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Sample-Taking Device

Description: Patent for a sample taking device "for use in preserving the log of the well in drilling operations in earth, rock or other similar formations." (lines 12-14). Specially adapted for use in drilling wells for oil and sulfur, specifically in the Gulf Coast region.
Date: December 9, 1919
Creator: Carmichael, Robert E. & Hamman, George
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Midland Skyline from West Wall Street, 1950s]

Description: Photograph of the Midland skyline as viewed from the west on Wall Street, approaching downtown towards the east. Prominent at right is the Wilco Building, a large 21-story concrete building. To its left are several smaller skyscrapers, one of which bears a Gulf Oil company sign and another with an unintelligible sign. Down Wall Street, there is a Toyota sign attached to a repair shop and a Firestone shop in front of a glass office building, and to the right is the Fashion Cleaners sign. Several… more
Date: 195X
Partner: Midland Historical Society
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