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
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth34436/
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
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth34422/
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
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth34420/
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
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth34423/
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
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth34444/
[Three Men Stand Outside of an Unidentified Building]
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Three unidentified men stand outside of an unidentified building in Childress, Texas. One of the men is standing in front of a bicycle.
Holding Partner: North Texas History Center
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth34438/
[Childress County Courthouse]
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Frontal view of the Childress County Courthouse.
Holding Partner: North Texas History Center
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth34437/
Aerial Photo of Childress
Date: unknown
Creator: Johnson, Judy L.
Description: Aerial photo of Childress looking southeast. The country club and golf course are visible in the foreground.
Holding Partner: North Texas History Center
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth34409/
[Map of Childress, Texas, 1890]
Date: unknown
Creator: Fowler, T. M.
Description: Map of Childress, Texas in 1890 drawn by T. M. Fowler of Morrisville, PA. The map includes five reference points: "court house," "public school," "Baptist church," "jail," and "rail road station."
Holding Partner: North Texas History Center
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth34446/
Fink & J.J. Pigett sold saddles & harness
Date: unknown
Creator: Webb Photo
Description: Photograph of saddles and harnesses. Six men are shown amongst horse-riding supplies.
Holding Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth34495/