Photographs

Three postcards from an older Hubbard, and 116 photographs from one long evening in September 2014, when two cameras spent about four hours documenting the town -- its churches, its grand homes, its Main Street, and the schools and signs that hold it together.

Hubbard on paper

Storefront, Hubbard — Storefront, HubbardSigned G. Leftwich, paints and oil, on the awning.

Main Street, looking south — Main Street, looking southPrinted on the postcard. A small scan; this is close to its full resolution.

Residence of W. R. Dean, Hubbard, Texas — Residence of W. R. Dean, Hubbard, TexasPrinted on the postcard.

Grand homes, and the markers that name them

The Lewis-Odom Home — The Lewis-Odom HomeArchitect R. Lane, circa 1912, per the historical marker at its gate.

Historic marker: the Lewis-Odom Home — Historic marker: the Lewis-Odom HomeArchitect R. Lane, circa 1912.

Magnolia Manor — Magnolia ManorEntrance sign.

Historic marker: Hot Well Sanatorium, Magnolia Manor — Historic marker: Hot Well Sanatorium, Magnolia ManorG. R. Murphy, 1907.

The Steel Magnolia -- the Wood-Taylor Home — The Steel Magnolia -- the Wood-Taylor Home1905, per the historical marker at its gate.

Historic marker: the Steel Magnolia — Historic marker: the Steel MagnoliaWood-Taylor Home, 1905.

The Hubbard Queen — The Hubbard QueenTurret detail.

Historic marker: the Hubbard Queen — Historic marker: the Hubbard Queen1900.

Churches

Ebenezer Primitive Baptist Church

Community Chapel Pentecostal Church

First Baptist Church, 501 N. Magnolia — First Baptist Church, 501 N. MagnoliaThe reader board read "Pray for the Christians in Iraq" that evening.

Missionary Baptist Church

First United Methodist Church of Hubbard

Historic marker: First Methodist Church of Hubbard — Historic marker: First Methodist Church of HubbardCongregation organized 1882; this building, by the Dallas firm Flanders and Flanders, dates to 1911.

Cumberland Presbyterian Church

St. Alban's Episcopal Church

Schools

Historic Hubbard High School

Historic marker: Historic Hubbard High School — Historic marker: Historic Hubbard High SchoolBuilt 1914.

Historic Hubbard High School Museum & Library — Historic Hubbard High School Museum & LibraryDirectional sign.

Hubbard FFA, Ag Science Department

Hubbard Elementary School

Hubbard High School

Civic Hubbard

Hubbard city-limit sign

"Welcome to Hubbard -- The Victorian Crossroads of Central Texas"

The old railroad depot

Hubbard City Hall — Hubbard City HallTwo Texas Historical Commission markers flank the door.

Historic marker: hometown of Tris Speaker — Historic marker: hometown of Tris Speaker1888-1958. First Texan named to the National Baseball Hall of Fame; lifetime member of Hubbard's volunteer fire department.

Hubbard VFD — Hubbard VFDVolunteer Fire Department.

War memorial — War memorialAn Army Cobra on static display, the Post Oak SUD water tower behind it.

An old city jail

"Hubbard City Park -- The Best Little Park In Texas"

Lions Club — Lions ClubRoadside sign; meets 2nd Tuesdays at First Methodist Church.

Downtown

Westside Storage — Westside StoragePortable buildings.

Fat Boys' Pizza

Keith's Ace Hardware

Brookshire Brothers

Hubbard Antique Mall

Old Town Restaurant & Sports Bar

Dub's Liquor Beer Wine and Debbye Sue's 50's Diner

Painting the sign at Taqueria Dos Amigos

"Hubbard Welcomes You, Est. 1881 -- Home of Tris Speaker, Baseball Hall of Famer" — "Hubbard Welcomes You, Est. 1881 -- Home of Tris Speaker, Baseball Hall of Famer"Painted on a storefront window.

Hubbard City Drug

Polo's Pizza Italian Restaurant

Lowe's Center, Emporium Resale Shop

Donut Palace

Dairy Queen

Around town

An old barn — An old barnVine-covered.

A vintage car, for sale

A Hubbard home

A Hubbard yard — A Hubbard yardA wagon wheel, cacti, an ivy-covered outbuilding.

An old warehouse

Hubbard City Lakes

Hubbard City Lakes — Hubbard City LakesRecreational vehicles and outdoor camping.

Hubbard City Lake

A lakeside park

116 of these are from one documentation shoot on 2 September 2014 -- two cameras, roughly four hours, one evening. They are 1200-pixel Picasa exports; no higher-resolution originals were found on the drive. The other 3, opening the gallery, are older postcards and prints from a different era and source.