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The postcard shown above was mailed from Hobbs on September 7, 1936. The signs in the background advertise several
local businesses that were operating at the time including Jackson-Horne Grocery, Daniel's Man's Shop, Wacker's, Petroleum
Night Club and Jobe-Rollins Chevrolet. The baseball scoreboard on the right side of the picture is evidence that this may have
been taken at Bender Park, which was located at the intersection of West Broadway and Marland. Hobbs had organized baseball
teams from the very early days, and had teams in several leagues over the years. (See the Baseball in Hobbs page)
Club Morrice was
located on
the Seminole Highway
Prater Oil Company was located at 501 N. Leech
Photo courtesy of Arnold Dunn
Jesse T. Dunn is pictured with the taxi he drove
for Bud's Taxi Service in Hobbs.
Photo courtesy of Arnold Dunn
Jesse T. Dunn is shown inside
O'Quinn's Drug Store in Eunice in the photo above.
Photo courtesy of Arnold Dunn
Shown above are the employees of Zesto
Drive Inn, located at 601 N. Turner in about 1953.
Left to right are: Gwendola Pierce, Betty Hollis, Jolene McDonald,
Connie Dunn,
Dale McDonald, Effie Dunn, Kathryn Kirk and Iva McDonald.
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The
May
25,
1930
edition of the Hobbs Times-Herald carried an advertisement
for the
opening of the Wichita Coffee Shop, which was located on Main
Street. It was
presumably operated by parties named Christian and Culbreith, since
footnotes
contained in
Gil Hinshaw's book Lea,
New
Mexico's
Last
Frontier include
a listing of
members of the first Hobbs Chamber of Commerce as of July 16, 1930 and
it included
"Christian & Culbreith's Wichita
Coffee Shop".
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