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[Bird's Eye View of Midland]

Description: Postcard of a bird's eye view of Midland, looking to the northwest from the corner of Wall Street and Main Street. Prominent at center is the Ever-Ready Auto Service, with garages and gas pumps along the street corner. Behind it is the post office, and across the post office is the county courthouse block (building not visible), where cars are parked along the sidewalks. The First Baptist Church is visible behind the water tower two blocks north of the auto shop, distinguished by a large dome a… more
Date: 193X
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Location: 31.997358 -102.075772
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Aerial of Midland Memorial Hospital]

Description: Aerial photograph of the Midland Hospital, the multistory building on Illinois Avenue at center-left. The curving road that spans the image is the Andrews Highway, along which are multiple buildings. A large baseball diamond is at right, down Illinois Avenue. Suburbs spread out across the background.
Date: [1950..1954]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: None
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

[Aerial of Downtown Midland, 1927]

Description: Aerial photograph of Midland, Texas, in 1927, north facing up. The Midland County Courthouse is visible at center left, with the county jail along the east side of Loraine Street. A large water tower is placed on the city block northeast of the courthouse. In the bottom right corner, Front Street and the railroad is visible.
Date: 1927
Creator: Fairchild Aerial Survey, Inc.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: None
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Aerial of Downtown Midland, 1956]

Description: Aerial photograph of Midland, Texas, in 1956, north facing up. The Midland County Courthouse, a small rectangular building, is visible right of center, with the Petroleum Building to the north, and Main Street to the southeast. East of the courthouse is the Wilco Building, currently under construction and half completed. Midland Senior High School, composed of two buildings along two city blocks, is to the northwest of the Wilco Building. Commercial buildings and parking lots occupy the blocks … more
Date: 1956
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: None
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Aerial of Downtown Midland, 1957]

Description: Photograph of downtown Midland, Texas, east facing up. The Midland County Courthouse is visible just above center, a small four-story building surrounded by grass lawns. To the north is the Petroleum Building, which is partially obscured by the Western United Life Building, a tall 12-story concrete building. Main Street and some hotels lie to the east of the courthouse, distinguished by narrow and long storefronts lining the city streets. Front Street and the railroad diagonally cuts across the… more
Date: 1957
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: None
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Aerial of Petroleum Building and Western Life Building]

Description: Aerial photograph of the Petroleum Building (center) and the Western Life Building (left) as viewed from the southwest. The Petroleum Building has Gothic-styled spires along the front edges of the building, textured relief features between windows, and a large "SHELL" sign on the roof. The Western Life Building is made of smooth concrete, with a large sign reading "PETROLEUM LIFE" along the southeast corner of the building. Cars are parked along Texas Avenue, adjacent to the buildings.
Date: 1961~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.998627 -102.076742
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Views of Midland from the Llano Hotel / Cowboys at Waddell Ranch]

Description: Two sets of photographs, one taken from the top of the Llano Hotel in Midland, displaying different parts of the snow-covered town (front), and the other depicting different activities at Waddell's Ranch (back). Midland pictures on the front: (815) West view along Wall Street, county courthouse (far right) and Henry Halff real estate office (at left, "LAND" sign); (816) North view along Main Street, First Methodist Church (left of center, tower behind two-story building) and Western Windmill Co… more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
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

[Aerial of Downtown Midland, Wilco Building Construction]

Description: Aerial photograph of downtown Midland facing the west, taken between 1956 and 1958. The Midland County Courthouse is visible at center right: a compact white building surrounded by a lawn and a parking lot. To the right (north) of the courthouse is the Petroleum Building and the McClintic Building (above the Petroleum Building; west). The large building under construction at left is the Wilco Building, its lower floors complete. Main Street spans along the far bottom of the image with its store… more
Date: [1956..1958]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: None
Partner: Midland Historical Society
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