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Mrs. Buster and Mrs. Dwight enjoying the Old Settlers festivities in 1948

Mrs. Buster and Mrs. Dwight enjoying the Old Settlers festivities in 1948

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Mrs. Buster and Mrs. Dwight enjoying the Old Settlers festivities in 1948. They are both wearing long dresses, hats, and ribbons. There are many unidentified people in the background including a man on the far right holding a microphone on a stand.
Holding Partner: North Texas History Center
Fort Worth & Denver/Burlington Route Depot

Fort Worth & Denver/Burlington Route Depot

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: 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.
Holding Partner: North Texas History Center
[Mashburn's on Third Street]

[Mashburn's on Third Street]

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of four freight trucks parked next to an unidentified building. The trucks are parked side by side in a staggered line. Each truck is labeled: Red Ball Motor Freight, Merchants, ICX, and Mashburn Storage.
Holding Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum
Childress High School Graduating Class of 1914

Childress High School Graduating Class of 1914

Date: unknown
Creator: Hanna, Mark
Description: Photograph of the graduating senior class of Childress High School in 1914. Top row from left to right: Dick Weddington, Patti Jefferies, Anis Campbell, J. D. Gilliam, Edith Sport, Lida Pittman, Irene Baker, Tully Dian. Center row from left to right: Mary Biggerstaff, Bertha Copher, Elizabeth Milner, Lora Curd, Ella Keer, Mary Johnson. Front row from left to right: Hazel Howard, Nell Crews, Abbie Berry, Mary Coffee, Bess Johnson. Written on the negative in the bottom left corner to cause white text on the positive print: "C.H.S. 1914."
Holding Partner: North Texas History Center
Old Methodist Church

Old Methodist Church

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of the old methodist church in Childress, Texas built by "Grandpa Adkisson" in 1908. The old U. S. Post Office was built in 1935 where the church once stood and the post office building now houses the Childress County Heritage Museum.
Holding Partner: North Texas History Center
[C.W. and Annie Furr Family]

[C.W. and Annie Furr Family]

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of the Furr family. In the back row stands Ona and Key. In the front row sits C.W., Roy, and Annie.
Holding Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum
[Fire Chief John Ballew with Firemen 1948]

[Fire Chief John Ballew with Firemen 1948]

Date: 1948
Creator: unknown
Description: 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.
Holding Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum
[Carrie Underwood's Playhouse]

[Carrie Underwood's Playhouse]

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of four men standing in front of a float which was featured in a parade. The float is an elaborate playhouse propped on top of a wagon. The Childress courthouse is visible in the background as well as an American flag. Horse-drawn wagons are also in the background behind the playhouse float.
Holding Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum
FDR Speaks in Childress, Texas

FDR Speaks in Childress, Texas

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of Franklin Delano Roosevelt giving a speech from the back of a train in Childress, Texas. On either side of him from left to right is a security guard, Governor James Allred, another guard, Marvin Jones and Tom Connally. Both of Mr. Roosevelt's hands are on the podium and he speaks into a microphone. All the men wear suits and ties, Mr. Connally wears a bow tie. There is a railing in front of the men. In the immediate foreground is the back of somebody's head and a typed piece of paper saying who the men are.
Holding Partner: North Texas History Center
[Childress High School Girls Basketball Team 1903]

[Childress High School Girls Basketball Team 1903]

Date: 1903
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of the Childress High School Girls Basketball Team in 1903. They are posing in three rows: the back row is standing, the middle row is kneeling, and the front row is lying on the floor. They are all holding hands.
Holding Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum
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