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Hardeman County Men and Women of the Services

Description: Directory of the men and women from Hardeman County, Texas who served in the United States Armed Forces during World War II. Each person's entry contains their photo, a short biography, and where they served. Also includes advertisements for local businesses and war bonds.
Date: 1945~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Private Collection of the Ritchie Family

[Postcard from R. H. Moore to Mrs. Moore - June 16, 1942]

Description: Postcard from Sgt. R. H. Moore, "468th SS", to Mrs. F[?] R. Moore. He concisely describes how he feels and the weather in Waco. The front of the postcard depicts a mineral water swimming pool in Leroy, Texas, which is at right. A circular pond and benches are at center, and a house is at left.
Date: July 16, 1942
Creator: Moore, R. H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[First School of Instructions Held on Texas Lines, Passenger Car]

Description: Photograph of the "First School of Instructions," held on a Fort Worth and Denver City Railway Company passenger car. Several Black men are seated along the seats of the passenger car, with two rows of chairs with a center aisle and lunette windows on the car's sides. Four white men stand in the back of the car.
Date: July 1948
Creator: Smith, W. D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[Presenting a Donation to the Midland Hospital]

Description: Photograph of the presentation of a donation from the Lions Club to the Midland Memorial Hospital. James L. Daugherty, Lions president, hands a check to M C. Ulmer, chairman of the Midland Hospital finance campaign as they pose for a picture. They shake hands and smile in front of a backdrop of an illustration of the hospital, with a caption that reads "YOU may be NEXT to need this HOSPITAL".
Date: [1948..1949]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Midland Police Force, 1941]

Description: Photograph of several officers of the Midland Police Department in front of the Midland City Hall. The officers stand in front of black police cars and motorcycles in uniform, facing forward. The officers are identified from a note on the back: from left to right, Frank Manning, W. C. Durham, Bill Moreland, Mac McCaslin, Glen Hudson, [Jack] Merritt, and Charlie Adkins.
Date: April 1, 1941
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.999424 -102.075431
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Art Cole and John Perkings]

Description: Photograph of Art Cole (left), executive director of the Midland Community Theater from 1946 to 1980, presented with Man of the Year awards by John Perkins (right) in 1949. Both men stand in front of a raised stage, behind a dinner table upon which are plates and papers.
Date: November 9, 1949
Creator: Frank Miller Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[AP Photofax Machine, Midland Reporter-Telegram Office]

Description: Photograph of Bill Collyns (left), editor of the Midland Reporter-Telegram, an unidentified reporter (second from left), and LaDoyce Lambert (rightmost), managing editor, viewing an Associated Press photofax machine in the Reporter-Telegram office. Collyns points to the Photofax as it prints out an image of a newspaper clipping onto a roll of paper.
Date: [1946..1980]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[McClintic Building Under Construction, 1948]

Description: Photograph of construction work on the Western United Life (McClintic) Building, with construction vehicles, barriers, and scaffolding along the building's south facade and onto the street below. Some automobiles are parked along the construction site, while others drive alongside it. The Petroleum Building lies behind the McClintic Building.
Date: Summer 1948
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.998513 -102.077563
Partner: Midland Historical Society
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