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[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

[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

[Waddell's Ranch / People in Midland]

Description: Two sets of photographs, one with pictures of Waddell's Ranch (front) and the other with pictures of people around Midland (back). Ranching pictures on the front: (823) A herd of cattle, mostly stationary; (824) Several cowboys on horses grouped together; (825) Several cowboys on horses grouped together near a trough; (826) Cowboys and several women on the porch of a two-story wooden building posing for a photograph. Portraits on the back: (827) Four people standing together outside a house; (8… more
Date: 190X
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-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

[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

[Drilling the First Water Well in Midland]

Description: Photograph of the first well being drilled in Midland in 1884, with several men surrounding the dig site by standing on the dirt road and in wagons carried by horses. The dig site is at left; numerous wooden frame building, including a grocery store, are lined up at right. k
Date: 1884
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Midland City Hall Cornerstone Ceremony]

Description: Photograph of the cornerstone ceremony for the Midland City Hall, arraigned by the Masonic Lodge. The cornerstone is held by chains above the base of the City Hall's wall, nine courses of bricks partially built with a Mason holding a trowel above one of the corners of the wall. A band with sheet music stands is behind the wall, seated and watching the lowering of the corner stone, while the Texan flag is visible at left.
Date: November 1965
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[First National Bank, 1909]

Description: Photograph of the First National Bank on the corner of Main and Wall Street in Midland, Texas. The bank is a two-storied building with a Neoclassical facade, Doric pillars, a wide and narrow pediment, and a rectangular entablature, on the front reading "FIRST NATIONAL BANK". Cars are parked in front of the building, and people stand on the corner of the sidewalk.
Date: 1909
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
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Midland Boarding House, 1882]

Description: Photograph of a wooden two-story boarding house in Midland, viewed towards the north on Main Street from the railroad tracks. A horse-drawn buggy stands parked among a group of men standing in front of the building, and another group of men stand on the building's second floor balcony, which wraps around the building to connect with a set of stairs at right. A smaller one-story building is connected to the boarding house at left. Farther to the left is the town saloon, another two-story wooden … more
Date: 1882
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
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Postcard to Miss Eddie Handy - May 8, 1909]

Description: Postcard from Midland addressed to Miss Eddie Handy[?] in Maverick, Texas. The front of the postcard depicts a Fourth of July parade in downtown Midland, going down Main Street with the Llano Hotel at left and several pedestrians and parked carriages watching horse-drawn parade floats and decorated cars.
Date: May 8, 1909
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Playing Tennis Behind the Midland School]

Description: Photograph of professors in the Midland school playing tennis behind the two-story brick school building. A woman at center wearing a dress holds a racket in her left hand, and a man in a hat at right bends down to lift a ball and possibly serve it. Spectators, including children, watch from a set of primitive bleachers at left; another child in a light-colored gown stands to the right, next to the building.
Date: 1912~
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[T&P Excursion Train, Opening of Slaughter]

Description: Photograph of the opening of the Slaughter townsite in 1907, visited by a T&P excursion train 10 miles east of Midland. Dozens of people, looking at the landscape, are gathered around the train, which has three passenger cars and the train engine in the left background. Power lines run parallel with the railroad, and a carriage led by a horse is stationary at left.
Date: 1907
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[A Japanese Submarine at the Midland County Courthouse]

Description: Photograph of a Japanese submarine, carried by a truck captured at Oahu on December 8, 1941, on display in front of the Midland County Courthouse. Raised walkways have been placed along the submarine, where people stand in lines, inspecting the rounded sides of the narrow submarine. Other people watch in groups from a distance, around the submarine and on the county courthouse block.
Date: January 20, 1943
Creator: Waters Studio
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
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
Partner: Midland Historical Society
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