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
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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
Collection
Farm Security Administration Photographs
Lee, Russell
Names
United States. Farm Security Administration (Sponsor)
Lee, Russell, 1903-1986 (Photographer)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1940-03
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: 035816-D
Subjects
New Mexico -- Hobbs
New Mexico -- Lea County
Genres
Notes
Acquisition: Transferred from the Picture Collection, 1991
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: Print Size: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
Identifiers
TMS ID: 77529
TMS Object Number: 035816-D
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): ed12b070-4993-0137-0c25-757833b0b77d
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "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" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ed12b070-4993-0137-0c25-757833b0b77d
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. 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 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ed12b070-4993-0137-0c25-757833b0b77d
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "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" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 13, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ed12b070-4993-0137-0c25-757833b0b77d
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