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Life in Hockley County Tx 1936 to 1939

Hockley County, Texas in 1936 to 1939 as pictured in archived government photographs, vintage postcards, old school yearbooks and newspapers in Anton, Levelland, Pep, Ropesville, Smyer, Sundown and Whitharral

It was a big day when the Fair Department Store opened for business in Levelland Texas in 1948

Peaceful scene on a farm near Ropesville Texas in 1936 with clothes drying on the line under windmill

Sometime in the early 1920s thirteen students crowded into the school bus in Ropesville Texas while one stood on the runner for their ride home from school

In 1954 Nellie Gertrude Anthony Kiser was hanging laundry out to dry when someone captured this photo of laundry day in Levelland Texas

In 1940 Eddie Schlottman showcased a 4-Mule team he had trained on a farm near Pep Texas in this huge highly-detailed image courtesy of his granddaughter Corinna Robinson

In 1951 seven members of the T. A. Pace family from Levelland were featured in an article in The Tank Truck Magazine. It's a bit blurry but the faces are recognizable and the text will be readable for some.

Hub Cafe Levelland Texas in 1946

Waitresses and customers in the Hub Cafe in Levelland Texas in 1946.

Farm Family Ropesville, Hockley County Tx 1939

In 1939, a tenant farmer, his wife and their little boy posed on their porch near Ropesville Texas

Kaffir Seed Grown by Ropesville Farmers in 1939

Resettled Farmer and Wife in Ropesville, Texas in 1936

Digging a Livestock Tank with Horse-drawn plow in Hockley County 1936

Farm Near Ropesville in Hockley County Texas in 1939