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[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

[The Train That Brought FDR to Childress, Texas]

Photograph of a steam engine traveling across an open field. There are parked cars waiting along both sides of the train tracks and the drivers are waiting outside their cars. President Franklin D. Roosevelt is a passenger on the train according to the handwriting on the edge of the photograph.

Date: 1938

Creator: Stanford Studio

Item Type: Photograph

[And the Shriners! Ready to Roll!]

Photograph of Shriners and a marching band on and in front of a steam engine train. There is a sign on the train labeled "El Mina Temple, Galveston".

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

[Second Courthouse in Childress, Texas]

Photograph of a multi-story courthouse. There are several people, horses, buggies, and wagons surrounding the courthouse.

Date: 1891

Item Type: Photograph

[The Denver Road Band - Childress]

Photograph of the Denver Road Band of Childress, Texas. The marching band is posing in a semi-circle in front of an unidentifiable building with a sidewalk lined with flowers in the foreground.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

[The Era of the Steam Engine Would Soon End]

Photograph of seven steam engines lined in a row on a railroad track. The first steam engine is labeled number 402. There are poles in the background and weeds in the foreground.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

[Second Childress Courthouse Burnt within Less Than One Year]

Photograph of the remains of a courthouse that has been destroyed by a fire. A few men are posing in front of the courthouse on foot and on horses. One man is sitting in a wagon.

Date: unknown

Creator: Mebb Studio

Item Type: Photograph

[The "Silver Chief" Texas Zephyr]

Photograph of the Texas Zephyr known as the "Silver Chief". The zephyr is traveling along the Fort Wort & Denver- Burlington Route. There is another set of train tracks in front of the moving zephyr and power lines are present in the top right hand corner of the photograph. The name "Silver Chief" is visible on the side of the zephyr.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

[The First Diesel Engine in Childress, Texas]

Photograph of boxcars being pulled by a diesel engine train. The train tracks are located in a barren area and there is a railroad sign on the far right hand of the photograph.

Date: 1937

Item Type: Photograph

[Third Courthouse in Childress, Texas]

Photograph of a mother and daughter riding in a buggy that is driven by one horse. In the background is the third courthouse of Childress, Texas. The horizon is barren but there are another building close to the courthouse as well as a long fence.

Date: November 1894

Item Type: Photograph

[Third Courthouse in Childress, Texas Completed 1892]

Photograph of the third courthouse built in Childress, Texas. The courthouse is surrounded by leafless trees and community houses.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

[Third Courthouse in Childress, Texas Torn Down 1939]

Photograph of a close-up view of the current courthouse in Childress, Texas. There are trees and electrical lines in the foreground.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

[Cowboys Riding Mules]

Photograph of four cowboys on a ranch. Each cowboy is posing on a mule and are equipped with their rancher gear. The second cowboy from the left is Andy Scott and the last cowboy on the right is Reese Barton.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

[Fourth Courthouse in Childress, Texas]

Photograph of the fourth courthouse built in Childress, Texas. This current version of the county courthouse is surrounded by trees and a parking lot filled with parked cars. Large white clouds are scattered throughout the sky.

Date: unknown

Creator: Webb Photo

Item Type: Photograph

[Chow Time for the Shoenail Ranch Cowboys]

Photograph of a group of cowboys on a ranch during lunch time. There are ten adult men and two young boys posing along two wagons with cooking and eating utensils scattered all around them.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

The Palace during WWII

Photograph of two soldiers in uniform standing in front of the Palace Theater in Childress, Texas during World War II. Two jeeps labeled "U. S. Army Recruiting Service" are parked in front of the theater. A sign that reads "What Next Cpl Hargrove" is affixed to the front of the theater.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Palace Theater rebuilt 1937

The Palace Theater was opened in 1937 after a previous theater was destroyed by fire. The theater was opened and operated by Mrs. Mable Phipps, widow of F. M. Phipps, and G. R. Layton, son of the late G. S. Layton.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Facade of the Monogram, the oldest P-L theater

Photograph of a movie theater. The marquis and movie poster advertise "Winter Carnival" with Ann Sheridan.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Palace's new &50,000 interior in 1937

Photograph of the Palace Theater's interior. Several rows of seats are visible on the ground level and in the balcony. The interior was rebuilt in 1937 after fire damage.

Date: 1937~

Item Type: Photograph

Rufus Layton

Photograph of Rufus Layton, son of G. S. Layton. Co-owner of Phipps and Layton Theaters.

Date: 1937

Creator: Webb Studio

Item Type: Photograph

Saturday morning at The Palace

Photograph of several children standing in line at the Palace Theater on a Saturday morning circa 1950. Posters for "Cariboo Trail" are visible on the front of the theater.

Date: 1950~

Item Type: Photograph

The Car-Vu

Photograph of two people sitting in a car and watching a movie at the drive-in theater Car-Vu. The movie is projected on a large screen in front of the vehicle.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Old Settlers 1946

Photograph of several young and old gathered in Fair Park for the 58th Old Settlers Reunion on July 18th, 1946. There are several cars parked behind the settlers beneath some trees.

Date: July 18, 1946

Item Type: Photograph

Carrie Underwood Pennell Hardin, Old Settlers - 1960's

Photograph of Carrie Underwood Pennell Hardin, center, showing the younger ladies how to model period clothing at an Old Settlers event in the early 1960's at the City Auditorium.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

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

[The Train That Brought FDR to Childress, Texas]

[And the Shriners! Ready to Roll!]

[Second Courthouse in Childress, Texas]

[The Denver Road Band - Childress]

[The Era of the Steam Engine Would Soon End]

[Second Childress Courthouse Burnt within Less Than One Year]

[The "Silver Chief" Texas Zephyr]

[The First Diesel Engine in Childress, Texas]

[Third Courthouse in Childress, Texas]

[Third Courthouse in Childress, Texas Completed 1892]

[Third Courthouse in Childress, Texas Torn Down 1939]

[Cowboys Riding Mules]

[Fourth Courthouse in Childress, Texas]

[Chow Time for the Shoenail Ranch Cowboys]

The Palace during WWII

Palace Theater rebuilt 1937

Facade of the Monogram, the oldest P-L theater

Palace's new &50,000 interior in 1937

Rufus Layton

Saturday morning at The Palace

The Car-Vu

Old Settlers 1946

Carrie Underwood Pennell Hardin, Old Settlers - 1960's