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Cars on Street

Description: Negative of a street in Midland, Texas during the early 20th century. Many cars line the street while others drive down it. Businesses are visible lining the street, the most obvious being the Llano Hotel on the left side.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

Cars on Street

Description: Negative of a street in Midland, Texas during the early 20th century. Many cars line the street while others drive down it. Businesses are visible lining the street, the most obvious being the Llano Hotel on the left side.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[News Script: Driving]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story saying that hazardous driving conditions which prevails over much of south west Texas as snow continued falling from Big Spring west to El Paso.
Date: January 24, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Parade

Description: Photograph of anti-aircraft soldiers from 69th C. A. Battery A drive a car down the street during a parade. Onlookers line the street.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

Switch-Throwing Mechanism.

Description: Patent related to switch throwing mechanisms, specifically for vehicles. This switch throwing mechanism allows the operator of the vehicle to properly conduct the switch without stopping the vehicle.
Date: April 2, 1912
Creator: Reiger, Paul J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[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

[Midland Police Force, 1941]

Description: Photograph of several officers of the Midland Police Department in front of the Midland City Hall. The officers stand in front of black police cars and motorcycles in uniform, facing forward. The officers are identified from a note on the back: from left to right, Frank Manning, W. C. Durham, Bill Moreland, Mac McCaslin, Glen Hudson, [Jack] Merritt, and Charlie Adkins.
Date: April 1, 1941
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.999424 -102.075431
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Midland-Seminole Mail Line]

Description: Photograph of a long car loaded with bags of mail and postmen, en route running a mail line between Midland and Seminole created by the Spaulding brothers. The car is parked on a dirt surface in front of a Cadillac building with four men and a woman in the back. The driver may be Trafton Yarborough.
Date: 1911~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
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

[Lamb's Gas Station]

Description: Photograph of Lamb's "Super Service" gas station, serviced by Chevron. The gas pumps are at left, under the station's canopy. A pile of tires is placed at the front of the station, and to the right is both a maintenance shop and a car wash, both with openings for cars facing the front of the station.
Date: 195X
Creator: Frank Miller Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.997266 -102.080669
Partner: Midland Historical 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

[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

[Midland Police Force, 1950s]

Description: Photograph of the several officers of Midland Police Department, arranged in four rows in front of police vehicles. Policemen on motorcycles flank the arrangement on both sides. The leaders of the police force, alongside several women, stand in the front row.
Date: 195X
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Town Plaza Motor Lodge, Midland]

Description: Photograph of the Town Plaza Motor Lordge on 401 East Missouri Street in Midland. Cars are parked along the front of the building, which advertises a restaurant called "Plaza del Sol". Pedestrians walk along the front of the building.
Date: 197X
Creator: Davidson, Bill
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
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

[Group in Front of Midland County Courthouse]

Description: Photograph of a group of people parked with their cars in front of the Midland County Courthouse and the county jail (right). Several men lean on their cars, while other face forward on the paved road. A water tower to the left of the jail, a tower to the left of the courthouse supporting a bell, and power lines are visible around the courthouse square.
Date: [1905..1930]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.997528 -102.075523
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[First National Bank, After 1928]

Description: Photograph of the First National Bank on the corner of Main and Wall Street in Midland. The bank is a two-storied building with a Neoclassical facade, Doric pillars, a wide and narrow pediment, and a rectangular entablature, on the front reading "FIRST NATIONAL BANK". Cars are parked near the front of the building, along the curb of the sidewalk. The J. B. Barron Company clothing store is adjacent to the bank at left, and the Hotel Scharbauer's sign, partially obscured, is visible behind the ba… more
Date: [1929..]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.997413 -102.074490
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[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

[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

[Scharbauer Hotel and Wall Street, 1950]

Description: Photograph of the Scharbauer Hotel and the 200 block of West Wall Street in Midland, along which are numerous storefronts and cars parked along the curb. The Scharbauer Hotel, the six-story building in the background, has a large sign bearing the hotel's name along the northwest corner of the structure. The storefronts contain a furniture store, a bowling alley (center), an office supply building (two-story building with the Masonic square and compasses symbol above the "1909" sign), and an off… more
Date: 1950
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.997470 -102.076217
Partner: Midland Historical Society
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