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[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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.998016 -102.074417
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~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.996932 -102.074368
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

[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

[Friday's Boot Shop, Midland]

Description: Photograph of the interior of Friday's Boot Shop in Midland, which has shelves and display cabinets lined with boots and boot accessories. Straps of leather hang from the walls, and a shoe shine chair is placed along the right wall with brushes and polishes along the bottom of the seat. Several men stand along the back wall and most are identified on the back of the photograph: from left to right, George Friday, Hardie Friday, unknown worker, Bob Lee, Oswald Friday, Early Kinsey, Fred Jones, Di… more
Date: [1938..1939]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.997641 -102.075238
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

[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

[Pliska's Blacksmith Shop, 1948]

Description: Photograph of John Valentine Pliska's blacksmith shop, a large wooden frame building along the southwest corner of Texas Avenue and Baird Street. Metal equipment, junk, and scrap pieces are haphazardly placed in a fenced-in lot adjacent to the blacksmith shop. The Burton and Lingo Limber Yard's front office is across the street (right).
Date: 1948
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.998475 -102.073291
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

[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

[Downtown Midland Parade, Main and Wall]

Description: Photograph of a parade in downtown Midland at the corner of Wall and Main streets. A long line of men on horses, extending deep into the background, passes the First National Bank on its left and the Llano Hotel on its right, turn left onto southbound Main Street in front of the bank's front facade. Rows of people stand in front of the cars parked along the curb of the road, watching the procession of horseback riders. A sign prominently at center points the direction down Main Street to the Ha… more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.997562 -102.074152
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Pliska's Blacksmith Shop, 1960]

Description: Photograph of John Valentine Pliska's blacksmith shop, a large wooden frame building along the southwest corner of Texas Avenue and Baird Street. Metal equipment, junk, and scrap pieces are haphazardly placed in a fenced-in lot adjacent to the blacksmith shop (left). Office buildings in the Midland skyline are visible behind the shop. This building was torn down in 1962.
Date: 1960
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.998529 -102.073117
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Village Shopping Center, Midway]

Description: Aerial photograph of the Village Shopping Center, a set of strip malls, commercial buildings, and adjoining parking lots at the intersection of Wall Street and Andrews Highway. Houses and suburban developments are to the north of the shopping center, and the El Campo Moderno Courts is to the south, along Wall Street in the lower left. Commercial buildings are built along Andrews Highway, which curves to the northwest.
Date: 1958
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: None
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

[Downtown Midland Ruins After Fire]

Description: Photograph of Downtown Midland, viewed from the southeast, after a fire that started on April 8, 1909, in the Llano Hotel. The hotel, mostly destroyed with some brick walls standing, is at center in front of the water tower, having collapsed due to the fire with debris scattered onto the main roads. The fire also destroyed the Midland Drug Store and Grocery, to the north of the Llano Hotel, leaving a dry goods store (with a Coca-Cola sign along the front) intact. Across the street from the hote… more
Date: April 8, 1909
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.997450 -102.074356
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Midland Parade Street Scene, 1900s]

Description: Photograph of a parade scene in Midland, viewed towards the northwest on Main Street. The street is lined with pedestrians and spectators who stand under the awnings of the storefronts while small parade floats and horse-drawn carriages proceed from the north. The large two-story building at center is the First National Bank, and the building to the right of the bank is the Llano Hotel.
Date: 190X
Creator: West Texas Office Supply
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.997018 -102.074213
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Aerial of West Midland, 1957]

Description: Aerial photograph of western Midland, looking northwest. The large curving road running through the center of the photograph is the Andrews Highway, which terminates at a junction with Wall Street, the road that spans across the bottom half of the picture. Along the corner of Wall and Andrews (center of image) is the Village Shopping Center, which includes several strip malls and stores. As Andrew Highway curves to the east, it approaches the Midland Hospital, the white multistory building righ… more
Date: 1957~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: None
Partner: Midland Historical Society
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