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[Hotel Midland From Street]

Description: Photograph of Hotel Midland from a street in 1920. Brick buildings sit along street where antique cars are parked. A woman in a fur-lined coat leans against the back of a car to the left. Dark, rectangular signs reading "Midland Cafe" and "Hotel Midland" sit along the buildings at the center of the photograph.
Date: 1920
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Residence of Dr. Johnathan B. Thomas]

Description: Photograph of the residence of Dr. Johnathan B. Thomas in Midland, Texas. The small, brick building sits behind a wire fence lined with small trees. The house has a wrap around front porch covered by a large roof and obscured by the trees. An antique, black car with white wheels and a light roof sits parked on a road outside the house to the left. A windmill is visible above the trees to the right. Text at the top of the photograph reads "Res. Dr. Jno. B. Thomas. Midland, Tex."
Date: unknown
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Depot of Texas and Pacific Railroad]

Description: Photograph of the Depot of the Texas and Pacific Railroad in Midland, Texas. The white, brick, rectangular building sits in a rock covered field to the right of a dark railroad that runs on the left edge of the photograph. Large windows sit along the closest section of the building and along an off-shooting section on the side of the building. A tower of white and dark alternating sections stretch across the sky to the left.
Date: 1971
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Group of Jaycees With Salvation Army Leader]

Description: Photograph of a group of Jaycees with the Salvation Army leader collecting funds in Midland, Texas between the late 1950s and the early 1960s. The four Jaycees stand in a line holding bells in one hand and white arm bands on their arms. The Salvation Army leader wears a dark uniform with text along his hat, holding a bell in his hand. The city is visible in the background behind a Salvation Army sign in the top right corner of the photograph.
Date: unknown
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Men at College Reunion in 1971]

Description: Photograph of Buford Isaacks and Clint Myrick at a college reunion in 1971. The two elderly men stand side by side in suits and glasses, looking down at an event program one of them holds. A dark, shuttered door sits across the central background of the photograph.
Date: unknown
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Midland Christian College]

Description: Photograph of the original Midland Christian College sometime between 1910 and 1922. The stone, rectangular building sits at the end of a diverging, dirt road, surrounded by tall grass and small trees. A rounded plant bed covered in bushes and trees sits ahead of the entrance of the building. Four columns surround the dark, arched door at the center of the photograph. A tower structure sits at the center of the college's roof with a layered, dome-like roof. A rectangle with text along it sits a… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Women Collecting Donations]

Description: Photograph of a group of women collecting donations for combating polio. Four women wearing headscarves, jackets, and gloves stand on either side of a car where a man sits behind the wheel smiling. The women hold cups and cards that read "Polio Pass." The car is parked in a suburban neighborhood and has a 1957 parking lot.
Date: 1957~
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Continental Airlines Plane at Midland Regional Airport]

Description: Photograph of a new Continental Airlines plane at Midland Regional Airport. The large airplane sits on a grey, stone runway to the left. A cluster of well dressed people stands ahead of the front of the plane to the right. Vehicles and buildings are visible in the background below the airplane. The photograph was taken low to the ground and a far distance away from the airplane.
Date: 1961
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Evetts Haley Speaking to Group]

Description: Photograph of Evetts Haley speaking to a group at the Dedication of a Marker at Midland College in 1971. A group of elderly people sit and stand below a hip shade umbrella. Evetts Haley stands on the far left, holding one of the shade's legs in his hand as he speaks. The group, including women sat to the left and a group of men stood behind him and the women, listen intently to Haley speak. Some people in the crowd include Leonard Proctor, Joseph Fasken, and Jean Moarse.
Date: 1971
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Midland High School Book Fair]

Description: Photograph of a Midland High School book fair. The librarian, Lucille Carroll, stands against a wall of black, metal shelves full of books, her fingers holding up a sign that reads "World Literature." She has dark hair pulled back and wears dark, pointed glasses, and a dress with a circle pattern on it. Two students, a boy wearing a striped shirt and a girl with dark hair and a dark skirt, stand to her right, looking at the books as they hold a few in their hands. A wall with similar shelves fu… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Thrashing Wheat at Halff Farms]

Description: Photograph of people thrashing wheat at Halff Farms in 1916. Men stand on hills of wheat, shoveling wheat to the gap at the center of the photograph. A single man shovels wheat into a machine in the background. Short plants dot the foreground at the top of the photograph.
Date: 1916
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Jumping Off Pier]

Description: Photograph of a person jumping off a small pier into a pond. The person is mid-air above the water and a thin, wooden pier. A child sits to the right, legs crossed as they watch the person. White rope stretches across the water, attaching to posts in a grassy field in the background.
Date: 1916
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Williams Feed and Supply]

