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[Midland Woman's Club, Rodeo Coffee]

Description: Photograph of "rodeo coffee" meeting arranged by the Midland Woman's Club. Women with cowboy hats are seated behind a table with a selection of food and small cups throughout. Another row of women stand behind, looking towards the photographer. A list of names is written on the back of the photograph.
Date: July 1955
Creator: Birdwell, Joe V.
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[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
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Portrait of Clay McGonagill]

Description: Photograph of Clay McGonagill (1879–1921), a significant and talented steer roper during the early days of the rodeo circuit, and one of the first to make a career out of rodeo. He is pictured here with combed hair, wearing a dark-colored coat and looking to the left.
Date: unknown
Creator: Brack
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Tom Vest with a Horse]

Description: Photograph of Tom Vest next to a stationary horse and a fallen animal in front of him. He faces the left and lifts a hand, as if to throw something, while standing on a dirt field with several buildings in the far background.
Date: December 28, 1904
Creator: Butler
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[W. B. Preston and Horse]

Description: Photograph of W. B. Preston standing in a dirt field with a saddled horse next to him. A wagon and a roofed canopy lays behind him, in front of a wooden fence. A note on the back indicates: "This is Daddy, probably during Quien Sabe [ranch] days."
Date: 1910~
Creator: Crocker, C. M.
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Town Plaza Motor Lodge, Midland]

Description: Photograph of the Town Plaza Motor Lordge on 401 East Missouri Street in Midland. Cars are parked along the front of the building, which advertises a restaurant called "Plaza del Sol". Pedestrians walk along the front of the building.
Date: 197X
Creator: Davidson, Bill
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

[Aerial of Downtown Midland, 1927]

Description: Aerial photograph of Midland, Texas, in 1927, north facing up. The Midland County Courthouse is visible at center left, with the county jail along the east side of Loraine Street. A large water tower is placed on the city block northeast of the courthouse. In the bottom right corner, Front Street and the railroad is visible.
Date: 1927
Creator: Fairchild Aerial Survey, Inc.
Location: None
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Art Cole and John Perkings]

Description: Photograph of Art Cole (left), executive director of the Midland Community Theater from 1946 to 1980, presented with Man of the Year awards by John Perkins (right) in 1949. Both men stand in front of a raised stage, behind a dinner table upon which are plates and papers.
Date: November 9, 1949
Creator: Frank Miller Studio
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[First National Bank Building Groundbreaking, 1957]

Description: Photograph of the groundbreaking ceremony for the First National Bank building on the corner of Wall and Colorado streets in Midland. Two men, A.N. Hendrickson (left) and John P. Butler (right), bend down and hold shovels thrust into the dirt of an empty building lot, surrounded by a crowd of men in hats, ties, and suits. The Petroleum Building with its Shell sign is visible in the background. The men in the crowd, from left to right, are: E. B. Dickenson, Joe Crump, O. C. Harper, Foy Proctor, … more
Date: June 25, 1957
Creator: Frank Miller Studio
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Group of Midland Residents]

Description: Photograph of a group of Midland residents at an unknown gathering or event. They are identified on the back of the photograph: from left to right, Frank Cowden, Sr., C. J. Murray, Ray Stockard, Mrs. Clyde Cowden (Tammy[?]), Mrs. J. E. McCain, L. E. Patterson, T. Paul Baron.
Date: unknown
Creator: Frank Miller Studio
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Lamb's Gas Station]

Description: Photograph of Lamb's "Super Service" gas station, serviced by Chevron. The gas pumps are at left, under the station's canopy. A pile of tires is placed at the front of the station, and to the right is both a maintenance shop and a car wash, both with openings for cars facing the front of the station.
Date: 195X
Creator: Frank Miller Studio
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Cross Tie Cowboys and a Chuck Wagon]

Description: Photograph of the Cross Tie Cowboys, seated together in a clearing in the grasslands with a chuckwagon. Two men are seated next to or behind the chuckwagon, which carries supplies. Several horses stand in the back, behind several bushes. The cross tie brand was registered on April 29, 1902, originally owned by Newnie Ellie.
Date: [1902-04-29..]
Creator: Hoyt, E. E.
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.
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.
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Group of Cowboys]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified group of cowboys on horses outside a ranch. Two men in a horse-drawn carriage are at left, and there is a large windmill in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: Hoyt, E. E.
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[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.
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Portrait of Bennie Miller]

Description: Photograph of Bennie Miller, cowboy who worked for Dock Cowden and Fred Cowden at a ranch in Carlsbad, New Mexico. He holds a hat in his right hand and poses next to a mock brick wall in front of a painted backdrop.
Date: unknown
Creator: Hoyt, E. E.
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Residence of E. D. Harrington, 1895]

Description: Photograph of the recently-completed residence of E. D. Harrington, a one-story house with a pyramid roof, a wide awning along the front door, and a picket fence around the yard. Several boxes and a horse are in the left half of the yard, and the family stands under the awning on the front porch. A windmill is visible in the background. The house's roof was burned down later, and the Harringtons moved to a different house on Loraine Street.
Date: 1895
Creator: Hoyt, E. E.
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Men's Sunday School at the Midland County Courthouse]

Description: Photograph of a Sunday School class in front of the Art Deco facade of the Midland County Courthouse. Most wear hats, and a handful of women stand in the right corner along a man in a wheelchair. A man holding a baby, in the second row, fifth from right, is Troy Eiland, holding Bethel Eiland. The class's teacher was Paul T. Vickers, and its president Harry L. Haight, and they met in the Scharbauer Hotel Ballroom on the southeast corner of Loraine and Wall Street.
Date: July 1934
Creator: Lackey, Clint
Partner: Midland Historical Society

Midland County Fair & Fat Stock Show: Announcement Catalogue

Description: Booklet documenting information about the second annual Midland County Fair & Fat Stock Show held in 1915, including information about the organization membership, rules and regulations of the show, and listings of registered livestock to be auctioned off at the end of the show, along with local business advertising that is indexed on the back cover.
Date: 1915
Creator: Midland County Fair & Fat Stock Show Association
Partner: Midland Historical Society
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