Downtown Borger, Texas Vintage Images. (original) (raw)

Photos courtesy Ken Sharpe Collection
& Val Sandlin Collection, et al.

Borger once boasted of a three-mile long main street when things like that were rare.

"This is a photo of Borger that I discovered in my Mom's memoirs.
She and my Dad were married there in Dec. 1929."
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- Jeannie Nemeth, Roseville, California

Street Scene, Borger, Texas, July 1926
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Photo courtesy Ken Sharpe Collection

Main Street View of Borger, Texas, July 1926
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Photo courtesy Ken Sharpe Collection

"Traffic Jam on Main Street", Borger, Texas,1920s
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Photo courtesy Ken Sharpe Collection

Street Scene, Borger, Texas, August 1926
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Photo courtesy Ken Sharpe Collection

"Borger, Texas - World's Greatest Oil Field", 1920s
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Photo courtesy Ken Sharpe Collection

Borger, Texas one year old - March 8, 1927
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Courtesy The Val Sandlin Collection

North Main Street, Borger, Texas
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Courtesy The Val Sandlin Collection

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Courtesy The Val Sandlin Collection

Main Street South, Borger, Texas, May 1926
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Courtesy The Val Sandlin Collection

Boom town Borger, 1920s postcard Courtesy THC Archives

Boom town Borger showing Theatre, late 1920s
Photo courtesy Ken Sharpe Collection

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