Summer on the Loop

There is something about the summer that sends me gravitating towards the business loop.  Or there is something about the business loop that draws me there in summer.  It's the closest I have in Columbia to a Tucumcari-type photo experience.  And if you've followed my blog at all, and I don't blame you if you haven't, I consider Tucumcari to be the photographer's equivalent of the Valley of the Kings to an archaeologist.  So with that said, here is an aging Mercury Marquis that I unearthed there one hot, July morning. 

Tiger Pawn on a Rainy Night

Tiger Pawn on a rainy night, down on the business loop.  It lacks some of the effortless grace of an older neon display, but is somehow fitting for a pawn shop at the east end of the loop.

Door Opener, Business Loop, Columbia

Another hidden detail found during this morning's shoot on the business loop.

Mystery on the Loop

I got up early this morning to photograph on Columbia's old business loop, before traffic got heavy.  I'm particularly interested in a block of buildings just west of Rangeline.  Clover's Market used to anchor the west end of this strip of businesses, in a now-abandoned building.  While trying to photograph some details, I found this graphic of a native American, in between the windows of a bar.  What it is or why it is there, I do not know.