Childress County Heritage Museum - 219 Matching Results

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[Finis Earing "Red" Fitzgerald, First Fire Chief of Childress, Texas]

Photograph of Finis Earing "Red" Fitzgerald, the first Fire Chief of Childress, Texas. Chief Fitzgerald is dressed in formal attire for his portrait. He is wearing a three piece suit, a collared shirt, tie, and a hat. His badge is pinned to his vest and is barely visible underneath his jacket. The portrait captures only the Chief's head, shoulders, and the top half of his torso. Chief Fitzgerald is posed looking straight ahead.

Date: unknown

Creator: Bartlett

Item Type: Photograph

[Fink & J.J. Pigett with Saddles]

Photograph of saddles and harnesses. Six men are shown amongst horse-riding supplies.

Date: unknown

Creator: Webb Photo

Item Type: Photograph

[Fire Chief John Ballew with Firemen 1948]

Photograph of Fire Chief John Ballew and his fellow firemen. They are all kneeling in a row in front of three fire trucks. The Chief and his firemen are all wearing matching shirts and ties. The fire station and an unidentifiable building are in the background.

Date: 1948

Item Type: Photograph

[First Courthouse in Childress, Texas]

Photograph of side view of a courthouse in Childress, Texas. The courthouse is a wood frame structure in the center of a desolate area. There are a few other buildings and structures scattered in the background. The foreground consists mostly of dirty and grass.

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 First East Ward School]

Photograph of a class and teacher standing in front of the first East Ward School in Childress, Texas. The class is composed of several children which are both young girls and boys. The children are posing in three rows, the back two are standing and the front row is sitting cross legged. The teacher is standing in the back of the class, turned to her left.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

First National Bank

Photograph of the interior of First National Bank. Patrons make transactions at three windows while a man stands against a window.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

First National Bank

Photograph of the exterior of The First National Bank of Childress. There are men standing outside of the bank while a car passes by. There are automobiles parked on either side of the bank.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

The First Norris Hardware

Photograph of the first Norris Hardware Store. Unknown men are shown standing near the entry of the store surrounded by piles of merchandise.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

First State Bank at Kirkland

Photograph of the interior of the First State Bank. Bank employees, Roy Key and W.C. "Clarence" Harp are shown inside of the bank.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

[First State Bank in Childress, Texas]

Photograph of a street corner in Childress, Texas. On the corner stands the First State Bank, Ray Green Finance, and Montgomery Ward. A coffee shop and hotel are behind the bank.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

[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

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

[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

[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

Four distinguished Childress gentlemen

Photograph of a group of four men. Four distinguished citizens of Childress are shown against a studio background.

Date: unknown

Creator: Hannah, Mark

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

[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

[I.G.A. Store]

Photograph of the I.G.A. grocery store in Childress, Texas. There is a young child and a woman kneeling by the entrance of the grocery store. Promotions and advertisements are visible in the windows of the store.

Date: unknown

Creator: Stanford Studio

Item Type: Photograph

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

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

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

[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

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

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[Finis Earing "Red" Fitzgerald, First Fire Chief of Childress, Texas]

[Fink & J.J. Pigett with Saddles]

[Fire Chief John Ballew with Firemen 1948]

[First Courthouse in Childress, Texas]

[The First Diesel Engine in Childress, Texas]

[The First East Ward School]

First National Bank

First National Bank

The First Norris Hardware

First State Bank at Kirkland

[First State Bank in Childress, Texas]

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

Fort Worth & Denver/Burlington Route Depot

[Fort Worth & Denver City Railroad Childress Depot Employees]

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

Four distinguished Childress gentlemen

[Fourth Courthouse in Childress, Texas]

[Furr Home in Kirkland]

[I.G.A. Store]

Gate City Creamery Fair Exhibit

Gene Autry in Childress, Texas

Getting ready for Old Settlers Bar-B-Que

[A group of horse-drawn vehicles]

Handsome brothers & beautiful sisters