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Amarillo Texas Polk Street night scene postcard

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Polk Street, Amarillo, Texas, 1938

Polk Street in Amarillo was once called
the “best lighted Main Street in America.”
1938 photo courtesy Xcel Energy Archives, Wes Reeves

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Polk Street today
Photo courtesy Tom Jones, 2007

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