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[Old Midland County Courthouse]

Description: Photograph of the old Midland County Courthouse, a two-story cross-shaped sandstone building with arched entrances in each corner, dormers extending outwards from the hip roof, and a short tower at the center of the building. Storefronts are visible behind the square, and a lamp is placed on the corner of the courthouse block, next to a fire hydrant and a street sign.
Date: [1905..1930]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.998528 -102.075788
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Beatrice and Addison Wadley]

Description: Photograph of Beatrice and Addison Wadley on November 15, 1906, shortly after their marriage. Addison stands behind a large tree log, while Beatrice stands in front in a dark-colored dress, both standing next to a wooden house.
Date: November 15, 1906
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Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Downtown Midland Ruins After Fire]

Description: Photograph of Downtown Midland, viewed from the southeast, after a fire that started on April 8, 1909, in the Llano Hotel. The hotel, mostly destroyed with some brick walls standing, is at center in front of the water tower, having collapsed due to the fire with debris scattered onto the main roads. The fire also destroyed the Midland Drug Store and Grocery, to the north of the Llano Hotel, leaving a dry goods store (with a Coca-Cola sign along the front) intact. Across the street from the hote… more
Date: April 8, 1909
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.997450 -102.074356
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Tom Roberts' Produce Display at the Llano Hotel]

Description: Photograph of Tom Roberts' display of produce in front of the Llano Hotel in Midland. The produce, sourced from Roberts' farm west of Midland, has been brought in front of the hotel on a wagon pulled by two horses and a cow, and the display bears tall sheaths of grain, watermelons, vegetables, small fruits, and other large produces placed within the wagon and adjacent to its wheels. Tom Roberts, who owned the first herd of registered Jersey cattle in the county, leans against his wagon (marked … more
Date: September 1906
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.997551 -102.074488
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[1902 School Group]

Description: Photograph of a school group in 1902 or possibly earlier. The teacher, unidentified, is seated at center with two young girls resting their heads on her shoulder. Children are seated in the middle row, two additional girls resting their heads on the teacher's lab. The boys are seated on the floor in the front row. A list of students, with positions unspecified, is written on the back of the photograph.
Date: [..1902]
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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
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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~
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Partner: Midland Historical Society

[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

[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?
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.997249 -102.074578
Partner: Midland Historical Society
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