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Tha Halff Lands, Now Open to Settlers: Farm and Ranch Properties Improved and Unimproved

Description: Booklet advertising 80,000 acres of land in Midland County for sale by Henry Halff with descriptions of the land and potential usage such as specific crops and livestock, brief information about the county and the town of Midland, and statements by various people in the area about their experiences.
Date: 1915~
Creator: Halff, Henry M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
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~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[W. B. Preston and Horse]

Description: Photograph of W. B. Preston standing in a dirt field with a saddled horse next to him. A wagon and a roofed canopy lays behind him, in front of a wooden fence. A note on the back indicates: "This is Daddy, probably during Quien Sabe [ranch] days."
Date: 1910~
Creator: Crocker, C. M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[City Drug Store, Midland]

Description: Photograph of the interior of a drug store in Midland, with long rows of shelves along the wall, short glass counters with inside displays across from the shelves, wire tablesets, ceiling fans, and a tin ceiling. Shop workers stand along the counters, one on the left and five on the right. Their names are listed on the back: on the (farthest?) right stands George D. McCormick; also listed, without location specified, Ray Hyatt, Grady Crawley, J. G. Garrion[?], M[?] C[?], and J. R. Sttorey[?].
Date: 1912
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[William Leon Bryant Ranch Headquarters]

Description: Photograph of the headquarters of the William Leon Bryant ranch (10 miles south of Midland), a two-story ranch house with a long front porch and a windmill and water tank to the left. A gutter system runs along the top of the roof into a tank in front of the porch (white pipes). Along the front of the house is a field of plants, where chickens are wandering. A small shed is to the right of the house.
Date: 1914
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Residence of E. D. Harrington, 1910]

Description: Photograph of the second residence of E. D. Harrington, a two-story residential building with a front porch, large trees on the front yard, and a picket fence, behind which stands an unidentified person. According to a note written on the back of the photograph, this house comes "fifteen years later"; the first house, built in 1895, was burnt down.
Date: 1910
Creator: Rohlfing, W. H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Program: The Professors Love Story, 1911]

Description: Program for a benefit performance of a comedy titled "The Professors Love Story," listing the cast and a brief synopsis listing the setting of the acts in the center of the page with local advertising printed around the outside. The are two ticket stubs attached near the top of the page for Section 8, Row H, Numbers 2 & 3.
Date: 1911
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[First Christian Church in Midland]

Description: Photograph of the first Christian church in Midland, with a large group of women with hats decorated with flowers standing in front of the church, which is a large brick building with a circle-shaped stained-glass window above the main entrances. Some boys, children, and men stand with the group or next to the group at left on fences in front of houses, windmills, and power poles in the distance.
Date: 1910
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Midland County Fair, 1914]

Description: Photograph of a booth of vegetables and gourds in the Midland County Fair run by S. H. Gwyn with an American flag and a sign reading "Hands Off." The gourds are arranged in rows behind large bushes of plants and leaves, bundled together on a large table and on the dirt floor.
Date: 1914
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Postcard to E. D. Merrill - August 6, 1911]

Description: Postcard to E. D. Merrill in Big Spring discussing visiting an unspecified female friend. The front of the postcard portraits a lively scene with two men dancing with each other, a band of musicians with two fiddlers and a guitarist (identified as Paul), another crowd of men watching from behind the musicians, and a woman holding a baby (Nellie holding Henley).
Date: August 6, 1911
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Midland Christian College Musicians]

Description: Photograph of musicians from the Midland Christian College, arranged in two rows, facing forward. Front row, from left to right: Dewey Wile (holding violin) and Lydie Watson; back row, from left: Mabel Shaw and Ned Watson (holding violin, brother of Lydie).
Date: 1919
Creator: Miller Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Midland School Class, Room 1-A]

Description: Photograph of a school class in Midland, Room 1-A. Children stand in two rows on the steps of the entrance to a brick school building, with a woman in a black shirt standing behind. Each children is numbered with pen, though some are unidentified or unknown
Date: September 1915
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Portrait of J. H. Knowles]

Description: Photograph of J. H. Knowles, a Midland County judge between 1910 and 1915. He sits on a chair in front of his desk, wearing a suit, tie, and hat with his legs crossed, a cigar in one hand, and his other hand resting on the desk.
Date: [1910..1915]
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

Midland County Fair & Fat Stock Show: Announcement Catalogue

Description: Booklet documenting information about the second annual Midland County Fair & Fat Stock Show held in 1915, including information about the organization membership, rules and regulations of the show, and listings of registered livestock to be auctioned off at the end of the show, along with local business advertising that is indexed on the back cover.
Date: 1915
Creator: Midland County Fair & Fat Stock Show Association
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Yeakel-Haley Hotel]

Description: Photograph of the Yeakel (Haley) Hotel, a two-story brick building with an overhanging canopy and a sign. The building is lined with a short brick wall, shrubs, and rocks. A water tower and a windmill is partially visible at right. The hotel was demolished in order to expand North Front Street.
Date: [..1913]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.995876 -102.074835
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Playing Tennis Behind the Midland School]

Description: Photograph of professors in the Midland school playing tennis behind the two-story brick school building. A woman at center wearing a dress holds a racket in her left hand, and a man in a hat at right bends down to lift a ball and possibly serve it. Spectators, including children, watch from a set of primitive bleachers at left; another child in a light-colored gown stands to the right, next to the building.
Date: 1912~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.999974 -102.077224
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Tractor and Plows on Main and Wall, Midland]

Description: Photograph of a gathering of agricultural machinery in front of the Llano Hotel and the Midland National Bank on the intersection of Main and Wall streets (formerly Abilene and Iowa, respectively). A row of plows is placed at center, where Bert Ramsey places his foot and rests his arm on the rightmost plow. At right is a large Rumley Oil Pull tractor with large wheels and an oversized engine, manned at the wheel by Henry Halff, owner of the tractor. E. J. Mumford stands to the left of the tract… more
Date: 1915~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.997505 -102.074395
Partner: Midland Historical Society
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