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[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

[Midland Post Office, Front Desk, 1895]

Description: Photograph of the front desk of the Midland Post Office in 1895. Three women stand along the front: from left to right, Minnie Sholte, Mrs. Ray, and Ethel Richardson. The front windows are shut with bars, and above them are signs warning of $10.00 fines. At right, a chandelier hangs from above, with a wall of opaque glass panes adjacent to a wooden door at right.
Date: 1895
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Midland Post Office, 1895]

Description: Photograph of the Midland post office, around 1895, possibly located at 108 East Missouri Avenue. Mae Dyer (standing) sorts through boxes of mail placed in small cubicles along the wall, and Minnie Sholte is seated to her right next to a large desk. In front of the desk is a young girl wearing a cowboy hat, seated on a chair. A gas lamp hangs from the roof of the ceiling, and baskets are placed along the walls.
Date: 1895~
Partner: Midland Historical Society
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