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| Clipped from the August 14, 1938 edition of the Amarillo News-Globe |
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| This is the old Cal Farley's Goodrich Silvertowns building today. |
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| Clipped from the August 14, 1938 edition of the Amarillo Sunday News-Globe |
Sunday, October 11, 2015
1938 - Cal Farley's Goodrich Silvertowns
Saturday, October 10, 2015
Late 1920s photos of Amarillo taken from atop the Herring Hotel
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| This photo shows the Rock Island Depot to the Northwest of the Herring Hotel. Today there is only an empty lot where the depot once was. |
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| This photo shows the Ft. Worth-Denver Depot north of the Herring Hotel, about where the Pierce Street Overpass is today. Also, the 2-story, brick building near the upper right-hand corner of the photo is Horace Mann Jr. High School, which was built in 1910 at N. 6th & Buchannan. |
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| This photo shows the city North-northeast of the Herring Hotel |
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| This photo shows the city East-northeast of the Herring Hotel. |
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| This photo shows the city east of the Herring Hotel. |
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| This photo shows the Sante Fe Train Depot to the East-southeast of the Herring Hotel |
Late 1920s Photo of Amarillo taken from Herring Hotel looking Northwest
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| Late 1920s view of Amarillo taken from atop the Herring Hotel, looking northwest. Included in the photo is the old Rock Island Depot |
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| One of the buildings in the 1920s photo |
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| Old Amarillo Ice Distribution Company in the 1920s photo |
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| One of the buildings in the 1920s photo |
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| One of the buildings in the 1920s photo |
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| One of the buildings in the 1920s photo |
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| One of the buildings in the 1920s photo |
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| One of the buildings in the 1920s photo |
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| The empty lot in the foreground was the site of the old Rock Island Train Depot |
1910 -- Sante Fe Depot under construction in Amarillo Texas
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| 1910 - Santa Fe Depot under construction in Amarillo, TX |
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| 1960 -- Santa Fe Depot, Amarillo, TX |
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| Today -- Santa Fe Depot, Amarillo, TX |
Population of Amarillo in 1920 was 15,494.
In 1920, Amarillo was the 15th largest city in Texas with a population of 15,494. Towns larger than Amarillo at the time included Ranger, Denison, Waco, and Wichita Falls. Today, Amarillo has a population of 196,429; Waco, 130,194; Wichita Falls, 104,553; Denison, 22,816; and Ranger, 2,468. The Amarillo "metropolitan area," which includes four counties, has an estimated population of 236,113.
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