- A2018-029.0001
- Collection: Calvin Brown Family Collection
- Location: Oral History Masters>2018>A2018-028
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An interview with Calvin Brown. Calvin has lived in Rivera, Texas his entire life as a commercial fisherman. Calvin talks about fishing in the bay and offshore. He also talks about how fishing as changed over the years with pollution, hurricanes, droughts, fishing farms, regulations, etc. The state of Texas is not issuing any new commercial fishing licensing and Calvin has one of last of these licensing. |
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- A2018-029.0001B
- Collection: Calvin Brown Family Collection
- Location: Oral History Masters>2018>A2018-028
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An interview with Margie Brown, the mother of Calvin Brown. Margie talks about her grandfather, Ignatius Loyola Underbrink, who worked for the Koch Co. selling lots, her father, Orlando Underbrink, who bought the land that would become Loyola Beach and constructing the building that would become the King's Inn. Margie also talks about the history of the King's Inn and the changes that have gone on in the area in her lifetime from 1931 to the present day of 2018. |
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- A2018-029.0002
- Collection: Calvin Brown Family Collection
- Location: STA Collections>Masters>2018>A2018-029
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An advertisement for the King's Inn. Orlando Underbrink, Calvin Brown's grandfather, founded Loyola Beach and built the building that would become the King's Inn. Loyola Beach was named after Calvin's great grandfather Ignatius Loyola Underbrink. |
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- A2018-029.0003
- Collection: Calvin Brown Family Collection
- Location: STA Collections>Masters>2018>A2018-029
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An advertisement for the King's Inn. Ignatius Orlando Underbrink, Calvin Brown's grandfather, founded Loyola Beach and built the building that would be the King's Inn. |
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- A2018-029.0004
- Collection: Calvin Brown Family Collection
- Location: STA Collections>Masters>2018>A2018-029
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A newspaper article giving a brief history of the King's Inn and a recipe for Bombay Salad. In the photo is Margie Brown, the daughter of Orlando Underbrink and mother of Calvin Brown. |
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- A2018-029.0005
- Collection: Calvin Brown Family Collection
- Location: STA Collections>Masters>2018>A2018-029
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A article on the King's Inn with then owner, Faye Ware and Robert Brown. Robert is Calvin's father. Robert also invented the famous King's Inn tarter sauce . The King's Inn was orginally Orlando's cafe built in 1936. Orlando then leased the building to Faye Ware and she was the founder of the King's Inn. |
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- A2018-029.0006
- Collection: Calvin Brown Family Collection
- Location: STA Collections>Masters>2018>A2018-029
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An article in the June 1981 edition of Readers Digest titled, "Sumptuous, Scrumptious Shrimp. Calvin Brown was interviewed on catching the shrimp that eventually makes it to restaurants. |
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- A2018-029.0007
- Collection: Calvin Brown Family Collection
- Location: STA Collections>Masters>2018>A2018-029
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An illustration by Bruce Bond of the King's Inn. |
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- A2018-029.0008
- Collection: Calvin Brown Family Collection
- Location: STA Collections>Masters>2018>A2018-029
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This image came from a cut out of an advertisement. Caption on the back reads, "For Our Out of Area Guests Take U.S. Hwy. 77 South 11.1 Miles from Kingsville, Texas, and turn left on Farm Road 628 to Loyola Beach." |
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- A2018-029.0009
- Collection: Calvin Brown Family Collection
- Location: STA Collections>Masters>2018>A2018-029
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A photocopy of one of the earliest known pictures of the King's Inn. |
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- A2018-029.0010
- Collection: Calvin Brown Family Collection
- Location: STA Collections>Masters>2018>A2018-029
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A photocopy of one of the earliest known pictures of the fishing cabins on Loyola Beach. |
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- A2018-029.0011
- Collection: Calvin Brown Family Collection
- Location: STA Collections>Masters>2018>A2018-029
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The Baffin Bay Trading store. |
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- A2018-029.0012
- Collection: Calvin Brown Family Collection
- Location: STA Collections>Masters>2018>A2018-029
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Calvin Brown in his cabin of the Michael Troy which is named after one of his sons. |
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- A2018-029.0013
