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["Boneheads" Working in the Community]

["Boneheads" Working in the Community]

Date: 1958
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of an explorer scout troop, known as the "Bonehead Boys", putting up signs in an open field. The men and boys are standing around a newly put up sign labeled "Childress & Baylor Lakes".
Holding Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum
Higgins Tornado Destruction

Higgins Tornado Destruction

Date: 1947-04-09
Creator: Russell Minton
Description: Photograph of large, overturned farm equipment in front of building. There is a dirt road in foreground with strewn and splintered wooden planks.
Holding Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum
[Harvesting Rice at the Kishi Farm]

[Harvesting Rice at the Kishi Farm]

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of men harvesting rice at the Kishi Rice Farm in Terry, Texas.
Holding Partner: Heritage House Museum
[Team of Mules Pulling Cultivator at Kishi Farm]

[Team of Mules Pulling Cultivator at Kishi Farm]

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of a man standing on a cultivator being pulled by four mules in a field.
Holding Partner: Heritage House Museum
[Team of Mules Pulling Cultivator at Kishi Farm]

[Team of Mules Pulling Cultivator at Kishi Farm]

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Team of four mules in a field.
Holding Partner: Heritage House Museum
Wheat Harvest

Wheat Harvest

Date: unknown
Creator: Samarjian Studio
Description: Photograph of a woman driving a tractor used for wheat harvesting. There are other laborers and a dog behind the tractor. The scene is surrounded by a wheat field.
Holding Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum
Wheat Combines Norris Impl. early 1900's

Wheat Combines Norris Impl. early 1900's

Date: unknown
Creator: T.J. Stanford
Description: Photograph of a group of horse-drawn vehicles and a crowd. The scene is surrounded by various store fronts and a bank.
Holding Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum
Cotton Harvesters

Cotton Harvesters

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Sketches and explanations of cotton harvesters; reverse has corn harvesters
Holding Partner: Star of the Republic Museum
Wooden Boards and Sacks After Tornado

Wooden Boards and Sacks After Tornado

Date: 1947-04
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of a pile of sacks and a pile of wooden boards after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas Tornado. In the background are trees, poles, farm equipment, and smoke. In the foreground is a dirt road.
Holding Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum
Farm Equipment and Debris

Farm Equipment and Debris

Date: 1947-04-09
Creator: McMurry, J.W.
Description: Photograph of a piece of farm equipment with large tires covered and surrounded by debris after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas Tornado. There are wires across the top of the photograph. The debris includes many pieces of wooden beams and there are cinder blocks in the background.
Holding Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum
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