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[Midland Band at Warfield]

Photograph of a band from Midland at Marfield, Texas, a flag stop on the T&P railway between Midland and Odessa. The band is seated in front of a two-storied wooden building, seated on the front porch with instruments such as horns, trumpets, and drums, in their laps. The band may have been in Marfield for the opening of a new town, residential section, or any "big day" event accompanied by a band.

Date: 190X

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Midland Historical Society

[First Section House in Germania]

Photograph of the first section house built in Germania, Midland County, for Texas and Pacific railway workers. The section house sits behind the railway, and is a narrow two-story wooden frame building with a gable roof and a picket fence next to the railway. Workers stand on the railway, a handcar on the rails, a child playing with a shovel next to the rails, and several women standing behind, nearer to the picket fence.

Date: 1895