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Wheat Combines Norris Impl. early 1900's

Photograph of a group of horse-drawn vehicles and a crowd. The scene is surrounded by various store fronts and a bank.

Date: unknown

Creator: Stanford, T. J.

Item Type: Photograph

Marie Loupot

Photograph of young Marie Loupot. The child is shown near a doll and toy stroller.

Date: unknown

Creator: Stanford's Studio

Item Type: Photograph

Nell Chapman Pollock

Photograph of a young child. Young Nell Chapman Pollock is shown standing on a piece of wicker furniture.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Looking west on Ave. B, NW from Main-Late 40's

Photograph of a street scene in Childress. The photograph was taken looking west on ave B, Northwest from Main St. A group of people are shown in the foreground and rows of vehicles are in the background.

Date: unknown

Creator: Webb Photo

Item Type: Photograph

Looking South on Main Street, mid 1940's

Photograph of a vehicle traveling on Main Street. There is a row of cars lining the street in front of various store fronts.

Date: unknown

Creator: Web Studio

Item Type: Photograph

West Side of Commerce

Photograph of the west side of Commerce street in Childress, Texas. The street is lined with numerous parked automobiles and an unidentified group of people are standing in the center of the frame next to a postal box. The stores on the street with visible signs are (from left to right): City Cafe, Paul Pierce, Stanford Studio, R. Van-Wagner & Co., J. Earl Albright, Morris Tailor Shop and Shine Parlor, U.S. Post Office, Dr. James H. Jernigan X-Ray Diagnosis, Dr. Fred H. Cariker, Jewelry Simmon … more

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Commerce Street, 1920's

Photograph of a vehicle parked outside of various store fronts. There is a gas station, hotel and cafe in the business area.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

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

Something going on

Photograph of a crowded street. There are three men on top of a building watching an event below them. A large number of people are shown near vehicles crowding the road. There are various stores that surround the area.

Date: 1916

Creator: Stanford Studio

Item Type: Photograph

Coffee plants grown by Geo. Holstein, 1938

Photograph of George Holstein. George Holstein is shown tending to his coffee plants inside of his garden. The plants are held up with wood and string and are enclosed with a wooden fence.

Date: 1938

Creator: Steelman

Item Type: Photograph

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Hughes

Photograph of Thomas C. Hughes and Ethel Maie Wieland.

Date: 1905

Item Type: Photograph

Main Street in the Early '20's

Photograph of Main Street in Childress, Texas, in the early 1920's. There is a group of people at the far end of the street and a Piggly Wiggly sign is visible on the left side of Main Street. Typed and affixed to the mat board below the image: "Main street in downtown Childress in the 1920's The Street got a bit muddy when it rained. Notice horses at the rails, buggy's and a late model vehicle."

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

[The Railroaders Who Make Them Roll]

Photograph of four men and the railroad conductor posing in front of a steam engine. The train is labeled number 67 and is carrying a single car. There are buildings along the side of the train tracks.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

[Childress Shop Yards Built in 1910]

Photograph of railroad shop yards in Childress, Texas. There are two sets of train tracks, one smaller than the other, with various buildings and structures in the background.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

[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

[Childress Railroad Shops Store Department Employees]

Photograph of several railroad shop store department employees. This group mostly consists of adult men but there are two adolescent boys in the front of this small crowd. The group is posing in front of an unidentifiable brick building.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

[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

[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

[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

[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

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Wheat Combines Norris Impl. early 1900's

Marie Loupot

Nell Chapman Pollock

Looking west on Ave. B, NW from Main-Late 40's

Looking South on Main Street, mid 1940's

West Side of Commerce

Commerce Street, 1920's

Haulin' Freight through town, early 1900's

Something going on

Coffee plants grown by Geo. Holstein, 1938

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Hughes

Main Street in the Early '20's

[The Train That Brought FDR to Childress, Texas]

[And the Shriners! Ready to Roll!]

[The Railroaders Who Make Them Roll]

[Childress Shop Yards Built in 1910]

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

[Childress Railroad Shops Store Department Employees]

[Fort Worth & Denver City Railroad Childress Depot Employees]

[Third Courthouse in Childress, Texas]

[Second Childress Courthouse Burnt within Less Than One Year]

[The "Silver Chief" Texas Zephyr]

[The First Diesel Engine in Childress, Texas]

[The Era of the Steam Engine Would Soon End]