1950 Childress District Office, Texas Highway Dept - 1st picnic

Photograph of a a Texas Highway Department picnic. A large gathering is shown with a man opening a bottled beverage while a young girl walks to the right , holding a drink.
Date: 1950
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Don Kelly, Golden Krust

Photograph of young Don Kelly. Kelly is shown holding a Golden Krust food package while standing on a small foot stool.
Date: unknown
Creator: Stanford's Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Annie Ruth Crews - 1926 graduation from 8th grade

Photograph of Anne Ruth Crews. Crews is shown in a white dress holding a diploma. The photograph was taken in recognition of her 8th grade graduation.
Date: 1926
Creator: Stanford Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

1890 - Margaret Anne Petty Leslie

Photograph of Margaret Anne Petty. Petty is shown posed against a studio background.
Date: 1890
Creator: Thompson
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

1920's gathering at Childress Courthouse of Confederate veterans.

Photograph of a group of confederate veterans. The men are shown wearing military decoration on the steps of a stone building.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

The Oddfellow Quartet

Photograph of the Oddfellow Quartet. Five musicians are shown in front of a radio station banner. One member of the group is shown at the piano while the other group member stand behind a microphone.
Date: unknown
Creator: Webb Photo
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

E.L. Biggerstaff "The Rambler"

Photograph from The Manitou & Pike's Peak Railway Tour. Four men are shown seated inside of a vehicle on top of rugged terrain.
Date: 1913
Creator: Hiestand, J.G.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Delightful little unknown girl

Photograph of a young child. An unknown girl is showing standing next to a chair against a studio background.
Date: unknown
Creator: Mark Hanna's Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Purchase of one hundred bales of cotton]

Photograph showing the purchase of one hundred bales of cotton bought by A.M. Cole for Crews-Cole, Cotton Co. There is a large group of gentleman shown with horse-drawn vehicles containing cotton. The group is shown in front of a variety of store fronts on a gravel road.
Date: unknown
Creator: Hanna, Mark
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Selling Cotton on Main Street, November 27, 1909

Photograph of cotton selling. There are numerous horse-drawn vehicles carrying cotton on Main Street. Stores surround the scene on both sides of Main Street.
Date: November 27, 1909
Creator: Wilcox, Gale
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wheat Combines Norris Impl. early 1900's

Photograph of a group of horse-drawn vehicles and a crowd. The scene is surrounded by various store fronts and a bank.
Date: unknown
Creator: Stanford, T. J.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Marie Loupot

Photograph of young Marie Loupot. The child is shown near a doll and toy stroller.
Date: unknown
Creator: Stanford's Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Nell Chapman Pollock

Photograph of a young child. Young Nell Chapman Pollock is shown standing on a piece of wicker furniture.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Looking west on Ave. B, NW from Main-Late 40's

Photograph of a street scene in Childress. The photograph was taken looking west on ave B, Northwest from Main St. A group of people are shown in the foreground and rows of vehicles are in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: Webb Photo
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Looking South on Main Street, mid 1940's

Photograph of a vehicle traveling on Main Street. There is a row of cars lining the street in front of various store fronts.
Date: unknown
Creator: Web Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

West Side of Commerce

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.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Commerce Street, 1920's

Photograph of a vehicle parked outside of various store fronts. There is a gas station, hotel and cafe in the business area.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Haulin' Freight through town, early 1900's

Photograph of a multi-vehicle caravan. There are a group of vehicles shown with people and different types of cargo passing through Childress. There is a coal and grain business in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

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
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Coffee plants grown by Geo. Holstein, 1938

Photograph of George Holstein. George Holstein is shown tending to his coffee plants inside of his garden. The plants are held up with wood and string and are enclosed with a wooden fence.
Date: 1938
Creator: Steelman
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Hughes

Photograph of Thomas C. Hughes and Ethel Maie Wieland.
Date: 1905
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Main Street in the Early '20's

Photograph of Main Street in Childress, Texas, in the early 1920's. There is a group of people at the far end of the street and a Piggly Wiggly sign is visible on the left side of Main Street. Typed and affixed to the mat board below the image: "Main street in downtown Childress in the 1920's The Street got a bit muddy when it rained. Notice horses at the rails, buggy's and a late model vehicle."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[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
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[And the Shriners! Ready to Roll!]

Photograph of Shriners and a marching band on and in front of a steam engine train. There is a sign on the train labeled "El Mina Temple, Galveston".
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History