West Side of Commerce
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: 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 Deltah Pearls, Simmon Drugs-Soda.
Holding Partner: North Texas History Center
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth34537/
Texas Street, Richardson, Texas
Date: 1880 - 1905
Creator: unknown
Description: Street block of four commercial buildings, all have front awnings and wooden walkways/sidewalks. The 2 buildings on the right are false front. The left most building has the gable end facing the unpaved street. Left to right: pony, possibly tethered to an awning support pole; three men in front of the left-most door; three men standing outside the next business; two children at the edge of the walk; one man standing under the awning of the Drug Store; one man standing in front of the right-most door. This printing is a copy of a photograph that at some time earlier had been edited with the addition of ink/pencil lines to darken the architectural outlines of the buildings.
Holding Partner: Richardson Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth3068/
[A store interior, seeds for sale in tubs.]
Date: 1910
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of a store interior. Seeds for sale in tubs at center foreground of picture. Boy standing at right wearing cap and knickers. Identified on back as "N. Levy (store?)-- Lester Van Slyke (boy at right?). Man standing at center wearing a dark suit looks like man identified as Ike Bryan in 1972.093.126. African American man in overalls standing at counter in left background. Image is mounted on a black cardboard matte. Image dimensions: 18.1 cm x 12.8 cm
Holding Partner: Fort Bend Museum
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth377/
[Front Street in Orange, Texas around 1900]
Date: c. 1900
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph looking up Front Street in Orange, Texas around 1900. There is a barber shop, a market, and carriages in the street.
Holding Partner: Heritage House Museum
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth36936/
[Busy day in Orange]
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of a busy shopping area in Orange, Texas. The sidewalks are full of people and horse-drawn vehicles crowd the streets.
Holding Partner: Heritage House Museum
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth36986/
[Carnes Store]
Date: unknown
Creator: Kropp, E.C.
Description: Photograph of the Carnes Store in Orange, Texas. The store has multiple display cases and stools lining the store. There are people seated in the back of the store. The text "Meet me at Carne's, Orange Texas."
Holding Partner: Heritage House Museum
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth36993/
[Call's Store on Front at Fourth Street]
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of Call's General Store. The old "Hanging Tree" is located in front of the store.
Holding Partner: Heritage House Museum
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth36972/
[Fifth Street in Orange, Texas]
Date: 1911
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph looking north on Front Street in Orange, Texas in 1911. Lamp posts are on the corners and automobiles drive down the street.
Holding Partner: Heritage House Museum
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth36933/
[C.W. Furr Mercantile 1915]
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of two stores standing side by side. There are a couple of unidentified buildings in the background on the right hand side.
Holding Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth34479/
[C.W. Furr Mercantile]
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of the C.W. Furr Mercantile. There is a wide array of merchandise around the store. There is a woman behind the counter and another woman and three men on the other side of the counter. One man is sitting on a stool and the rest are standing.
Holding Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth34480/