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[People Standing Outside of Rising Star School]

Description: Photograph of a group of people posing outside of the clapboard school building in Rising Star, Texas. Older girls and boys stand divided in the back of the group, a group of younger girls stands before them, and then a group of young boys sit in front of the group. An older man with a cane can be seen standing to the right.
Date: 1886~
Partner: Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell

[Parents and Children at First Midland School]

Description: Photograph of parents and children at the first school in Midland, possibly around 1886. The building, a lumber house with a front porch located on N. Big Spring Street near Illinois Avenue, was rebuilt in 1887. Several names are listed on the back of the picture: Clarence Scharbauer, Mary McEntire Vest (Mollie), Doc K. Vase (on the roof), Billy White, Arminta Draper Ellis, Grandpa Jasper Vest, Nancy K. Vest, M. Newton, and Dr. Ellis.
Date: 1886?
Partner: Midland Historical Society
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