[J. D. (Pop) Gray]

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Undated photograph of “J. D. (Pop) Gray, Peace officer of N. Mex and West Tex. For 25 yrs 6 ft-2 in-210 lbs- Hobbs N. Mex.” He is wearing a large white cowboy hat, scarf and jacket. On the back of the image is “This sure is natural. I believe we showed him to you, didn’t we Pa? I knew him well at Hobbs, New Mexico. He stepped backward off a windmill tower and did not live long after that. He was a friend of the cowboys and oil field roughnecks.”

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The images in this collection are for study purposes, teaching, classroom projection and research only. Permission to publish these digital files in any form must be obtained from the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, 806-742-9070 or e-mail randy.vance@ttu.edu.

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