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[1896 Group Picture, Evangelical Lutheran College]

Description: Photograph of a group of individuals from the Evangelical Lutheran College in Brenham, gathered together in five rows on the steps of a wooden building. Children are lined up along the center and the very back of the group, and young students stand along the middle rows. A man in a vest stands in the rightmost front row.
Date: 1896
Creator: Walker
Partner: Texas Lutheran University

[Lutheran College Dormitory]

Description: Photograph of a dorm with a dining hall, a building of the Lutheran College in Brenham. The dorm is a two-story wooden building with a long gable and a one-story rectangular wing structure along the side of the building. People stand in front of the dorm; two men are seated (left), and an empty wooden chair is vacant under several trees.
Date: 1892
Creator: Winkelmann
Partner: Texas Lutheran University

[First Section House in Germania]

Description: Photograph of the first section house built in Germania, Midland County, for Texas and Pacific railway workers. The section house sits behind the railway, and is a narrow two-story wooden frame building with a gable roof and a picket fence next to the railway. Workers stand on the railway, a handcar on the rails, a child playing with a shovel next to the rails, and several women standing behind, nearer to the picket fence.
Date: 1895
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Thanksgiving Portrait, Dr. Wickliff Curtis's Home]

Description: Photograph of a Thanksgiving gathering at the Curtises (Dr. Wickliff Curtis and Mrs. Cress / Mrs. D Curtis) in 1898, arranged in four rows on the front steps of the family home. Names are listed on the back of the photograph. Top row, from left to right: Jim Goff, Oscar Bell, Ertha Cowden, George Lee, Hy Estes, Joe Brown, Bert Rawlins, John Draper. Second row from top: Frank Roses, Mollie Cornwell, Lilly Cowden, Proffessor Robert Ewing Rankin; third row, second from botom: Miss Birdie Shacklefo… more
Date: November 24, 1898
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Masonic Group at Dr. Curtis' Home]

Description: Photograph of a Masonic gathering at Dr. Curtis' home, seated in three rows along the front porch of the single-story wooden home on 117 W Wall Street. A band is gathered along the left, holding drums and brass instruments. Other men, seated, hold implements placed on white cloths in their lap. Dr. Curtis stands on the porch, close to the door in the back row.
Date: [1896..]
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

[Home in South Midland]

Description: Photograph of homes on the southern side of Midland in 1892. The home at right, one-story and gable-roofed with a windmill, sits on the corner of Kentucky Avenue and Baird Street, and was the early home of J. H. Mims. The house at left, mostly identical to Mims', was the early home of Fred Cowden. Bare grassland surrounds the homes.
Date: 1892
Partner: Midland Historical Society
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