- Collection: Calvin Brown Family Collection
- Location: STA Collections>Masters>2018>A2018-029
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One of the earlier pictures of the pier at Loyola Beach |
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- A2018-029.0014
- Collection: Calvin Brown Family Collection
- Location: STA Collections>Masters>2018>A2018-029
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The Michael Troy which is Calvin Brown's fishing boat. He had the hull built and he built the rest. The hull is made out of fiberglass to guard against rust. It cost around $50,000 to make in 1985. |
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- A2018-029.0015
- Collection: Calvin Brown Family Collection
- Location: STA Collections>Masters>2018>A2018-029
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The Michael Troy which is Calvin Brown's fishing boat. He had the hull built and he built the rest. The hull is made out of fiberglass to guard against rust. It cost around $50,000 to make in 1985. |
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- A2018-029.0016
- Collection: Calvin Brown Family Collection
- Location: STA Collections>Masters>2018>A2018-029
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Calvin Brown on the cabin on the Michael Troy. |
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- A2018-029.0017
- Collection: Calvin Brown Family Collection
- Location: STA Collections>Masters>2018>A2018-029
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Valentino on the deck of the Michael Troy culling fish that are not sellable. |
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- A2018-029.0018
- Collection: Calvin Brown Family Collection
- Location: STA Collections>Masters>2018>A2018-029
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Calvin Brown's twin boys, Jason and James looking at a day's catch. These fish are drums. |
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- A2018-029.0019
- Collection: Calvin Brown Family Collection
- Location: STA Collections>Masters>2018>A2018-029
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Calvin Brown's dog Wiggins in the hull of the ship. |
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- A2018-029.0020
- Collection: Calvin Brown Family Collection
- Location: STA Collections>Masters>2018>A2018-029
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This is Calvin Brown's pet alligator. He called me Crocey. |
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- A2018-029.0021
- Collection: Calvin Brown Family Collection
- Location: STA Collections>Masters>2018>A2018-029
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Calvin Brown's kids on the deck of the Michael Troy's with the day's catch. |
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- A2018-029.0022
- Collection: Calvin Brown Family Collection
- Location: STA Collections>Masters>2018>A2018-029
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On the deck of the Michael Troy. |
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- A2018-029.0023
- Collection: Calvin Brown Family Collection
- Location: STA Collections>Masters>2018>A2018-029
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On the deck of the Michael Troy is Calvin Brown's parents, Robert and Margie Brown. |
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- A2018-029.0024
- Collection: Calvin Brown Family Collection
- Location: STA Collections>Masters>2018>A2018-029
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Calvin Brown far left and his boys, Michael, James and Jason. Man on the far right is unidentified. |
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- A2018-029.0025
- Collection: Calvin Brown Family Collection
- Location: STA Collections>Masters>2018>A2018-029
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A picture of a dial lure. This is a piece of wood and the drum fish will eat these. |
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- A2018-029.0026
- Collection: Calvin Brown Family Collection
- Location: STA Collections>Masters>2018>A2018-029
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This is the foundation of the fish market of Loyola Beach in Rivera, Texas where Calvin would sell his fish as a little boy. |
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- A2018-029.0027
- Collection: Calvin Brown Family Collection
- Location: STA Collections>Masters>2018>A2018-029
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A picture of the King's Inn in 2018. The cone structure on the right is the original part of the King's Inn. |
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- A2018-029.0028
- Collection: Calvin Brown Family Collection
- Location: STA Collections>Masters>2018>A2018-029
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This is the chimney of one of the first cabins built in Loyola Beach. Orlando Underbrink built this home. The original building blew away in a hurricane. |
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- A2018-029.0029
- Collection: Calvin Brown Family Collection
- Location: STA Collections>Masters>2018>A2018-029
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This is a fish container Calvin would put his fish in for transport. |
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