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[U.S. Courthouse Foundation]

Description: Photograph of several construction workers standing close together on a building site for the Brownsville U.S. courthouse and post office, which consists of a dug-up foundation with lumber, steel rods, and other building materials scattered on the ground throughout the site. In the foreground three workers are kneeling on the ground by some steel rods and on the right several workers are gathered together while another worker watches from the street above. In the background there are wooden wal… more
Date: February 1, 1932
Creator: A. Rogers Studio

[Wall Decoration]

Description: Photograph of a decorative wall molding featuring a rectangular column base with a semicircle-shaped top with curled ornamental figures on its underside. The molding is labeled with the number 32 and there is a typewritten note attached to the photograph that reads "Ct. House; Custom House & Post Office Brownsville, Texas, April 14th-1932. Lombard & Ludwig, Inc., Architectural Sculptor Washington, D.C."
Date: April 14, 1932
Creator: A. Rogers Studio

[Wall Decorations]

Description: Photograph of two separate wall ornaments. The first, marked "26" looks like the top of a column with a curled figure in the middle and a flat top. The second, marked "31," looks like a gate with several decorative rods running up and down and a half arch border decorated with curled figures and diamond shapes. Attached to the photograph is a typewritten text that reads "U.S. Ct. Ho; Cu. House; and Post Office Brownsville, Texas May 31st-1932."
Date: May 31, 1932
Creator: A. Rogers Studio

[Wall Moldings]

Description: Photograph of two separate decorative moldings. The first, marked "30," is shaped the top of a column with several curly ornamental figures and a flat top. The second, marked "25," is a wreath with a bow on the bottom whose ribbon extends into decorative folds on the left and right. Attached to the photograph is a typewritten note that reads: "U.S. CT. HO; CU; & P.O. Brownsville, Texas. June 1-32.
Date: June 1, 1932
Creator: A. Rogers Studio

[Wall Ornament]

Description: Photograph of a decorative molding for a doorway or window that features a square base with curled oval figure in the center and ornamental borders on the sides, and a rounded top with an arch and flowers on it. The molding is marked with the number 12 and attached to the photograph is a typewritten note that reads "U.S. Ct. House, Custom House and Post Office Brownsville, Texas. May 26-32."
Date: May 26, 1932
Creator: A. Rogers Studio

[Wall With Steel Reinforcing]

Description: Photograph of a wall made of wooden boards reinforced with a steel grate with boards and steel rods on the ground in the foreground. Behind the wall is another wooden wall with a ladder and wooden planks leaning against it and on the left another building is partially visible with steps leading up to a door.
Date: January 29, 1932
Creator: A. Rogers Studio

[Woman in Front of Federal Buliding]

Description: Photograph of the Southwest side of the Brownsville federal building, a large multi-story brick and stone building with three rows of rectangular windows and three archways in the middle of the ground floor. There is a long wooden structure in front of the building and on the right a ladder is leaning against a second-story window. In the foreground an unidentified woman is standing in front of an automobile on the other side of the street and on the left tree branches are partially visible.
Date: December 1, 1932
Creator: A. Rogers Studio
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