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[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~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.996496 -102.073942
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Women in a Decorated Wagon]

Description: Photograph of a group of four women gathered in a horse-drawn wagon, decorated extensively with flowers and plants placed along the wagon's body and wheels, and parked in front of a two-story wooden home. The women sit with light-colored dresses and hats with large puffy pompoms, and the horses wear a cloth around their hind with plant-like bundles placed along their head. A list of individuals associated with the photograph is written on the back of the mat: Mrs. Majors, Margaret Collier, Anne… more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Progressive Democracy Wagon]

Description: Photograph of a mule-drawn wagon, decorated with the words "PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRACY" along a cloth hanging from the side of the mule and with the words "WOODROW" and "WILSON" and the front and back wheels, respectively, bearing two women—Elma and Belulah Graves—in dark-colored dresses surrounded by flowers and a flag. The parade wagon is parked on a dirt road in front of T. S. Sacra's home, a two-story house.
Date: July 4, 1912
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.003913 -102.075982
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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.995641 -102.074327
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Abilene Street Filled with Furniture, Midland]

Description: Photograph of a street scene on Abilene (later Main) Street, looking north in the aftermath of a fire. The dirt road, lined with shops and storefronts along the side, is filled with furniture scattered across the span of the road. Cabinets, rocking chairs, dressers, and other boxes are haphazardly placed at center, in front of the post office and a store advertised by a giant boot above the awning (left) and both "The Stag" (unknown establishment) and the Legal Tender Saloon (right). A handful … more
Date: 1900~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.997703 -102.074444
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Bicentennial Cattle Drive, Midland]

Description: Photograph of a cattle drive of running through Wall Street in Midland. The cattle are of various breeds and pass in front of the First National Bank on the right. The federal courthouse is in the background, along with a different procession approaching the intersection with Main Street. A photographer squats at left to take a picture, and horseback riders proceed along the right sidewalk, behind cars parked in the curb and in front of spectators.
Date: 1976
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.997567 -102.075185
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.997115 -102.083539
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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.997562 -102.074152
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Petroleum Building, Shell Sign Under Construction]

Description: Photograph of the Petroleum Building in Midland, which has a Gothic-like facade with short spires and textured elements along the top edge of the building. Between each window are small ornamental relief pieces, and along the ground floor, the windows and entryways are widely arched with subtle and decorative tracery elements surrounding each arch. Atop the building, scaffolding for a sign for Shell Oil is under construction. Numerous cars are parked along the streets and in the parking lot in… more
Date: 195X
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.998274 -102.076824
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Pliska's Blacksmith Shop, 1960]

Description: Photograph of John Valentine Pliska's blacksmith shop, a large wooden frame building along the southwest corner of Texas Avenue and Baird Street. Metal equipment, junk, and scrap pieces are haphazardly placed in a fenced-in lot adjacent to the blacksmith shop (left). Office buildings in the Midland skyline are visible behind the shop. This building was torn down in 1962.
Date: 1960
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.998529 -102.073117
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

[Ever Ready Service Station]

Description: Photograph of the Ever Ready Service Station in the 300 block of W Wall Street in Midland. The service station has gas pumps, several pegasus Mobil signs, a sign for U.S. Tires, advertisements for tire inspection and "official Carlsbad information", and several empty garages. Cars are parked near the gas pumps, along the side of the road, and along the building behind the service station.
Date: 194X
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.997854 -102.071296
Partner: Midland Historical Society

["Woods #1", Oil Well]

Description: Photograph of industrial implements around a large oil well in Midland, Texas. Notes on the back indicate that the well is being re-fracked. Numerous trucks loaded with equipment are piped to each other in front of the well. Caption on the back: "Woods #1 5/56 Re-Frac. 40,000 gals @ 3# sd. Cost about $12,000. Tubing standing in work-over rig. Dowells 6 or $800,000 worth of equipment Not all equipment shown 4-500 Bbl. tanks not shown. Tank batter right hand (upper corner." [sic]
Date: May 1956
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Midland Baseball Team]

Description: Photograph of the Midland baseball team, seated together on the front steps of the old Midland County Courthouse. The players sit in three rows, with three men from the team's front office seated on stone apertures within the courthouse's facade. Three more men in hats and neckties are seated in the top row, and a child is held by a player in the bottom row. Three baseballs are arranged together in front of the players.
Date: July 16, 1908
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Woodmen of the World Gathering at Courthouse]

Description: Photograph of members of the Woodmen of the World with their wives in front of the Midland County Courthouse. The members are arranged in a "V" configuration, kneeling besides their standing wives with axes in their hands. Behind the kneeling members are a group of men standing on the steps of the courthouse with ribbons hanging from their lapels.
Date: [1905..]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.998026 -102.076212
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Zachary Taylor Brown Residence]

Description: Photograph of Zachary Taylor Brown's house in Midland, a two-story Victorian house with embellished eaves along the gable roofs, windows with shutters, an elevated porch connected with stairs, and a short picket fence. Zachary Taylor Brown stands in front of the fence, with a couple and another woman standing in the porch.
Date: [1899..]
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Partner: Midland Historical Society

[William Leon Bryant Ranch Headquarters]

Description: Photograph of the headquarters of the William Leon Bryant ranch (10 miles south of Midland), a two-story ranch house with a long front porch and a windmill and water tank to the left. A gutter system runs along the top of the roof into a tank in front of the porch (white pipes). Along the front of the house is a field of plants, where chickens are wandering. A small shed is to the right of the house.
Date: 1914
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[First National Bank Building Groundbreaking, 1957]

Description: Photograph of the groundbreaking ceremony for the First National Bank building on the corner of Wall and Colorado streets in Midland. Two men, A.N. Hendrickson (left) and John P. Butler (right), bend down and hold shovels thrust into the dirt of an empty building lot, surrounded by a crowd of men in hats, ties, and suits. The Petroleum Building with its Shell sign is visible in the background. The men in the crowd, from left to right, are: E. B. Dickenson, Joe Crump, O. C. Harper, Foy Proctor, … more
Date: June 25, 1957
Creator: Frank Miller Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.997193 -102.077155
Partner: Midland Historical Society
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