An Art Deco bus stop shelter in downtown El Paso offers a time-tunnel glimpse of city life. The elegant bronzed support structure speaks of a day when waiting for a bus or trolley ride was an event, not a duty. In the background, we can see a panel of four small Art Deco windows. They are part of the S.H. Kress Building, which housed a now defunct five-and-ten-cent store from 1938 to 1997. In this image, only a few potential passengers patiently wait for a bus. As in many medium sized cities, residents now use personal automobiles to get around. A newspaper dispenser anchors the scene. It sells El Diario de El Paso – the city’s primary Spanish language newspaper with a circulation of over 100,000 people.