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Conoco

I guess when even Conoco leaves, there’s just not much reason for anything else to stick around.

Bula, Texas
photographed 3.30.2018

What do a fork, a mermaid, and a book have in common?

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Not that much, really, except that they were close together on the floor in this room of an abandoned school.

Bula, Texas
photographed 2.16.2014

It’s hard to get into Home Ec

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Well, I guess what I meant is that it’s hard to get into the home ec room, with those knife-blades of broken glass guarding the windows. But even with that security feature, I have the idea that perhaps a few folks have made it inside.

(For other images of this place, you can go here, and here, and here, and here, and here.)

the old Bula School
Bula, Texas
photographed 2.16.2014

All that remains

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This image was made from what used to be the inside of the school, which has been closed since 1975. These days, a farmer uses the school grounds for storage – the last time I stopped by, there were stacks of fiberglass fertilizer tanks against one wall of the building.

(For other images of this place, you can go here, and here, and here, and here.)

the old Bula School
Bula, Texas
photographed 2.16.2014