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[Shoenail Cook, Bill Stone and Family]

Photograph of the family of Bill Stone, the long-time cook at the Shoenail Ranch. The family is sitting in two rows on rocks on the side of a hill. From the left sits Bill stone and his wife Lee Stone. Next to them on the right hand side sits their daughter, Nellie Mae, holding her youngest son, baby William, and her husband, Hugh Hassell. In the front row sits Nellie Mae and Hugh Hassell's children (from left) Emma Stone, Rose Stone, and Floyd Stone.

Date: 1909

Item Type: Photograph

[The "Silver Chief" Texas Zephyr]

Photograph of the Texas Zephyr known as the "Silver Chief". The zephyr is traveling along the Fort Wort & Denver- Burlington Route. There is another set of train tracks in front of the moving zephyr and power lines are present in the top right hand corner of the photograph. The name "Silver Chief" is visible on the side of the zephyr.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Skip bombing on Lake Childress

Photograph of an AT-11 skip bombing over Lake Childress in Texas.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Something going on

Photograph of a crowded street. There are three men on top of a building watching an event below them. A large number of people are shown near vehicles crowding the road. There are various stores that surround the area.

Date: 1916

Creator: Stanford Studio

Item Type: Photograph

Ten Young Men

Photograph of a group of ten young men. The men are outdoors in front of a rock structure holding various instruments and rifles.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

The Texas Company Childress Station

Photograph of a petroleum station operated by The Texas Company. Two men are posed with trucks and barrels in front of the Texas Company.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

[Third Courthouse in Childress, Texas]

Photograph of a mother and daughter riding in a buggy that is driven by one horse. In the background is the third courthouse of Childress, Texas. The horizon is barren but there are another building close to the courthouse as well as a long fence.

Date: November 1894

Item Type: Photograph

[Third Courthouse in Childress, Texas Completed 1892]

Photograph of the third courthouse built in Childress, Texas. The courthouse is surrounded by leafless trees and community houses.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

[Third Courthouse in Childress, Texas Torn Down 1939]

Photograph of a close-up view of the current courthouse in Childress, Texas. There are trees and electrical lines in the foreground.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Three Dark-Haired Beauties

Photograph of three young women. The women are in front of a studio background dressed in early 1900's attire.

Date: unknown

Creator: Wills

Item Type: Photograph

[Three Men Stand Outside of an Unidentified Building]

Three unidentified men stand outside of an unidentified building in Childress, Texas. One of the men is standing in front of a bicycle.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Tom Jefferies, barefoot, curls & little toy drum

Photograph of a young child. Young Tom Jefferies is shown sitting on a stool holding a small toy drum.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Tom Sollock 1st Barber

Photograph of Tom Sollock, 1st Barber. Sollock is shown wearing a three-piece-suit and bow tie.

Date: unknown

Creator: Saunders

Item Type: Photograph

[The Train That Brought FDR to Childress, Texas]

Photograph of a steam engine traveling across an open field. There are parked cars waiting along both sides of the train tracks and the drivers are waiting outside their cars. President Franklin D. Roosevelt is a passenger on the train according to the handwriting on the edge of the photograph.

Date: 1938

Creator: Stanford Studio

Item Type: Photograph

[Unidentified Grocery Store]

Photograph of the interior of an unidentified grocery store. In the center of the frame is a large banana display with a myriad of other items in the display including Kraklkrisp Wheat Flakes, IGA Fruit Cocktail, Gold-Tost Corn Flakes, and IGA Pineapple. An unidentified man stands ff to the far left of the image wearing an apron.

Date: unknown

Creator: Stanford Studio

Item Type: Photograph

Unidentified Social Scene

An unidentified group of young women stand for a frontal portrait wearing long dresses. There are two unidentified men standing in the back of the group wearing tuxedos. Emma Grigsby is identified as the woman on the far left of the image.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

"Valentine of Steel" at CAAF Dedication

Photograph of a man and a woman holding a bombshell that reads "Valentine of Steel to Hitler and Hirohito from First Class AAFBS Childress, Texas. 2-14-43."

Date: February 14, 1943

Item Type: Photograph

[Verna Owens' and Annie Jefferies' Parade Entry]

Photograph of Verna Owens and Annie Jefferies during a parade in Childress, Texas. The women are riding in a buggy being pulled by two horses and one of them is holding a parasol. Spectators line the street as the two women pass them by.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

[View looking north on Commerce Street]

Photograph looking north with automobiles parked in front of store fronts on Commerce St. The background shows an automobile traveling past other stores.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

[Volunteer Firemen 1915]

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.

Date: 1915

Item Type: Photograph

[Volunteer Firemen with Fire Truck]

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.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

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

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.

Date: unknown

Creator: West

Item Type: Photograph

Walter Lockhoof

Photograph of Lt. Walter Lockhoof, bombardier pilot, in uniform.

Date: 1943

Item Type: Photograph

"Welcome to CAAF, boys!"

Photograph of the first class of cadets to Childress Army Air Field stepping off the train in uniforms at the air field.

Date: February 21, 1943

Item Type: Photograph

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[Shoenail Cook, Bill Stone and Family]

[The "Silver Chief" Texas Zephyr]

Skip bombing on Lake Childress

Something going on

Ten Young Men

The Texas Company Childress Station

[Third Courthouse in Childress, Texas]

[Third Courthouse in Childress, Texas Completed 1892]

[Third Courthouse in Childress, Texas Torn Down 1939]

Three Dark-Haired Beauties

[Three Men Stand Outside of an Unidentified Building]

Tom Jefferies, barefoot, curls & little toy drum

Tom Sollock 1st Barber

[The Train That Brought FDR to Childress, Texas]

[Unidentified Grocery Store]

Unidentified Social Scene

"Valentine of Steel" at CAAF Dedication

[Verna Owens' and Annie Jefferies' Parade Entry]

[View looking north on Commerce Street]

[Volunteer Firemen 1915]

[Volunteer Firemen with Fire Truck]

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

Walter Lockhoof

"Welcome to CAAF, boys!"