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[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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
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.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
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.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
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.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Zachary Taylor Brown Residence]

Description: Photograph of Zachary Taylor Brown's house in Midland, a two-story Victorian house with embellished eaves along the gable roofs, windows with shutters, an elevated porch connected with stairs, and a short picket fence. Zachary Taylor Brown stands in front of the fence, with a couple and another woman standing in the porch.
Date: [1899..]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
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.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[1896 Midland 2nd Grade Class]

Description: Photograph of a 2nd grade class standing on the steps of a brick school building, arranged in around five rows. Mrs. Mamie Stokes stands at the top right, while a child at center holds up a blackboard reading "GRADE 2nd."
Date: 1896
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
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~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[1896 Midland 3rd and 4th Grade]

Description: Photograph of the 1896 classes of the third and fourth grade in the Midland school. They are arranged in eight rows along the front steps of the school building, and a young girl holds up a small chalkboard reading "Grade 3rd-4th".
Date: 1896
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Sandstorm on the Plains, 1894]

Description: Photograph of a sandstorm approaching Midland and the E. D. Harrington home, the first brick house in Midland, in April 1894. Other wooden-framed buildings and windmills are in the path of the sandstorm, which towers over the town.
Date: April 1894
Creator: Bland
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Christmas in Downtown Midland, 1892]

Description: Photograph of downtown Midland during Christmas in 1892. Numerous storefronts line Abilene (now Main) Street, including a meat market, while crowds of people and covered carriages puled by horses walk across the frozen ground. People stand on sidewalks and in the street, some looking towards the photographer.
Date: December 1892
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Midland Sandstorm, 1894]

Description: Photograph of a sandstorm approaching Midland on February 20, 1894. The sandstorm, dozens of feet tall, lays behind the small town, which consists only of several houses, water towers, and windmills. Two people walk between openings in a fence along a dirt path at right.
Date: February 20, 1894
Creator: Symonds, H. G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Thanksgiving Portrait, Dr. Wickliff Curtis's Home]

Description: Photograph of a Thanksgiving gathering at the Curtises (Dr. Wickliff Curtis and Mrs. Cress / Mrs. D Curtis) in 1898, arranged in four rows on the front steps of the family home. Names are listed on the back of the photograph. Top row, from left to right: Jim Goff, Oscar Bell, Ertha Cowden, George Lee, Hy Estes, Joe Brown, Bert Rawlins, John Draper. Second row from top: Frank Roses, Mollie Cornwell, Lilly Cowden, Proffessor Robert Ewing Rankin; third row, second from botom: Miss Birdie Shacklefo… more
Date: November 24, 1898
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

Legal Tender Saloon

Description: Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains stylized text of business name and the names Truesdell & Gardner, Proprietors.
Date: 1898
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Legal Tender Saloon

Description: Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains stylized text of business name and the names J. J. Westmoreland; W. E. Truesdell.
Date: 1894
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Hotel Llano

Description: Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes decorative designs with business name, and text reading: "Polite Attention to All Guests of the House." Letterhead contains the names Mr. and Mrs. Wm. M. Dunn, Proprietors.
Date: 1890
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Texas General Land Office
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