Monday, September 27, 2010

Russell Lee: Boom Town


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Signs in the oil town of Hobbs, New Mexico: photo by Russell Lee, March 1940

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Main street Hobbs, New Mexico. Hobbs is an oil boom town: photo by Russell Lee, March 1940

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Signs in front of theater, Hobbs, New Mexico: photo by Russell Lee, March 1940

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Cot house in the oil town of Hobbs, New Mexico. Hobbs is now experiencing a boom and the cot houses are necessary for the swarms of workers who come in. This is typical of all oil boom towns: photo by Russell Lee, March 1940

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Boarding house in oil boom town of Hobbs, New Mexico: photo by Russell Lee, March 1940

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Houses of oil field workers in Hobbs, New Mexico: photo by Russell Lee, March 1940

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Recess time at grade school in Hobbs, New Mexico: photo by Russell Lee, March 1940

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Store in Hobbs, New Mexico, oil boom town: photo by Russell Lee, March 1940

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Shops on the main street of the oil boom town of Hobbs, New Mexico: photo by Russell Lee, March 1940

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Oil well supplies, Hobbs, New Mexico: photo by Russell Lee, March 1940


Photos by Russell Lee from Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress