa 1943 (now vacant)
Old Postcard |
Hotel Plaza,
Brownwood, Texas, 1909
Postcard courtesy rootsweb.com/ %7Etxpstcrd/ |
Castle Court
Tourist Camp
Postcard
courtesy rootsweb.com/ %7Etxpstcrd/
More Rooms
with a Past |
Even with a million
in gold, these two aren't happy about leaving Brownwood.
Old Postcard |
| "This is
from a home movie shot outside Brownwood,
TX by Joe Swan. I am the character with the gun. The western film
we made has long since been lost. Sad." - Britt
E. Towery, Jr. |
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