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[Bird's Eye View of Midland]

Postcard of a bird's eye view of Midland, looking to the northwest from the corner of Wall Street and Main Street. Prominent at center is the Ever-Ready Auto Service, with garages and gas pumps along the street corner. Behind it is the post office, and across the post office is the county courthouse block (building not visible), where cars are parked along the sidewalks. The First Baptist Church is visible behind the water tower two blocks north of the auto shop, distinguished by a large dome a… more

Date: 193X

Location: 31.997358 -102.075772

[Eliza Ranking Shooting a Rattlesnake]

Postcard of Eliza Rankin (wife of Finis Ewing Rankin) holding a rifle, aiming it straight at a rattlesnake outside a pen.

Date: 1908

[Finis Ewing Rankin with a Rattlesnake]

Postcard of Finis Ewing Rankin, kneeling next to a rattlesnake with a small knife in his hand outside a pen.

Date: 1908

[Postcard from Calvin E. Trammell to Eddie Handley - November 6, 1911]

Postcard from Calvin E. Trammell to Eddie Handley of Maverick, Runnels County. The front of the postcard depicts a panoramic view of a parade held on July 4, 1911 on the intersections of Wall and Main Street in Midland, looking at the northwest.

Date: November 6, 1911

Creator: Trammell, Calvin E.

Location: 31.997498 -102.074376

[Postcard from Charles to George J. McClintic - October 1907]

Postcard from Charles in Midland to George J. McClintic in Covington, Virginia, writing about going to a show that night with friends and some money concerns. The front of the postcard depicts the Midland library.

Date: 1907-10-XX

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

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

[Postcard to E. D. Merrill - August 6, 1911]

Postcard to E. D. Merrill in Big Spring discussing visiting an unspecified female friend. The front of the postcard portraits a lively scene with two men dancing with each other, a band of musicians with two fiddlers and a guitarist (identified as Paul), another crowd of men watching from behind the musicians, and a woman holding a baby (Nellie holding Henley).

Date: August 6, 1911

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

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