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[200 South Main Street, Midland]

Description: Photograph of a street scene on 200 Main Street in Midland, facing the southeast with several storefronts lining the sidewalks and an intersection in the foreground with a street light hanging above. The Basil Supply Co., a Firestone mechanic shop, the U&1 Cafe, and the Montgomery and Ward Order Office (from left to right) are several of the stores along South Main Street, and at the end of the street (far right) is the railroad depot. Cars are parked along the curb of Main Street, and three pe… more
Date: 1948
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.996610 -102.074353
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Dedication of the Bonham Veterans' Hospital]

Description: Photograph of the dedication of the Bonham Veterans' Hospital and Domiciliary on July 9, 1948. Dignitaries, including Representative Sam Rayburn, are seated on the platform with flags positioned behind them with a band of musicians dressed in white uniforms are seated in front of the platform. Spectators are visible around the front of the stage, most standing and many wearing hats.
Date: July 9, 1948
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Fannin County Museum of History

[First School of Instructions Held on Texas Lines, Passenger Car]

Description: Photograph of the "First School of Instructions," held on a Fort Worth and Denver City Railway Company passenger car. Several Black men are seated along the seats of the passenger car, with two rows of chairs with a center aisle and lunette windows on the car's sides. Four white men stand in the back of the car.
Date: July 1948
Creator: Smith, W. D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[McClintic Building Under Construction, 1948]

Description: Photograph of construction work on the Western United Life (McClintic) Building, with construction vehicles, barriers, and scaffolding along the building's south facade and onto the street below. Some automobiles are parked along the construction site, while others drive alongside it. The Petroleum Building lies behind the McClintic Building.
Date: Summer 1948
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.998513 -102.077563
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Pliska's Blacksmith Shop, 1948]

Description: Photograph of John Valentine Pliska's blacksmith shop, a large wooden frame building along the southwest corner of Texas Avenue and Baird Street. Metal equipment, junk, and scrap pieces are haphazardly placed in a fenced-in lot adjacent to the blacksmith shop. The Burton and Lingo Limber Yard's front office is across the street (right).
Date: 1948
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.998475 -102.073291
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Presenting a Donation to the Midland Hospital]

Description: Photograph of the presentation of a donation from the Lions Club to the Midland Memorial Hospital. James L. Daugherty, Lions president, hands a check to M C. Ulmer, chairman of the Midland Hospital finance campaign as they pose for a picture. They shake hands and smile in front of a backdrop of an illustration of the hospital, with a caption that reads "YOU may be NEXT to need this HOSPITAL".
Date: [1948..1949]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Texas Hotel, 1948]

Description: Photograph of the Texas Hotel in 1948, a two-story house with front porches and a gable roof along the block of 200 East Texas Avenue in Midland. Cars are parked along the side of the house, parallel with the paved road. A large water tower and a windmill are in the background.
Date: 1948
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.998841 -102.072706
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Wilkinson Foster Building, 1948]

Description: Photograph of the Wilkinson Foster Building in 1948, behind the Book Stall building and in front of the Western United Life Building along the courthouse square in Midland. The Petroleum Building is visible at right, and a taxicab stand is at left, in front of the Book Stall building. Cars drive down Colorado Street and are parked along the curb of the road.
Date: Summer 1948
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.997989 -102.076826
Partner: Midland Historical Society
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