Description: Photograph of Williams Feed and Supply shop in Midland, Texas. The black and white, checkered building sits to the left beside a checkered sign and trunk sat outside. Painted on signs reading "Williams Feed & Supply Purina Chows," "Sanitation Products," "DDT Sprays," "Poultry Supplies," and "Farm Supplies" sit on the front wall of the building. Dark power lines across the top of the photograph and in the background to the right. A small tree is sat to the left outside the building.
Date: unknown
Creator: Frank Miller Studio
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Midland College Sports Team in 1919]

Description: Photograph of the Midland College sports team in 1919. Rows of people wearing helmets, cleats, and long-sleeves shirts sit on an entranceway staircase. A man in a suit and a woman in white sit at the top center of the group, surrounded by the team members. A child in all white holds a ball on the bottom step, sat between one man's legs. Faded text at the bottom of the photograph reads "Midland College Team. Midland College Team 1919."
Date: 1919
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Pumping Water Into Tank at Cloverdale]

Description: Photograph of a man pumping water into a tank at Cloverdale in 1916. A rounded, stone lined pond with pipes and water wheel rivers running into it. A man in dark overalls stands beside the mini waterfall at the center of the photograph, leaning against its wooden walls and smiling. The wood connects to a wooden building to the right of a windmill.
Date: 1916
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Future Bombardiers of America Event at Midland Army Airbase]

Description: Photograph of the Future Bombardiers of America event at the Midland Army Airbase. Young boys sit behind dark firearms, surrounded by bombardier men. Lines of other boys watch in the background ahead of a white military plane with the numbers "705" along it. Other airplanes are sat in the background, surrounded by large buildings.
Date: unknown
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Wagon of Rye at Cloverdale]

Description: Photograph of a wagon of rye at Cloverdale in Midland, Texas. Three farmers stand beside or on the pile of rye in the wooden cart. Two, dark horses pull the wagon to the left. A covered stable is sat behind the wagon to the left.
Date: 1915
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Mary Caroline Sims]

Description: Photograph of Mary Caroline Sims. Sims has dark, short, curled hair and wears a frilled, layered dress that is laid across the stool she sits on. She rests her hands beside her on her skirt, her heeled shoes pointed against the patterned floor. A wooden hutch is visible in the background, two photographs and a plant sat on top of it.
Date: unknown
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Portrait of Baby Charles Brown]

Description: Photograph of Baby Charles Brown, second son of Z. J. Brown. The infant sits in a cloth seat wearing a white dress lined in a flower-like pattern. He is barefoot and has some hair on his head. He looks to the left, his mouth agape.
Date: unknown
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Midland Army Airbase Personnel Enjoying Music]

Description: Photograph of Midland Army Airbase personnel enjoying music at a barbecue in the backyard of J. E. Bob Hill's residence. The personnel wear dark uniforms and stan around a black, upright piano. A group of men play guitars and fiddles together for the personnel and women stood with them. The house is visible in the background, surrounded by trees.
Date: unknown
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Owen's Bagwell Wholesale Furniture]

Description: Photograph of Owen's Bagwell Wholesale Furniture in Midland, Texas. The brick building sits below a sky covered in clouds. Two signs, "Owen's Bagwell" and "Wholesale Furniture," sit on the walls of the building. Two dark, antique cars sit parked outside the building to the left. A white box sits in the bottom right corner of the photograph reading "Wholesale Furniture Store - Midland, Texas. Engineering - Qualified Engineering Service. Construction - Russell Construction Company."
Date: unknown
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Couple Above Water Tank at Cloverdale]

Description: Photograph of a couple above a water tank at Cloverdale. The couple, a man in a white shirt, an ascot, and a brimmed hat and a woman with curled hair and a pale dress, sit on a slanted piece of wood above the circular water tank. Dark plants surround the water in the background.
Date: 1916
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Portrait of Helen Margaret Ulmer]

Description: Photograph of Helen Margaret Ulmer. She sits on a dark, wooden table, her hands pressed against the top of the table. She wears a long, light-colored dress and dress shoes. Her short hair is curled and she wears a pearl necklace. A white tag sits along the bottom right corner of the photograph reads "Helen Margaret Ulm Ulmer."
Date: unknown
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Group of Foreign Bombardier Cadets]

Description: Photograph of a group of foreign bombardier cadets in training at Midland Air Base. The group wear their light uniforms and pointed hats below dark headphones and equipment packs. Dark airplanes with propellers tower over the group from behind. A white building with dark roofs is visible in the background in the bottom left corner of the photograph.
Date: unknown
Partner: Midland Historical Society
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