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The Oddfellow Quartet

Description: Photograph of the Oddfellow Quartet. Five musicians are shown in front of a radio station banner. One member of the group is shown at the piano while the other group member stand behind a microphone.
Date: unknown
Creator: Webb Photo
Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

The Car-Vu

Description: 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
Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

The Palace during WWII

Description: 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
Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

Palace Theater rebuilt 1937

Description: 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
Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

Gene Autry in Childress, Texas

Description: 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
Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

Childress Concert Band, c. 1906

Description: Photograph of the Childress Concert Band seated and standing with their instruments outside of a nondescript building. The band consists of all men; a large bass drum occupies the center of the frame which says "Childress Concert Band."
Date: unknown
Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

[Members of United Daughters of the Confederacy]

Description: Photograph of the members of the United Daughters of Confederacy after a theatrical skit. The women are wearing matching dresses, Union solider hats, and they are holding brooms as rifles. They are posing in two rows, the back row is standing and the front row is kneeling. There is a scenic backdrop behind them that was used for their skit.
Date: unknown
Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

[Colonel Sam Privitt on Caesar with Military Color Guard and Band]

Description: Photograph of Colonel Sam Privitt on his horse, Caesar, leading a parade through an intersection. Colonel Privitt is dressed in formal cowboy attire, his horse is adorned with studded tack. Behind the Colonel are members of the military Color Guard and a marching band. Members of the community are watching the parade from both sides of the street.
Date: unknown
Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

Mouse Guard for Pianos

Description: Patent for a pivoting flap device to block access of mice to the interior of the piano through the space beneath the pedals.
Date: August 10, 1915
Creator: Bell, Silas D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Mouse-Guard for Pianos.

Description: Patent for "an upright device for closing the opening in the front of a piano directly below a pedal to thereby render the piano mouse proof" (lines 8-11). The device utilizes spring tension to operate.
Date: May 21, 1918
Creator: Bell, Silas D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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