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[Bonham Wholesale Grocery, Interior]

Description: Photograph of the interior of the Bonham Wholesale Grocery, located along the railroad in south Bonham. In the room depicted here, workers stand to the left of a large gas stove in the middle of the area. Chairs and desks are located to the left in the room. Identified in the picture, from left to right, are: Alonzo Allen. Harry Roberts, June Kennedy, Claude Allen, Floy Campbell, and George Hancock.
Date: [1895..1919]
Partner: Fannin County Museum of History

[Bonham Wholesale Grocery, Workers on Dock]

Description: Photograph of workers along the dock of the Bonham Wholesale Grocery. The brick building of the grocery store behind them, the workers pose along the wooden dock, facing forward. Three workers are identified: the first from left, Floy Campbell; fourth from left, the first seated, Willie Milstead, and first from right, Hub [?].
Date: [1895..]
Partner: Fannin County Museum of History

[City Meat Market, Midland]

Description: Photograph of the interior of a meat market in Midland, Texas, displaying cuts of meat on a marble countertop with innards and other organs hanging from above. Three workers stand behind the counter along chopping boards and weights, with stacks of buckets and a large metal safe along the counter. Two workers are identified: Ben Ethridge (possibly left) and his son, Buster Ethridge; the third worker, obscured by the hanging meat, is unidentified.
Date: 1895
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[First Section House in Germania]

Description: Photograph of the first section house built in Germania, Midland County, for Texas and Pacific railway workers. The section house sits behind the railway, and is a narrow two-story wooden frame building with a gable roof and a picket fence next to the railway. Workers stand on the railway, a handcar on the rails, a child playing with a shovel next to the rails, and several women standing behind, nearer to the picket fence.
Date: 1895
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Five Wells Cowboys]

Description: Photograph of "5 [Wells] [Cow]boys," pictured together in two rows in the grass and facing forward. Several people are identified by name: 1, Andrew Allen, standing first from left; 2, Timberline, seated first from left; 3, Wild Bill seated second from left; 4, Doc Sears, standing second from left; 5, Jim Darling, seated third from left; 6, Jim Smith, standing third from left; 7, Tom Hudspeth, seated fourth from left; 8, Henry Williams, standing fourth from left; 9, Elmer Greenled, seated four… more
Date: 1895
Creator: Hoyt, E. E.
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Midland Leaders, 1895]

Description: Photograph of early Midland leaders gathered together in two rows. They pose in an empty, upper-story room, with four chairs and a rug. Front row, from left to right: Burl Aycock, John Scharbauer, Chris Scharbauer, George D. Elliot. Back row, from left to right: Jim Flanigan, Clarence Scharbauer, and Lewis Wall.
Date: 1895~
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Midland Post Office, 1895]

Description: Photograph of the Midland post office, around 1895, possibly located at 108 East Missouri Avenue. Mae Dyer (standing) sorts through boxes of mail placed in small cubicles along the wall, and Minnie Sholte is seated to her right next to a large desk. In front of the desk is a young girl wearing a cowboy hat, seated on a chair. A gas lamp hangs from the roof of the ceiling, and baskets are placed along the walls.
Date: 1895~
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Midland Post Office, Front Desk, 1895]

Description: Photograph of the front desk of the Midland Post Office in 1895. Three women stand along the front: from left to right, Minnie Sholte, Mrs. Ray, and Ethel Richardson. The front windows are shut with bars, and above them are signs warning of $10.00 fines. At right, a chandelier hangs from above, with a wall of opaque glass panes adjacent to a wooden door at right.
Date: 1895
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Mims Home, Midland]

Description: Photograph of the Mims house on South Baird Street in Midland, a two-story wooden house with, two chimneys, an arched entrance extending over the entryway, gable roofing, and a bay window jutting out from the side of the structure. The Mims family stands against the picket fence, behind which are trees and large bushes.
Date: 1895
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Residence of E. D. Harrington, 1895]

Description: Photograph of the recently-completed residence of E. D. Harrington, a one-story house with a pyramid roof, a wide awning along the front door, and a picket fence around the yard. Several boxes and a horse are in the left half of the yard, and the family stands under the awning on the front porch. A windmill is visible in the background. The house's roof was burned down later, and the Harringtons moved to a different house on Loraine Street.
Date: 1895
Creator: Hoyt, E. E.
Partner: Midland Historical Society
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