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Life in Lamb County Texas 1850 - 1950 Lamb County, Texas from 1850 to 1950 as pictured in archived government photographs, vintage postcards, old school yearbooks and newspapers. This was life in Texas as our parents, grandparents and ancestors saw it in Amherst, Earth, Littlefield, Olton, Spade, Springlake and Sudan Texas. |
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![]() Very nice photo of downtown Littlefield Texas in the 1940s captures vintage cars, CocaCola signs at the drug store and across the street near the Palace Theatre. |
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![]() Very busy day on Phelps Ave (now Main Street) in downtown Littlefield in 1929. |
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![]() In 1923 Eddie Davis built this "School Truck" for the city of Littlefield Texas. A school truck was a truck converted to a bus for the purpose of transporting school children in rural areas to and from school. |
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![]() Sometime in the 1930s Mae Harper (Bley) and C. E. Bley posed with staff and family in their grocery store in Olton Texas. Mae is pictured in middle at the counter and Clarence Bley on the far right. |
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![]() In the 1930s Melvin Collins and his wife Blanche Langford Collins posed with their horses on their farm near Earth Texas. Photograph courtesy of their great granddaughter, Tina Collins |
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![]() In 1915 local residents showed off their cars in front of the Lodge Hotel in Littlefield Texas in this huge incredibly detailed photo |
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![]() Sometime between 1920 and 1930 the Chisholm Studio in Littlefield took this wonderful portrait of June and Elaine Watson |
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![]() In 1938 Littlefield Texas 2nd graders posed in front of their school showing off the musical instruments they had learned to play |
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![]() In 1964 T. C. and Dean Faver stopped to chat beside an irrigation well in Lamb County when this photo was taken for an ad promoting butane as a fuel for farm equipment. |
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![]() Jim and Ben Davidson survey their herd of cattle on their farm near Sudan Texas in 1966 for an ad in a national farm magazine. |
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![]() In 1924 the Littlefield High School Pep Squad Posed with and in the Littlefield Independent School District bus |
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![]() In 1944 James Gandy posed with his mother, Pauline James Gandy, wearing patriotic overalls possibly in honor of his father. |
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Resources:
West Texas History & Memories (Face Book Group) Early Life in Texas County by County Books about Texas People and Places Famous People from Texas County by County Texas History in the 19th Century (Amazon) |
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Lamb
County Historic Treasure Rare books, historical documents, genealogy and nostalgic collectibles from Littlefield, Amherst, Earth, Olton and Sudan Texas (eBay Ads) . . . see them all |
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Books about Lamb County People and Places | ||||||
Lamb County Estates with Unclaimed Money
These Deceased Residents of Littlefield, Sudan, Springlake, Amherst and Olton Texas Left a total $41,724 in Unclaimed Money for their heirs. Know the Heirs? Let them know See the full list |
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