There are many murals around the town of Tucumcari, NM. We picked up a map that showed where most of them are but we found others that were not mentioned. This old gas station was not on the map. |
Several of the open businesses had neon lights so we went out after dark to see them. |
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The Blue Swallow is a functioning motel but several of the garages have old cars in them and all of the garages had murals painted inside. |
Some garages were two spaces wide. |
Some of the murals are older and not as well maintained. |
The Motel Safari was built in 1959 but this logo has been changed. |
East side of the Lowe's grocery store. |
This and some of the following photos are of the south side of Tucumcari Lumber. |
Conchas Lake |
Conchas Dam |
Too bad most of this ranch scene had cars parked in front of it. |
Corner of the ranch scene. |
Front of the VFW. |
Not a mural but the front of building with bas relief gourds and vines up each column. |
This one is called "Blessed". Probably our favorite due to the amount of detail on it. |
There's so much detail you can't see in these photos. The scenes contained scorpions, badger, pronghorns, snakes and a herd of buffalo. |
Take this scene. Below is a closer shot of some of the scenery. |
Chamber of Commerce building mural on this and next two photos. |