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[Mooreville Boosters]

Description: Photograph of the "Mooreville Boosters", possibly part of a parade of cars in either Mooreville or Lorena. The cars carry banners with words painted on them. A band stands in front of the cars, holding drums, trumpets, and horns. A row of shops is visible in the background, including the Evans-Westbrook Mercantile Company.
Date: unknown
Creator: Hill
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Waco Maennerchor Parade Float]

Description: Photograph of a parade float for the Waco Maennerchor, a local German society for German men. The float is decorated with banners and flowers hanging from tall wooden harps. On the float are rows women sitting in light-colored dresses, while another woman stands under a canopy at the very end of a float. The parade float is drawn by two horses. Behind the Maennerchor float is a different parade display, decorated with American flags. The procession sits on a dirt road in front of several buildi… more
Date: unknown
Creator: McCall
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard from Julia Estes Rankin to Velma Snelson - June 5, 1908]

Description: Postcard from Julia Estes Rankin in Midland to Velma Snelson in Stone Mountain, Georgia, discussing a parade held in May 1908 where she was crowned "queen" of the May parade. The front of the postcard shows a parade in procession, with cars and small parade floats riding down a dirt road lined with storefronts, with pedestrians, horseback riders, and parked horse-drawn wagons along the sides of the road.
Date: June 5, 1908
Creator: Rankin, Julia Estes
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
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

[Postcard to Miss Eddie Handy - May 8, 1909]

Description: Postcard from Midland addressed to Miss Eddie Handy[?] in Maverick, Texas. The front of the postcard depicts a Fourth of July parade in downtown Midland, going down Main Street with the Llano Hotel at left and several pedestrians and parked carriages watching horse-drawn parade floats and decorated cars.
Date: May 8, 1909
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Military Parade, Downtown Midland]

Description: Photograph of an U.S. army vehicle in a military parade (part of the Searchlight Battalion, on maneuvers) passing through downtown Midland on April 7, 1941. The parade passes in front of the courthouse, visible at left in front of the Petroleum Building. A crowd of people have lined the streets along the sidewalk to watch the parade.
Date: April 7, 1941
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Midland Parade Street Scene, 1900s]

Description: Photograph of a parade scene in Midland, viewed towards the northwest on Main Street. The street is lined with pedestrians and spectators who stand under the awnings of the storefronts while small parade floats and horse-drawn carriages proceed from the north. The large two-story building at center is the First National Bank, and the building to the right of the bank is the Llano Hotel.
Date: 190X
Creator: West Texas Office Supply
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.997018 -102.074213
Partner: Midland Historical Society
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