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Four Children with Dog, Parrot and Goat

Four Children with Dog, Parrot and Goat

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of three young girls and one young boy outdoors. The oldest girl is wearing a white dress with a dark belt and dark collar and holding a hat. The girl in the center is wearing a plaid dress and holding a straw hat in one hand a parrot on the other. There is a little girl in a dress sitting in a cart pulled horned goat. A dog is seated in front of the group. In the background is a grove of trees.
Holding Partner: Heritage House 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
[Volunteer Firemen 1915]

[Volunteer Firemen 1915]

Date: 1915
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of volunteer firemen standing in front of the Childress fire station. Some of the men are wearing fireman hats and they are all dressed in suites or in collared shirts with ties. Two horse-drawn wagons are standing behind the line of volunteers. There is a water tower in the background and buildings on both sides of the fire station.
Holding Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum
[B.P.O.E. (Elks) Members Marching in Parade]

[B.P.O.E. (Elks) Members Marching in Parade]

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of Elks Members walking in a parade down a city street in Childress, Texas. Two men in a horse-drawn wagon are leading the line of members who are dressed in matching hats and suits. Spectators line the street and are watching the parade pass them by.
Holding Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum
Childress' First School House

Childress' First School House

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of a large group of approximately ninety children and fifteen adults standing and sitting in rows in front of a the first Childress School building. The women and girls wear dresses or shirts with skirts, the boys wear button-up shirts and some of the boys and men wear suits, ties, and hats. The building is light-colored with a shingled roof and a bell tower. On the right side of the frame next to the building is a buggy and a horse.
Holding Partner: North Texas History Center
[Chow Time for the Shoenail Ranch Cowboys]

[Chow Time for the Shoenail Ranch Cowboys]

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of a group of cowboys on a ranch during lunch time. There are ten adult men and two young boys posing along two wagons with cooking and eating utensils scattered all around them.
Holding Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum
[Cowboys of the OX Ranch]

[Cowboys of the OX Ranch]

Date: 1898
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of a group of cowboys sitting cross legged on the grass during a meal. There are a few pots scattered around and behind the cowboys on the far right and there is a wagon in the background. Some of the cowboys are holding plates and eating utensils in their laps.
Holding Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum
The Hamker Well

The Hamker Well

Date: unknown
Creator: Marquis
Description: Photograph of the Hamker Well. A truck pulling a wagon is front of the well on the right side of the frame. Four men stand in front of the truck. On the left side of the photo there is a small white structure and lots of metal pipe on the ground in front of it. Written on the top border is the date, "5-30-27" and written across the bottom border is, "The Hamker Well".
Holding Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum
The Lipscomb Hotel

The Lipscomb Hotel

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of the Lipscomb Hotel. The building is two-stories tall and has a front porch. Two men sit in chairs on the porch and one stands. All three are wearing hats. Above the porch is a sign that reads, "Lipscomb Hotel". On the right side of the frame is a horse and buggy facing the hotel. Behind the buggy is a fenced area with trees.
Holding Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum
Houston Street on Market Day in Ft. Worth, Texas in 1877

Houston Street on Market Day in Ft. Worth, Texas in 1877

Date: 1905
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of Houston Street on Market Day in Ft. Worth, Texas. The frame is full of covered-wagons, horses, parcels and piles of goods, and many men and boys, most in dark jackets and cowboy hats. In the background are many business with signs.
Holding Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries
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