Photograph of the Watson School of Music, standing outside the entrance of a brick building. Ned Watson stands at left, dressed in a white tuxedo and holding a small cello and bow. Lydie Watson, his sister, stands in the back row with a white hat, third from right. Other students are not identified, but most hold instruments, including trombones, two violins, a woodwind instrument, possibly a viola, and a trombone. A tube is placed on the concrete floor at right, and a child sits on a large drum with a mallet in their hand (center)

Photograph of an orchestra group in the First Christian Church in Midland. String players are seated on the front row with their violins and bows, and a piano, brass players, and a cellist are located in the middle row. A man with a violin stands behind the piano.

Photograph of the Midland-Odessa Symphony "Debs", a group of women in light-colored dresses with pearl necklaces and matching hairdos. Four rows of four women stand on a staircase as the rest of the group fans out in front of them, each facing forward and smiling. A note at the top of the picture identifies Beverly Baker Thompson, fourth from left and indicated with a dot drawn above her head.

Postcard to E. D. Merrill in Big Spring discussing visiting an unspecified female friend. The front of the postcard portraits a lively scene with two men dancing with each other, a band of musicians with two fiddlers and a guitarist (identified as Paul), another crowd of men watching from behind the musicians, and a woman holding a baby (Nellie holding Henley).

Photograph of a large gathering of people having a group picnic in China Grove, south of Warfield in Midland County. The group is gathered in a large clearing along a dirt road, and includes a small musical band (at right), and people who have scaled the local windmill (at left).

Photograph of musicians from the Midland Christian College, arranged in two rows, facing forward. Front row, from left to right: Dewey Wile (holding violin) and Lydie Watson; back row, from left: Mabel Shaw and Ned Watson (holding violin, brother of Lydie).

Photograph of the cornerstone ceremony for the Midland City Hall, arraigned by the Masonic Lodge. The cornerstone is held by chains above the base of the City Hall's wall, nine courses of bricks partially built with a Mason holding a trowel above one of the corners of the wall. A band with sheet music stands is behind the wall, seated and watching the lowering of the corner stone, while the Texan flag is visible at left.

Photograph of a band from Midland at Marfield, Texas, a flag stop on the T&P railway between Midland and Odessa. The band is seated in front of a two-storied wooden building, seated on the front porch with instruments such as horns, trumpets, and drums, in their laps. The band may have been in Marfield for the opening of a new town, residential section, or any "big day" event accompanied by a band.

Photograph of a Midland concert band standing together on the steps of the Midland County Courthouse. They wear matching dark coats with beret-like caps, have a large kick-drum with the "Midland Concert Band" name, and are arranged in three rows. Back row, from left to right: 1. unidentified man (euphonium), 2. Dee McCormick (oboe or piccolo), 3. J. M. Gilmore (baritone horn?), 4. Oliver Luther (euphonium), 5. Carol Holloway (euphonium), and 6. Arthur Taylor (trombone). Middle row, from left: 7. J. R. Story, Sr. (French horn), 8. Ned Watson (French horn), and 9. Clarence Ligon (clarinet). Front row, from left: 10. H. Lawrence (snare drum), 11. unidentified man (cornet), 12. Lewis Storey (cornet), 13. Mr. Vanderstratten (clarinet), 14. Blake Bayes (cornet), 15. Rorie Cowden (cornet), 16. Percy Mims (sopranino saxophone), and 17. Charles Herman(?) (no instrument, right of kick drum). The child standing in front of the group is 18. "Baby Vanderstratten".

Booklet describing the town of Midland as well as the agricultural and ranching opportunities in the region, intended to encourage farmers to move to Midland County.