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[News Clip: Midland Snow]

Description: B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 6pm.
Date: January 13, 1989, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 11 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Midland Snow]

Description: B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 5pm.
Date: January 13, 1989
Duration: 55 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Texas Weather New Top]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of motorists who are being warned of hazardous driving conditions in Texas where some of the heaviest snows in a quarter of a century have fallen.
Date: January 24, 1974, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

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

Road-Machine.

Description: Patent for "a machine for resurfacing roads or preparing new roads" (lines 9-10). Machine includes an adjustable scraper to aid in leveling of the roadway and compresses the edges of the roads using drags or shoes. The machine is adaptable to aid in road construction "depending upon the nature and condition of the road's surface" (lines 16-17).
Date: October 24, 1916
Creator: Dean, William A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[100 Block of South Abilene Street, Midland, 1890]

Description: Photograph of the 100 block of S Abilene Street (later Main Street) in Midland, around 1890. Identifiable stores along the road include the Ray B. Wimberly General Merchandise store and the Favorite Saloon. Awnings cover the sidewalk, and horses drive along the dirt road at center. A windmill stands behind the buildings.
Date: 1890~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.996932 -102.074368
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Flood at Main and Wall Street, Midland]

Description: Photograph of a flood on the corner of Main and Wall Street in Midland. Water flows towards the right on Wall Street (bottom-left corner to center-right side), and people stand on the sidewalks of Main Street examining the flood. In front of the First National Bank, the large Neoclassical building on the street corner, more people have gathered, with stores visible to the left of the bank.
Date: May 8, 1917
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.997600 -102.074269
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Downtown Midland, Texas Avenue]

Description: Photograph of downtown Midland facing east down West Texas Avenue. The Midland Parking Garage, a moderately-tall beige building is along the left side of the street. The Western United Life building, a tall beige building and the Petroleum Building, which has large Gothic-like spires along its southern face, are visible further down the street. Cars run down the road.
Date: 1957
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.998414 -102.078667
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Downtown Midland at Night]

Description: Photograph of downtown Midland at night, taken along the center of a street. Cars between the road, with moderately-tall buildings on both sides and power lines and Christmas lights hanging across the streets. The Crawford Hotel is partially visible on the left side of the street, and a building with a sign reading "THE OIL AND GAS BUILDING" is on the right side.
Date: 1959-12~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.997492 -102.074729
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[North Main Street, Northeast View, 1950]

Description: Photograph of the 100 block of North Main Street in Midland, along which are multiple storefronts and cars parked obliquely along the curb of the road. Some stores visible include the Dunlap Department Store and Ritz Theatre, (left), S&Q Clothiers, J. C. Penny, Freeman Shoes, and F. W. Woolworth (right). A group of people cross the road at center left.
Date: Summer 1950
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.997673 -102.074421
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[North Main Street, Southeast View, 1950]

Description: Photograph of the 100 block of North Main Street in Midland, along which are multiple storefronts and cars parked obliquely along the curb of the road. Some stores visible include the S&Q Clothiers (left), Harris-Luckett Stores (center), Midland Hardware and Furniture Company (center, three-story building), and a jewelry store (right).
Date: 1950
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.998294 -102.074493
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Bird's Eye View of Midland]

Description: Postcard of a bird's eye view of Midland, looking to the northwest from the corner of Wall Street and Main Street. Prominent at center is the Ever-Ready Auto Service, with garages and gas pumps along the street corner. Behind it is the post office, and across the post office is the county courthouse block (building not visible), where cars are parked along the sidewalks. The First Baptist Church is visible behind the water tower two blocks north of the auto shop, distinguished by a large dome a… more
Date: 193X
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Location: 31.997358 -102.075772
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Cowboys at the Llano Hotel]

Description: Photograph of cowboys standing along the front of the Llano Hotel, a two-storied hotel building on the corner of Main and Wall Street. Several cowboys are mounted on their horses with hats, while many stand under the second-floor balcony, looking forward. Cowboys stand also on the balcony, looking out and facing the photographer. A windmill is visible behind the hotel, and shops and buildings along Main Street are adjacent to the hotel's structure.
Date: 1888
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.997637 -102.074734
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Petroleum Building, Midland, 1959]

Description: Photograph of the Petroleum Building in Midland, which has a Gothic-like facade with short spires and textured elements along the top edge of the building. Between each window are small ornamental relief pieces, and along the ground floor, the windows and entryways are widely arched with subtle and decorative tracery elements surrounding each arch. The similarly-styled Yucca Theater, to the north of the Petroleum Building, is far shorter but also has Gothic-like decoration along its front facad… more
Date: 1959
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.998405 -102.076944
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[San Jacinto Day, Midland Downtown]

Description: Photograph of San Jacinto Day celebrations in downtown Midland, on the intersection of Main and Wall Street. Numerous buildings, including the First National Bank, are placed along the streets, below which are sidewalks lined up with crowds of people. Part of the crowd has spilled into the street, forming an arched barrier of people, watching a procession or dance on the right half of the picture. A similar procession occurs at left, with numerous children standing in a grid. Horses with carria… more
Date: April 21, 1911
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Abilene Street Filled with Furniture, Midland]

Description: Photograph of a street scene on Abilene (later Main) Street, looking north in the aftermath of a fire. The dirt road, lined with shops and storefronts along the side, is filled with furniture scattered across the span of the road. Cabinets, rocking chairs, dressers, and other boxes are haphazardly placed at center, in front of the post office and a store advertised by a giant boot above the awning (left) and both "The Stag" (unknown establishment) and the Legal Tender Saloon (right). A handful … more
Date: 1900~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.997703 -102.074444
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Midland Skyline from West Wall Street, 1950s]

Description: Photograph of the Midland skyline as viewed from the west on Wall Street, approaching downtown towards the east. Prominent at right is the Wilco Building, a large 21-story concrete building. To its left are several smaller skyscrapers, one of which bears a Gulf Oil company sign and another with an unintelligible sign. Down Wall Street, there is a Toyota sign attached to a repair shop and a Firestone shop in front of a glass office building, and to the right is the Fashion Cleaners sign. Several… more
Date: 195X
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.997115 -102.083539
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Petroleum Building, Shell Sign Under Construction]

Description: Photograph of the Petroleum Building in Midland, which has a Gothic-like facade with short spires and textured elements along the top edge of the building. Between each window are small ornamental relief pieces, and along the ground floor, the windows and entryways are widely arched with subtle and decorative tracery elements surrounding each arch. Atop the building, scaffolding for a sign for Shell Oil is under construction. Numerous cars are parked along the streets and in the parking lot in… more
Date: 195X
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.998274 -102.076824
Partner: Midland Historical Society
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