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I was driving back to Lubbock one Sunday morning and pulled off the interstate in Putnam to see what I could see.
The thing is, though, that I only spent about five minutes there: it was before I’d discovered the wealth of photographic opportunity that these sorts of towns offer. I think I need to go back….
Putnam, Texas
photographed 3.26.2011
Another Sunday morning
The 2000 census reported a population of 88; the 2010 census plead ignorance on the matter. The day I stopped, there was a steady thrum of highway noise, but I was the only one who pulled off Interstate 20 to look around. After all, it’s only thirty more miles to Abilene.
Other than this building – which is quite lovely, if you ask me – the only other notable thing about the place is that Larry L. King, author of Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, is a native son.
Putnam, Texas
photographed 3.20.2011
One Day | One Image 