Beginnings of Broadway
Broadway, which was
originally named Carlsbad Avenue, has seen
considerable changes through the years, as these
photographs show.
The fact that it was the obvious center of business
activity led some
photographers to mislabel their photographs "Main
Street".
Photo
courtesy
of Max Clampitt
Hobbs Hotel was the first
hotel in Hobbs, located at
Broadway & Turner, it was built by Ed Cathey in
1928.
Photo courtesy
of Max Clampitt
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photo
for
a
LARGE view)
Hobbs Townsite office, Berry's Grocery Store and the
Owl Cafe
at Broadway and South Turner in about 1929.
Woolridge Lumber Yard on East Dunnam Street 1928
Photo courtesy of
Max Clampitt
J.T. Harris Lumber Co. was
located in the 200 block of
North Shipp, shown here in about 1929.
Photo courtesy of
Max Clampitt
B.F. Walker tank truck on
Broadway in about 1929. City Cafe at right.
Photo courtesy of
Max Clampitt
Broadway, about 1930.
West Broadway at Linam,
facing east
Photo courtesy of the
Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Webel Collection.
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for
a
LARGER
view)
A postcard with the same image as shown above was postmarked
December 10, 1930
included the following handwritten message:
"Dear sister, we have got to where we are going
and are in a oil town
and I think we will get a job and are going to stay here
two or three days.
It is raining down here. It sure is a pretty
place.
I sure am sleepy. I haven't slept any since I left up
there.
We had 3 flats coming down here."
Image courtesy of David
Minton
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image
for a LARGER view)
The postcard image above shows Broadway, in about
1930. The large poster on the side of the building in
the right
side of the photograph is advertising the movie "The Sky
Hawk" which was released late in 1929.
Photo courtesy of the
Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Abell-Hanger Collection.
Photo courtesy of the Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Abell-Hanger Collection.
(Click for a LARGER view)
Photo courtesy of the Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Abell-Hanger Collection.
(Click for a LARGER view)
Broadway, about 1930.
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