Rescuing Texas History, 2007 - 219 Matching Results

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[Former Childress County Agent Chile Smith and 4-H Member Larry Murphy]

Photograph of former Childress County Agent, Chile Smith, and 4-H member, Larry Murphy. The two men are shaking hands as Chile Smith hands a certificate to Larry Murphy. The certificate is facing the camera. They are inside an office and are both wearing cowboy hats.

Date: 1959

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

Fort Worth & Denver/Burlington Route Depot

Photograph of the front corner of the Fort Worth & Denver/Burlington Route train depot. The building is made of brick and says "Childress" on one end. One and one-half train tracks angle across the foreground of the image. The typed paper affixed to mount reads: "The most beautiful train depot and it was demolished in the 1970's.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

[Fort Worth & Denver City Railroad Childress Depot Employees]

Photograph of railroad employees working in an office. All the employees are men and they are completing various tasks, mostly paper work.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

[Fort Worth & Denver City Roundhouse Built at Childress Shop Yards in 1910]

Photograph of the Forth Worth & Denver City Railroad roundhouse and shop yards in Childress, Texas. This photograph contains two images. The top image is of the roundhouse and the bottom image is of the shop yard. The roundhouse is made of brick and mortar and is surrounded by several train tracks and wheels. The shop yard is full of buildings, structures, and steam engines labeled "Fort Worth & Denver".

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

[Furr Home in Kirkland]

Photograph of the Furr residence in Kirkland, Texas. It is a two story house with a front and back porch. A picket fence surrounds the home.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

Gate City Creamery Fair Exhibit

Photograph of a fair exhibit. There are two men serving ice cream shown with two customers. Ice cream cones and various flavors of ice cream are displayed between the two men.

Date: 1936

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

Gene Autry in Childress, Texas

Photograph of a smiling Gene Autry dressed in a button-up shirt, cowboy hat and cowboy boots with a baseball glove on his hand behind his back. We see his left profile. Behind him is a large building with a large screened window on the right side of the frame, a screened door behind Mr. Autry, and three electricity gauge boxes. There is grass and weeds in front of the building.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

Getting ready for Old Settlers Bar-B-Que

Photograph of several men preparing to barbecue at an Old Settlers event in the 1960's.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

[A group of horse-drawn vehicles]

Photograph of a group of horse-drawn vehicles. There are eight people seated inside of four carriages in front of a small wooden structure.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

Handsome brothers & beautiful sisters

Photograph of three children. Two boys and one girl are dressed in 1920's attire in front of a studio background.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

Hanna Dept. Store

Photograph showing a group of people inside of a department store. Three employees are shown behind the counter while two customers and a small child stand near the counter. There are various tapestries and cloths displayed around the scene.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

Hargrave Laundry Employees in 1927

Photograph of laundry facility employees. Stacks of white linens are shown in the foreground. Various cleaning machines and the machine operators are shown in the background. People in the photo are: 1. Jim Chiatter; 2. Fats Adkiss; 3. Fay Craig; 4. Dorie Harris; 5. Lucile Stilwell; 6. Marissa Gire; 7. Ella, Carson.

Date: 1927

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

[Harp Drugs on Main Street]

Photograph of Harp Drugs Store on Main Street in Childress, Texas. The drug store is sandwiched between two other businesses. A sidewalk and empty parking spaces lie in front of the drug store.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

Haulin' Freight through town, early 1900's

Photograph of a multi-vehicle caravan. There are a group of vehicles shown with people and different types of cargo passing through Childress. There is a coal and grain business in the background.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

Helpy Selfy Grocery Store, owned by Rushing Family

Photograph of two men in front of a grocery store. The store window is covered with food advertisements. One of the men is shown in a white apron holding a rod.

Date: 1950~/1959~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

Home of Judge A.J. Fires

Photograph of two children. The children are in front of the two-story house belonging to the Fires family.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

Horse-Drawn Fire Wagon

Photograph of a horse-drawn fire wagon pictured in front of a fire which had been put out. There is one man with a firefighter helmet on sitting on the driver's seat with the reins in his hands. Another man in a suit is holding the tack of one of the horses; it is unknown who is who, but the men are Albert Withey and Pollard Bennett. The horses are named Sam and Charlie. A building is visible in the background to the right side of the frame.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

It's a party at Mrs. J.H.P. Jones' home!

Photograph of a party at Mrs. J.H.P. Jones' home. A large group of women are shown in front of the home.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

T.J. Jefferies Livery Stables on Ave C. NE

Photograph of T.J. Jefferies Livery Stables. Three men and five horses are shown in front of the stable.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

J.M. Felts Hardware Main St. 1930

Photograph of a man standing behind a hardware store counter. Both tools and house ware items are displayed on either side of the store.

Date: 1930

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

[J Martin Crews and Annie Lee Jefferies]

Photo of J. Martin Crews & Annie Lee Jefferies seated in a horse drawn carriage in a field behind a barbed wire fence.

Date: 1908

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

A.J. Rushing Air Force

Photograph of a member of the Air Force. A.J. Rushing is shown wearing an Air Force uniform with pin attached.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

James A. Leslie Grocery Store

Photograph of a group of men inside of a grocery store. There are multiple items both on shelves and in glass cases.

Date: 1912

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

[Jefferies Home]

Photograph of Jefferies family home. There is a two-story house with four chimneys behind a row of trees. The house has a row of columns surrounding the front porch with a rocking bench.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum