Photograph of construction on the Brownsville Federal Building and post office, which consists of a single wall made of wooden planks reinforced with a steel grid. In the foreground two piles of steel rods and a wooden plank are on the ground and in the background a brick building with stairs leading up to a second story is partially visible with the tops of trees visible next to it on the right.

Photograph of a steel-reinforced wooden wall for the basement of the Brownsville U.S. courthouse and post office. The wall consists of several wooden boards stacked on top of each other with a steel grid on the side. A handwritten note on the front of the photograph reads A. Rogers Photo 2-1-1932."

Photograph of three separate decorative wall moldings. The first, labeled number 14, has a rectangular border with a seashell figure in the middle and two leaf-like figures on either side of it. Underneath it, another, labeled 6, consists of a rectangular frame with a flower-like figure inside it on the left and a column like figure on the right with curled figures and a flat top. On the right, the last molding, marked 9, consists of a rectangular frame with a flower-like figure in it on the left and column-like figure on the right with a leaf-like figure on it and a curled shape leading to a flat top. Attached to the photograph is a handwritten note that reads "U.S. Ct. House Cu. House Post Office Brownsville Texas February 13-32."

Photograph of a decorative wall molding that looks like the top of a column with three different sections: one section with two curled figures and a flat top and two rectangular horizontal sections with ornamental borders on the top and bottom. The sections are labeled 1, 2, and 3 respectively and there is a handwritten note attached to the photograph that reads "U.S. Ct. House. Cu. House Post office Brownsville Texas February 13/32."

Photograph of a steel-reinforced wooden wall for the basement of the Brownsville U.S. courthouse and post office. The wall consists of several wooden boards stacked on top of each other with a steel grid on the side.

Photograph of the Brownsville U.S. courthouse and post office, a large four-story building made of stone and bricks with four rows of windows and three arch-shaped entrance in the middle of the first floor. A man is standing in front of the building and on the other side of the street two automobiles and a tree can be seen, with smaller buildings partially visible on the left and right.

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 walls on the sides of the site and several people are watching from the street above, where other buildings, trees, and telephone poles can be seen.