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Port Isabel, Texas



Port Isabel lighthouse, 1920s Texas
A primitive "Point" Isabel in the 1920s
The Robert Runyon Photograph Collection, Image RUN03158, Courtesy of The Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin


Port Isabel lighthouse, railroad and town
The lighthouse with railroad in foreground.
The Robert Runyon Photograph Collection, Image RUN03157, Courtesy of The Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin


Port Isabel lighthouse, town and railroad, Texas old photo
Same view as previous photo with more forground detail. Note barrel of water on roof of freight depot - a early fire extinguisher
Click on image to enlarge

The Robert Runyon Photograph Collection, Image RUN03185, Courtesy of The Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin


Point Isabel old lighthouse
Note the lighthouse tender's rowboat. "Point" Isabel, Texas
The Robert Runyon Photograph Collection, Image RUN08724, Courtesy of The Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin


Old Point Isabel lighthouse, Port Isabel, Texas
"Old Point Isabel Lighthouse Built 1852, Port Isabel, Texas"
Postcard courtesy Cruse Aviation


Port Isabel lighthouse
The Port Isabel lighthouse today
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson


TX Cameron County 1920s Map
Cameron County 1920s map showing Port Isabel, Light House & Brownsville
From Texas state map #10749

Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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