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Legal Tender Saloon

Description: Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains stylized text of business name and the names Truesdell & Gardner, Proprietors.
Date: 1898
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Texas General Land Office

[D. Harrington Outfit]

Description: Photograph of the "D. Harrington Outfit", gathered together south of Midland. They are mostly seated on the grass, some mounted on their horses, some standing next to their horses, and a few seated in the carriages. Several people are identified by number: 1, Jas Harrington (mounted on the horse, facing the photographer); 2, Andrew Allen (standing up with a hat, looking down); 3, E. Divi Harrington; 4, Irene Harrington; 5,Dot Twinning (cousin); 6, Pearl Harrington (all seated).
Date: 1896
Creator: Hoyt, E. E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Five Wells Cowboys]

Description: Photograph of "5 [Wells] [Cow]boys," pictured together in two rows in the grass and facing forward. Several people are identified by name: 1, Andrew Allen, standing first from left; 2, Timberline, seated first from left; 3, Wild Bill seated second from left; 4, Doc Sears, standing second from left; 5, Jim Darling, seated third from left; 6, Jim Smith, standing third from left; 7, Tom Hudspeth, seated fourth from left; 8, Henry Williams, standing fourth from left; 9, Elmer Greenled, seated four… more
Date: 1895
Creator: Hoyt, E. E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

Legal Tender Saloon

Description: Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains stylized text of business name and the names J. J. Westmoreland; W. E. Truesdell.
Date: 1894
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Hotel Llano

Description: Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes decorative designs with business name, and text reading: "Polite Attention to All Guests of the House." Letterhead contains the names Mr. and Mrs. Wm. M. Dunn, Proprietors.
Date: 1890
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Texas General Land Office

[Sandstorm on the Plains, 1894]

Description: Photograph of a sandstorm approaching Midland and the E. D. Harrington home, the first brick house in Midland, in April 1894. Other wooden-framed buildings and windmills are in the path of the sandstorm, which towers over the town.
Date: April 1894
Creator: Bland
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[1896 Midland 2nd Grade Class]

Description: Photograph of a 2nd grade class standing on the steps of a brick school building, arranged in around five rows. Mrs. Mamie Stokes stands at the top right, while a child at center holds up a blackboard reading "GRADE 2nd."
Date: 1896
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Vest Family, 1890]

Description: Photograph of the Vest Family, standing together next to a building outside on the grass as a horse stands behind them. Their names are listed on the back: from left to right, Bill Vest, Molly Vest McCormick, Ab Vest, John Vest, Mrs. Nancy Katherine Vest, Doc Vest, and Tom Vest.
Date: 1890
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[1896 Midland 3rd and 4th Grade]

Description: Photograph of the 1896 classes of the third and fourth grade in the Midland school. They are arranged in eight rows along the front steps of the school building, and a young girl holds up a small chalkboard reading "Grade 3rd-4th".
Date: 1896
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Midland Sandstorm, 1894]

Description: Photograph of a sandstorm approaching Midland on February 20, 1894. The sandstorm, dozens of feet tall, lays behind the small town, which consists only of several houses, water towers, and windmills. Two people walk between openings in a fence along a dirt path at right.
Date: February 20, 1894
Creator: Symonds, H. G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Zachary Taylor Brown Residence]

Description: Photograph of Zachary Taylor Brown's house in Midland, a two-story Victorian house with embellished eaves along the gable roofs, windows with shutters, an elevated porch connected with stairs, and a short picket fence. Zachary Taylor Brown stands in front of the fence, with a couple and another woman standing in the porch.
Date: [1899..]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Five Wells Ranch, Catching Horses]

Description: Photograph of the Five Wells Ranch remuda—"catching horses." The horses are gathered in a large herd on a vast grass plain, with several cowboys standing among the horses. A note on the back states that "enough farming is now done on Five Wells to produce needed grain sorghums for food, but no cotton is permitted."
Date: 1890
Creator: Hoyt, E. E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Mims Home, Midland]

Description: Photograph of the Mims house on South Baird Street in Midland, a two-story wooden house with, two chimneys, an arched entrance extending over the entryway, gable roofing, and a bay window jutting out from the side of the structure. The Mims family stands against the picket fence, behind which are trees and large bushes.
Date: 1895
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Midland Post Office, Front Desk, 1895]

Description: Photograph of the front desk of the Midland Post Office in 1895. Three women stand along the front: from left to right, Minnie Sholte, Mrs. Ray, and Ethel Richardson. The front windows are shut with bars, and above them are signs warning of $10.00 fines. At right, a chandelier hangs from above, with a wall of opaque glass panes adjacent to a wooden door at right.
Date: 1895
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.996496 -102.073942
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Midland Leaders, 1895]

Description: Photograph of early Midland leaders gathered together in two rows. They pose in an empty, upper-story room, with four chairs and a rug. Front row, from left to right: Burl Aycock, John Scharbauer, Chris Scharbauer, George D. Elliot. Back row, from left to right: Jim Flanigan, Clarence Scharbauer, and Lewis Wall.
Date: 1895~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.994398 -102.073058
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Midland Post Office, 1895]

Description: Photograph of the Midland post office, around 1895, possibly located at 108 East Missouri Avenue. Mae Dyer (standing) sorts through boxes of mail placed in small cubicles along the wall, and Minnie Sholte is seated to her right next to a large desk. In front of the desk is a young girl wearing a cowboy hat, seated on a chair. A gas lamp hangs from the roof of the ceiling, and baskets are placed along the walls.
Date: 1895~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.996496 -102.073942
Partner: Midland Historical Society
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