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[Courthouse in Midland, Texas]

Description: Photograph of the courthouse in Midland, Texas, apparently under construction. The stone building has one level competed with wood framing beginning to be put in place for second story windows. Small trees partially obscure the building.
Date: 1906
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Frank Sholte Standing on a Telegraph Pole]

Description: Photograph of Frank Sholte, aged 13, standing on a telegram pole with another friend in 1902. The telegram pole is in front of several storefronts along a dirt road (207 S Main Street, facing north), and the telegram lines hang above the two climbers in five crossbeams.
Date: 1902
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Midland Area Grapes]

Description: Photograph of a vine of grapes and peaches from the Midland area. The produce, swarmed with leaves, is placed next to a measuring tape, and the bundles of grapes measure in total around 14 inches.
Date: 1908~
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[J. H. Barron's Everybody's Mercantile, Interior]

Description: Photograph of the interior of J. H. Barron's Everybody Mercantile (100 S Main Street, Midland). The general store has a long glass display cabinet with items displayed within and an employee working behind the counter. Shelves of merchandise are along the left wall, atop which are plied suitcases and blankets and near which stands Mollie McCormick (far left, white dress) and several other women. On the right wall are cabinets with rolls of paper above, as well as denser shelves in the back and … more
Date: 1904?
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Cross Tie Cowboys and a Chuck Wagon]

Description: Photograph of the Cross Tie Cowboys, seated together in a clearing in the grasslands with a chuckwagon. Two men are seated next to or behind the chuckwagon, which carries supplies. Several horses stand in the back, behind several bushes. The cross tie brand was registered on April 29, 1902, originally owned by Newnie Ellie.
Date: [1902-04-29..]
Creator: Hoyt, E. E.
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Midland Machine Shop]

Description: Photograph of the interior garage of Midland's first machine shop in 1909, five workers standing within. A large metal implement hands from a wooden scaffold in the center of the workspace. Makeshift shelves, buckets, spare equipment, ladders, and other miscellaneous items sit on the left wall. The workers are identified by names on the back, locations unspecified: Carl Reeves, Kirby Nutt, John G. Peebles, Will Roller, and Frank Hermann.
Date: 1909
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[C. C. Watson Printing Office]

Description: Photograph of the six staff members of C. C. Watson's Printing Office, located on Marienfeld Street, standing outside a brick and metal building with a wooden shed attached.
Date: [1904..1905]
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Cattle Drive on Main Street, Midland]

Description: Photograph of a cattle drive or display of Hereford cattle on an intersection of Main Street in Midland. The cattle are lined up with men along the sidewalk and the intersection, with a car on Main Street facing facing south at left.
Date: 1908
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Midland Masonic Lodge, 1908]

Description: Photograph of.the Masonic Lodge in Midland, a two-story brick building with the square and compasses emblem along the front facade of the building. The residence of W. S. Hill is visible to the right of the lodge.
Date: 1908
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Herman Garrett Family]

Description: Photograph of the Herman Garrett family from their family house at 611 N Big Spring Street, arranged in three rows on the house's porch. In the back row, from left to right: Lillian Garrett Reiger, Dora Garrett Rankin, Al H. Garrett, Elizabeth Garrett, Neta Garrett Wilson, and H. M. Garrett (came to Midland in 1882). Middle row (both seated on chairs, from left): Neta Wilson's mother-in-law and Mrs. Herman (Lucy Ann) Garrett. Front row (both seated on porch): Luther Wilson, Bess Garrett Holmes… more
Date: 1903
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Residence of Lem Baker]

Description: Photograph of the residence of Lem Baker, a small one-story residential home with a porch, large trees planted in the front pawn, and a picket fence around the property. A wagon pulled by two horses is parked near the front gate, where a man and a woman stand. A windmill is visible in the background.
Date: May 1900
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

[Antelope Hunt, Midland County]

Description: Photograph of an antelope hunt south of Midland, with numerous hunters standing in a grass plain, holding rifles, with antelope carcasses laid out in front of them. Numerous horses, pulling carriages, stand in the back. A list of names are identified on the back, from right to left: Jesse Frizzell, Kate Frizzell (kneeling), unknown ("a cowboy - ?"), Jim Flanagan, Joe Curtis, unknown ("a cowboy - ?"), Arch Whitaker, Porter Rankin (child), Ewing Rankin.
Date: [1901..1902]
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Group in Front of Midland County Courthouse]

Description: Photograph of a group of people parked with their cars in front of the Midland County Courthouse and the county jail (right). Several men lean on their cars, while other face forward on the paved road. A water tower to the left of the jail, a tower to the left of the courthouse supporting a bell, and power lines are visible around the courthouse square.
Date: [1905..1930]
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Horace Hardin Ranch]

Description: Photograph of the Horace Hardin Ranch in February 1902. The ranch and stable (center right) are covered in snow and ice, with a chicken wire fence in front of the buildings.
Date: February 1902
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~
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
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Charles Anderson, Midland Pitcher]

Description: Photograph of Charles Anderson, pitcher for the Midland baseball team. He poses as if to pitch a ball towards the photographer, standing in a field of trees.
Date: July 12, 1908
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..]
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Grape Arbor]

Description: Photograph of a grape arbor in Midland, Texas. Grape vines, producing fruit, hang over a wooden pergola and its roof-shaped crossbeams, densely leafed. Under the pergola is a small wooden shelf on which are placed three melons. The pergola opens up to other portions of the arbor, where more plants grow with enough density to provide shade inside the pergola.
Date: 1908
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Tom Thumb Wedding, First Methodist Midland]

Description: Photograph of a Tom Thumb wedding under the First Methodist Church in Midland, held on the steps of the Midland County Courthouse. A boy in a tuxedo and a girl in a bridal gown stand on the courtyard steps, flocked by "bridesmaids" holding bouquets of flowers. Tom Thumb weddings were held as fundraisers for churches, imitating the famed dwarf performer General Tom Thumb's wedding and party in the 19th century.
Date: 1908
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
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