Aliens and paper mural.

Alien Print Shop Mural

The Hall-Poorbaugh Press had been in Roswell for 83 years when its resident artist, Matt Barinholtz, joined forces with a local teacher and some enthusiastic teens to paint an alien-themed mural on the business's north wall.

Aliens and paper mural.

Titled "Printing Aliens," it shows several apron-clad extraterrestrials, aided by their robot pals, cranking out what appears to be a UFO newsletter. Completed copies tumble into a bin labeled, "Our Printing is Out of This World."

This view of technologically advanced aliens distributing information on paper may have been understandable coming from a print shop -- but it was also way off the mark, and the Hall-Poorbaugh Press went out of business four years after the mural was completed in 1997.

Also see: Roswell Alien Attraction Autopsy!

Alien Print Shop Mural

Address:: 250 N. Richardson Ave., Roswell, NM
Directions:: Downtown. On the north side of the Copy Rite Building, which is on the west side of Main St. between 2nd and 3rd Sts.

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