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Overturned Vehicle and Debris After Tornado

Overturned Vehicle and Debris After Tornado

Date: 1947-04-09
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of a landscape of bare trees and debris after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas Tornado. On the left side of the frame is an overturned vehicle. In the foreground is a puddle of mud.
Holding Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum
After Higgins Tornado from Truck Bed

After Higgins Tornado from Truck Bed

Date: 1947-04-09
Creator: Russell Minton
Description: View of cars and tornado damage to fence with metal truck bed in lower frame.
Holding Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum
Debris and Vehicles After Tornado

Debris and Vehicles After Tornado

Date: 1947-04-09
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of a road with old cars and trucks traveling on it after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas Tornado. In the background are bare trees, a car, and debris. In the foreground is a partial view of a vehicle and debris.
Holding Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum
Vehicles and Damaged Building After Tornado

Vehicles and Damaged Building After Tornado

Date: 1947-04-09
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of a damaged two-story building after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas Tornado. In front of the building is a trailer and large pole with a wire going to the ground. There are two old cars and an old truck on the left side of the frame. In the foreground is a dirt road that leads to the building.
Holding Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum
Truck-train accident on Highway 87

Truck-train accident on Highway 87

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of a truck- train accident on Highway 87, November 1972. The 51 year old driver from Groves walked away unscathed but the truck was split in half, spilling the bags of an unknown substance on the highway.
Holding Partner: Heritage House Museum
Logging truck accident on Highway 62 in 1970

Logging truck accident on Highway 62 in 1970

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of a logging truck accident on Highway 62 in 1979. The cabin of the truck and the bed where the logs were being carried on overturned spilling the logs on the ground. Nearby, the front end of a car has been totaled. It is not known how this happened.
Holding Partner: Heritage House 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
[Volunteer Firemen with Fire Truck]

[Volunteer Firemen with Fire Truck]

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of volunteer firemen in front of the Childress fire station. Most of them are nicely dressed and they are all posing on and around a fire truck. There are a couple of trees and an unidentifiable building in the background.
Holding Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum
[Volunteer Firemen's Meeting, Early 1950's]

[Volunteer Firemen's Meeting, Early 1950's]

Date: unknown
Creator: West
Description: Photograph of volunteer firemen during a meeting. The volunteers are posing on and around a fire truck inside a fire station. The group consists mostly of adult men but there are some young boys in the photograph.
Holding Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum
[Unloading Bananas - Port of Orange]

[Unloading Bananas - Port of Orange]

Date: unknown
Creator: Flickinger, Formerly Pridgen's Studio
Description: Photograph of several men unloading bananas from the back of trucks at the Port of Orange.
Holding Partner: Heritage House Museum
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