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hicksimages > Painted sign for paint & body shop on brick exterior of building in downtown Childress, Texas. Part of a truck body sits on the sidewalk in front of the sign as an advertisement.
hicksimages > Small town self-employed auto repair business with hand lettered sign in front proclaiming "No More Credit to Anyone". Apparently the owner has granted credit in the past to his neighbors only to not be paid. Part of an ongoing series of black & white images depicting the edifices or other traces left by people on the side of the road, inviting the viewer to imagine the stories evoked by those structures or other mute signs of human presence.
hicksimages > Small repair shop that has failed and fallen into such sad disrepair over time that it is in need of repairs that will probably not be forthcoming. One can only imagine the hopes and efforts of someone trying to build their own repair business because they have a knack for such labor. Perhaps the end of someone's dream of independence. Part of an ongoing series of black & white images depicting the struggle to succeed by small town independent businesses. Images of the business place have much to tell of the efforts and sometimes sad failures of the plucky, individualistic risk takers who try to be their own boss.
hicksimages > Small town business place that has tried several ways to survive - as an inexpensive grocery store, a bar & grill, and as a tire repair service, only to give up and put the building up for sale. One or more independent minded people tried every way they could to make a success and be their own boss. Part of an ongoing series of black & white images depicting the edifices left my people on the side of the road and the stories evoked by those structures.
hicksimages > Quaint hand painted sign on front of an abandoned ice cream parlor in rural Oklahoma town.
hicksimages > Abandoned small town bar with "No Minors" hand lettered on the decaying front door. Rusting cash register discarded in the grass next to the front door. Part of an ongoing series of black & white images depicting the edifices or other traces left by people on the side of the road, inviting the viewer to imagine the stories evoked by those structures or other mute signs of human presence.
hicksimages > Sarcastic, hand lettered sign asking "What is a Lawn Anyway?". Sign is attached to a fence in front of an overgrown plot of land near downtown in Childress, Tx. Apparently a protest.
hicksimages > Small town business paying cash for car titles in Detroit, Texas. Indicative of economic woes in a small town. Part of an ongoing series of black & white images depicting the edifices or other traces left by people on the side of the road, inviting the viewer to imagine the stories evoked by those structures or other mute signs of human presence.
Painted sign for paint & body shop on brick exterior of building in downtown Childress, Texas. Part of a truck body sits on the sidewalk in front of the sign as an advertisement.
hicksimages > Painted sign for paint & body shop on brick exterior of building in downtown Childress, Texas. Part of a truck body sits on the sidewalk in front of the sign as an advertisement.
Painted sign for paint & body shop on brick exterior of building in downtown Childress, Texas. Part of a truck body sits on the sidewalk in front of the sign as an advertisement.
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