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[Group of Cowboys]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified group of cowboys on horses outside a ranch. Two men in a horse-drawn carriage are at left, and there is a large windmill in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: Hoyt, E. E.
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[John Denman and Turkey Foreman]

Description: Photograph of John J. Denman, mounted on Turkey Foreman for North Curtis Scharbauer Ranch. Denman wears a button-up work shirt, jeans, cowboy boots, and a cowboy hat, grasping Turkey's reins and looking sternly forward with his boots in the stirrups and a lasso perched along the side of his legs.
Date: unknown
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[J. H. Mims Family]

Description: Photograph of six members of the J. H. Mims family, pictured together in front of a painted backdrop. A list of five individuals are identified on the back of the portrait (positions unspecified) Basil Manley Mims, Joseph Hessley Mims, Louis Christian Mims, and Percy James Mims.
Date: unknown
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Midland Area Grapes]

Description: Photograph of a vine of grapes and peaches from the Midland area. The produce, swarmed with leaves, is placed next to a measuring tape, and the bundles of grapes measure in total around 14 inches.
Date: 1908~
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Vest Family, 1890]

Description: Photograph of the Vest Family, standing together next to a building outside on the grass as a horse stands behind them. Their names are listed on the back: from left to right, Bill Vest, Molly Vest McCormick, Ab Vest, John Vest, Mrs. Nancy Katherine Vest, Doc Vest, and Tom Vest.
Date: 1890
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[C Ranch Cowboys]

Description: Photograph of nine C Ranch cowboys in front of a stable, mounted on horses, wearing hats and equipped with lassos. Four names are identified on the back: first from left is John Aker, second from left is "Fatty" Bill Condell[?], fourth from left is Hayden Miles, and third from right is Charlie Frishoe[?].
Date: 1911
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[D. Harrington Outfit]

Description: Photograph of the "D. Harrington Outfit", gathered together south of Midland. They are mostly seated on the grass, some mounted on their horses, some standing next to their horses, and a few seated in the carriages. Several people are identified by number: 1, Jas Harrington (mounted on the horse, facing the photographer); 2, Andrew Allen (standing up with a hat, looking down); 3, E. Divi Harrington; 4, Irene Harrington; 5,Dot Twinning (cousin); 6, Pearl Harrington (all seated).
Date: 1896
Creator: Hoyt, E. E.
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Unknown Portraits / Julia Estes in Buggy]

Description: Collage of three photographs: the first two (front) depict a family seated together in front of the picket fence of a house and a boy with a necktie in front of a house, respectively. The third photograph (back) depicts Julia Estes on a horse-drawn buggy as Donya Estes stands behind between the picket fences of a house.
Date: 1910~
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Grape Arbor]

Description: Photograph of a grape arbor in Midland, Texas. Grape vines, producing fruit, hang over a wooden pergola and its roof-shaped crossbeams, densely leafed. Under the pergola is a small wooden shelf on which are placed three melons. The pergola opens up to other portions of the arbor, where more plants grow with enough density to provide shade inside the pergola.
Date: 1908
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Five Wells Ranch, Catching Horses]

Description: Photograph of the Five Wells Ranch remuda—"catching horses." The horses are gathered in a large herd on a vast grass plain, with several cowboys standing among the horses. A note on the back states that "enough farming is now done on Five Wells to produce needed grain sorghums for food, but no cotton is permitted."
Date: 1890
Creator: Hoyt, E. E.
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

[Cattle Branding at Five Wells]

Description: Photograph of cattle branding at the Five Wells Ranch. Several cattle are laid on their side , their limbs held, and smoke billowing from the cattle in the middle. Men look at and pose for the camera, some kneeling to hold the cattle down, while others stand or sit along the wooden fences. Several names are identified from a note on the back: Eb Dickson, Wilber Wadley, Ed Rountree, and Millard Eidson.
Date: 1889
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[A Group of Four in a Car]

Description: Photograph of a group of people seated together in an automobile along a curb in front of a house. From left to right, the people seated are: Mamie Cowden (holding the wheel), Elliott Cowden, Mrs. M. C. Ulmer, and Ellis Cowden.
Date: unknown
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Waddell's Ranch / People in Midland]

Description: Two sets of photographs, one of ranching activities at Waddell Ranch (front), and the other of people in Midland (back). Ranch pictures on the front: (836) An automobile stuck in a grassland, being moved by a handful of people; (837) A cowboy on his horse stationary in front of a shed, where a handful of people are seated on the porch; (838) Herding or branding inside a cattle pen; (839) A cowboy on his horse standing among a flock of cattle. Portraits on the back: (840) Two men in coats and ha… more
Date: 190X
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Leona Smith's Public Speaking Class]

Description: Photograph of Leona McCormick Bryant Smith's public speaking class, sitting in the grass in front of a wooden-frame building and a large bush. Two groups of girls are seated, looking onwards at left and right. From left to right, the individuals seated are: unknown boy, Jake Wilkinson, Robert Caldwell (holding unidentified child), Ray Coleman, unknown boy, unknown man.
Date: unknown
Partner: Midland Historical Society
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