My father's love of photography reflected his moves from work situations to work situation. His glowing neon image of the Warner Drug Store was his second job after high school. There, he was employed to sell cameras, film, and film processing. Previous to Warner’s, he was a darkroom technician immediately after high school, working for Fredda VonZell at her self-named photo studio. He developed and printed the portraits shown in her studio storefront. Later, his images of the El Paso Drive-In theatre (once located where the Chelsea apartments now stand), and the Texaco station once located at 1401 Texas Street, provide an interesting view of the Franklins, vehicles, and clothing of both his family and the city. The Texaco station was once leased by my grandfather and the men shown working there his in-laws, my grandmother’s relatives enticed to come to work in El Paso, situations that seemed to never work out for them or my grandfather.