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[Group in Midland USO Building]

Description: Photograph of a group within a building used by the USO during World War II. The group sits in various tables with streamers, lamps, and fans hanging from above. Quilts, paintings, hats, and plants hang from the wall. Notes written on the back of the photograph describe the work necessary to convert the building for USO use.
Date: 194X
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Red Cross Pharmacy, Interior]

Description: Photograph of the interior of the Red Cross Pharmacy on South Main Street. Some eleven individuals stand within the store, with shelves of medicine and glass displays of boxes along the right half of the store. Along the left is a long bookshelf with a large eagle statue placed atop it, a fenced-in upright piano decorated with a bust, and more glass displays. A wider desk is at the very back of the store, where three people are gathered, facing forward.
Date: 190X
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Western Windmill Company, Interior Displays]

Description: Photograph of the interior of the Western Windmill Company, a hardware store on Main Street in Midland. Along the left wall is a shelf of hardware equipment and a counter with a glass display and two attending employees, Allen Tolbert and John Tolbert. At center is E. J. Tolbert, standing next to an elevated display of furnace-like equipment, in front of whcih is a lawnmower. Additional shelves and materials are located along the interior of the store.
Date: unknown
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Western Windmill Company, Interior Counter]

Description: Photograph of the interior of the Western Windmill Company, a hardware store on Main Street in Midland. Display shelves are placed along the left walls and along the middle of one the store's aisles, and a large shelf of merchandise is along the right wall. Lamps hang from the ceiling, and buckets and other implements are placed atop the shelf of merchandise. Five men stand between the shelves: from left to right, E. J. Mumford, a "windmill man" (unidentified), John Tolbert, another "windmill m… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Western Windmill and Hardware Co., Exterior]

Description: Photograph of the exterior of the Western Windmill and Hardware Company and Studebaker and Mitchell Wagons, on north Main Street in Midland. A wide sign, bearing both of the companies' names, stands between the wooden pillars of the awning in front of the building. Several men stand around the wooden pillars, and a horse-drawn wagon, a sign on it reading "WINDMILLS REP[AIRED]", is parked in front of the men at right.
Date: unknown
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[J. H. Barron's Everybody's Mercantile, Interior]

Description: Photograph of the interior of J. H. Barron's Everybody Mercantile (100 S Main Street, Midland). The general store has a long glass display cabinet with items displayed within and an employee working behind the counter. Shelves of merchandise are along the left wall, atop which are plied suitcases and blankets and near which stands Mollie McCormick (far left, white dress) and several other women. On the right wall are cabinets with rolls of paper above, as well as denser shelves in the back and … more
Date: 1904?
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[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~
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Midland Furniture Company]

Description: Photograph of the Midland Furniture Company, formerly the Midland Hardware and Furniture Company. The furniture store is in a two-story building at 108 N Main Street, with a large sign in front of the building above the fabric awnings. The ground floor walls are made of glass planes. Numerous stores occupy neighboring lots next to the furniture store.
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

[Midland Machine Shop]

Description: Photograph of the interior garage of Midland's first machine shop in 1909, five workers standing within. A large metal implement hands from a wooden scaffold in the center of the workspace. Makeshift shelves, buckets, spare equipment, ladders, and other miscellaneous items sit on the left wall. The workers are identified by names on the back, locations unspecified: Carl Reeves, Kirby Nutt, John G. Peebles, Will Roller, and Frank Hermann.
Date: 1909
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~
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]
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
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Opening of First National Bank, Midland]

Description: Photograph of the opening of the First National Bank in October 1959, on the corner of West Wall and Colorado Street. People stand, converse, and walk around the main lobby of the bank, where there are tables set up with flowers and stacked programs and sheets, as well as escalators moving up and down.
Date: October 1959
Creator: Rubin's Studio of Photography
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Midland National Bank, 1903]

Description: Photograph of the interior of the Midland National Bank, organized in 1903, with three men standing around the front desk of the banks. A caption and notes on the back name the members of the bank: its former president, D. W. Brunson; its vice presidents, E. F. Elkin and Burl Holloway; the bank's cashier, W. B. Elkin; and Charles B. McGonagill, assistant cashier.
Date: 190X
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
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~
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
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
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
Partner: Midland Historical Society
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