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Port Isabel, Texas

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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
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.
The Robert Runyon Photograph Collection, Image RUN03185, 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
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