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The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
21
Childress County Heritage Museum
4
Midwestern State University
4
Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum
3
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
3
Hardin-Simmons University Library
1
Northwest Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church
1
University of Texas at Arlington Library
1
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Sanborn Map Collection
21
Rescuing Texas History, 2007
4
Texas History Collection
4
Education in the Texas Panhandle, 1880-1930
3
Texas Patents
3
Abilene Library Consortium
1
Jesse Wallace Williams Map Collection
1
Rescuing Texas History, 2018
1
Map Collections from the University of Texas at Arlington
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Childress County
Blue line print of survey map of Childress County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, blocks of land, cities, towns, and railroads. Handwritten notes have been made on the published map in pencil. Scale [ca. 1:177,778] (4000 varas to 3/4 of an inch).
Date:
1921
Creator:
Hedick, J. D. & Giles, J. Bascom
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
High School, Childress, Texas
Photograph of the newly built Childress High School in 1926. The building is 2-story brick, has a front entry with three decorative arched windows, and has two white columns on each side of the front door. There is a flagpole in front of the building. A dirt road is parallel to the front of the building. On the side of the building there is an arched doorway.
Date:
1926
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Childress H.S., 2/23/26
Photograph of Childress High School construction. The central portion of the front facade is shown, with work on the upper part of the second story in progress. Two workers are visible on the roof. A horse is standing in front of the building. There are stacks of brick and other building materials at the front of the building.
Date:
February 23, 1926
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Childress, Texas school]
Photograph of Childress, Texas school building. The two-story brick building features decorative brick work above the second floor windows. The entryway is in the projecting center section of the facade which is topped by a crenelated parapet. Several small trees stand in front of the building. The architect for the building was Guy A. Carlander.
Date:
January 1927
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Childress County.
Map shows land patents, block and tract numbers, landowners, towns, and railroads; portions of adjacent counties where property boundaries extend beyond county limits. Scale not given.
Date:
1921
Creator:
[Texas]. General Land Office.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Babies Sleeping on Rocking Chair]
Photograph of Lannis Denton Cheatheam, Sr., and Bryan Handley as babies sleeping in a blanket on a rocking chair.
Date:
1923
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Lannis Denton Cheatheam, Sr.]
Photograph of infant Lannis Denton Cheatheam, Sr.
Date:
1922
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Harvester
Patent for a cotton harvester "with an improved arrangement of combined gathering and picking arms" (lines 12-13) to more effectively obtain the cotton bolls (i.e. balls), including illustrations.
Date:
March 29, 1921
Creator:
Stanton, John T.
Object Type:
Patent
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
Elsie McClain Huff's store across from old high school, 1929
Photograph of the interior of Elsie McClain Huff's store. Various food items are displayed on the shelves along with chairs in front of the store counter.
Date:
1929
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hargrave Laundry Employees in 1927
Photograph of laundry facility employees. Stacks of white linens are shown in the foreground. Various cleaning machines and the machine operators are shown in the background. People in the photo are: 1. Jim Chiatter; 2. Fats Adkiss; 3. Fay Craig; 4. Dorie Harris; 5. Lucile Stilwell; 6. Marissa Gire; 7. Ella, Carson.
Date:
1927
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
McClain & Rigby General Store, 1920
Photograph of a group of men inside of a general store. There are multiple items both on shelves and in glass cases.
Date:
1920
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Childress 1921 Sheet 19
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Childress in Childress County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1921
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Childress 1921 Sheet 17
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Childress in Childress County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1921
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Childress 1921 Sheet 16
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Childress in Childress County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1921
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Childress 1921 Sheet 8
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Childress in Childress County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1921
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Childress 1921 Sheet 1
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Childress in Childress County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1921
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Childress 1921 Sheet 10
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Childress in Childress County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1921
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Childress 1921 Sheet 4
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Childress in Childress County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1921
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Childress 1921 Sheet 6
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Childress in Childress County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1921
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Childress 1921 Sheet 20
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Childress in Childress County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1921
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Childress 1921 Sheet 18
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Childress in Childress County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1921
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Childress 1921 Sheet 7
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Childress in Childress County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1921
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Childress 1921 Sheet 21
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Childress in Childress County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1921
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History