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[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

Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

[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

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

[The Railroaders Who Make Them Roll]

Photograph of four men and the railroad conductor posing in front of a steam engine. The train is labeled number 67 and is carrying a single car. There are buildings along the side of the train tracks.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

[Childress Shop Yards Built in 1910]

Photograph of railroad shop yards in Childress, Texas. There are two sets of train tracks, one smaller than the other, with various buildings and structures in the background.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

[Fort Worth & Denver City Roundhouse Built at Childress Shop Yards in 1910]

Photograph of the Forth Worth & Denver City Railroad roundhouse and shop yards in Childress, Texas. This photograph contains two images. The top image is of the roundhouse and the bottom image is of the shop yard. The roundhouse is made of brick and mortar and is surrounded by several train tracks and wheels. The shop yard is full of buildings, structures, and steam engines labeled "Fort Worth & Denver".

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

[Fort Worth & Denver City Railroad Childress Depot Employees]

Photograph of railroad employees working in an office. All the employees are men and they are completing various tasks, mostly paper work.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

[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

Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

[The First Diesel Engine in Childress, Texas]

Photograph of boxcars being pulled by a diesel engine train. The train tracks are located in a barren area and there is a railroad sign on the far right hand of the photograph.

Date: 1937

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

[The Era of the Steam Engine Would Soon End]

Photograph of seven steam engines lined in a row on a railroad track. The first steam engine is labeled number 402. There are poles in the background and weeds in the foreground.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

[Railroad Office Employees on and around a Steam Engine in the Shop Yards]

Photograph of several railroad office employees posing on and around a steam engine. The group is comprised of both men and women. There are two other sets of railroad tracks in the foreground of the photograph, in front of the posing group.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

FDR Speaks in Childress, Texas

Photograph of Franklin Delano Roosevelt giving a speech from the back of a train in Childress, Texas. On either side of him from left to right is a security guard, Governor James Allred, another guard, Marvin Jones and Tom Connally. Both of Mr. Roosevelt's hands are on the podium and he speaks into a microphone. All the men wear suits and ties, Mr. Connally wears a bow tie. There is a railing in front of the men. In the immediate foreground is the back of somebody's head and a typed piece … more

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

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