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[Midland Christian College Musicians]

Description: Photograph of musicians from the Midland Christian College, arranged in two rows, facing forward. Front row, from left to right: Dewey Wile (holding violin) and Lydie Watson; back row, from left: Mabel Shaw and Ned Watson (holding violin, brother of Lydie).
Date: 1919
Creator: Miller Studio
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Portrait of M. J. Riggs, 1900]

Description: Photograph of Marie J. Riggs, an important cattle ranch owner based in Midland. She wears an ornate and highly decorated dress while standing and looking forward. A note on the back gives her nickname as the "cattle queen of the West."
Date: 1900
Creator: Evans & Stewart
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Coffee Party]

Description: Photograph of a coffee party held in a Midland home Six women are seated around a dining table with plates, glasses, and dining implements. Paintings of fruit are hung on the wall, and along the back wall is a dresser with a cracked mirror. The women are identified (positions unspecified): Mrs. Theo Ray, Mrs. Henry Rohlfing, Laura Wright, Clara Sisson, Mrs. E. R. Bryan, and Mrs. John Tolbert.
Date: 190X
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Scharbauer Hereford Cattle]

Description: Photograph of Scharbauer Hereford cattle with Scharbauer men outside a garage on the 600 block of S Main Street in Midland. Three men stand to the three cows, in front of a car. An older man with a cane and a hat stands at left. Extensive notes are written on the back of the photo mat, and some names are given (unspecified in the picture): Chris Scharbauer, Clarence Scharbauer, and John Scharbauer.
Date: unknown
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Bush Family Home]

Description: Photograph of the Bush family home in Midland, purchased by the family of George H. W. Bush and occupied by them until 1955. The one story house has wooden clapboard with one brick chimney and a garage on the right. The building and surrounding grass appears to be covered in snow.
Date: unknown
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

[Henry Halff's Residence in Midland]

Description: Photograph of Henry Halff's residence in Midland, Texas, a two-story Victorian-style home with a raised porch accessible by stairs along the side and front of the house, a deck hanging above the porch, embellished decorations along the end of the gable roofs, two chimneys, and several plants, trees, and shurbs around the property. A man stands in the bottom left corner, unidentified, and another house is visible behind a large oak tree in the background.
Date: 190X
Partner: Midland Historical Society
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