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West Side of Commerce

Description: 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 … more
Date: unknown
Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

Something going on

Description: 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
Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

Main Street in the Early '20's

Description: 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
Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

The Car-Vu

Description: Photograph of two people sitting in a car and watching a movie at the drive-in theater Car-Vu. The movie is projected on a large screen in front of the vehicle.
Date: unknown
Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

[The Train That Brought FDR to Childress, Texas]

Description: 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
Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

[Fourth Courthouse in Childress, Texas]

Description: Photograph of the fourth courthouse built in Childress, Texas. This current version of the county courthouse is surrounded by trees and a parking lot filled with parked cars. Large white clouds are scattered throughout the sky.
Date: unknown
Creator: Webb Photo
Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

McFarland Battery & Electric

Description: Photograph of the inside of McFarland Battery & Electric which was owned by A. V. McFarland, the original director of the Childress County Heritage Museum. There are car batteries and signs for Willard Storage Batteries in the building. A work area can be seen in the back of the store where the back of an automobile is visible.
Date: unknown
Creator: Stanford Studio
Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

McFarland Battery & Electric

Description: Photograph of five unidentified men inside McFarland Battery & Electric which was owned by A. V. McFarland, the original director of the Childress County Heritage Museum. The men are standing in a garage area and there is an early-model car behind them. A sign on the wall on the left side of the image says "We are not responsible for loss by fire or theft."
Date: unknown
Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

[Fair Park Rotary Bowl 1950's]

Description: Photograph of a picnic area in Childress' Fair Park known as the "Rotary Bowl". It is a circular arrangement of stationary tables and benches. The Rotary Bowl is surrounded by tall trees and there is a line of parked cars on the street behind the Rotary Bowl.
Date: unknown
Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

[Boy Scouts with Scout Master, Delbert Wasson]

Description: Photograph of Scout Master Delbert Wasson and three young Boy Scouts. The Scout Master is dressed in full uniform and the boys are casually dressed. One boy is serving soda in small cups to an adult couple and the other Boy Scouts. There is a gas station and a moving car in the background.
Date: unknown
Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

[Robertson-Eubank Drug Store 1958]

Description: Photograph of the Robertson-Eubank Drug Store in Childress, Texas. The store is sandwiched in between two other businesses and there is a sign located directly in front of the store. A car is parked at an angle in front of the drug store.
Date: September 12, 1958
Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

First National Bank

Description: Photograph of the exterior of The First National Bank of Childress. There are men standing outside of the bank while a car passes by. There are automobiles parked on either side of the bank.
Date: unknown
Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

[John's Furniture Store in Childress, Texas]

Description: Photograph of the east side of Commerce Street in Childress, Texas. John's Furniture Store, Western Auto, and a hardware store are standing side by side. A car is parked in front of Western Auto, all the other parking spaces are empty. There is a street light in front of John's Furniture Store.
Date: unknown
Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

[Main Street 1950's]

Description: Photograph of a busy street in Childress, Texas. The street is lined with numerous businesses and cars are parked along the sidewalk. Cars are driving towards and away from the photographer of this photograph. A traffic light is visible in the background.
Date: unknown
Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum
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