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[Group of Cowboys]
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.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[China Grove Picnic Group]
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).
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Midland School Class, Room 1-A]
Photograph of a school class in Midland, Room 1-A. Children stand in two rows on the steps of the entrance to a brick school building, with a woman in a black shirt standing behind. Each children is numbered with pen, though some are unidentified or unknown
Date:
September 1915
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Bull Riding]
Photograph of a bull-rider on a field with a companion mounted on a horse besides him. The bull bucks and is in mid-air, while the man on the horse rides alongside the bull. Note on front: "Copyright applied for by Rohlfing."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Rohlfing
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Midland Police Force, 1941]
Photograph of several officers of the Midland Police Department in front of the Midland City Hall. The officers stand in front of black police cars and motorcycles in uniform, facing forward. The officers are identified from a note on the back: from left to right, Frank Manning, W. C. Durham, Bill Moreland, Mac McCaslin, Glen Hudson, [Jack] Merritt, and Charlie Adkins.
Date:
April 1, 1941
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Group of Midland Residents]
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
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Art Cole and John Perkings]
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
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Stanley Moore]
Photograph of Stanley Moore, founder and former president of Drilco Industrial, based in Midland. He holds a plastic bag and a box, standing and facing forward while smiling in front of a large fern sparsely decorated with stringed lights and ornaments.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Opening of State Women's Bowling Tournament, Midland Lanes]
Fisheye photograph of the opening of a state women's bowling tournament in Midland Lanes, viewed from between two bowling lanes. Across the aisles, bowlers release their bowling balls in front of a busy crowd standing behind the ball dispensers.
Date:
July 28, 1964
Creator:
Davis, Frank
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[AP Photofax Machine, Midland Reporter-Telegram Office]
Photograph of Bill Collyns (left), editor of the Midland Reporter-Telegram, an unidentified reporter (second from left), and LaDoyce Lambert (rightmost), managing editor, viewing an Associated Press photofax machine in the Reporter-Telegram office. Collyns points to the Photofax as it prints out an image of a newspaper clipping onto a roll of paper.
Date:
[1946..1980]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of J. H. Knowles]
Photograph of J. H. Knowles, a Midland County judge between 1910 and 1915. He sits on a chair in front of his desk, wearing a suit, tie, and hat with his legs crossed, a cigar in one hand, and his other hand resting on the desk.
Date:
[1910..1915]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of J. M. DeArmond]
Photograph of J. M. DeArmond, Midland County judge between 1916 and 1922. He is seated at a desk with a lamp, a portrait frame, and an ashtray, writing in a large book and facing the right.
Date:
[1916..1922]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Officials of Midland County, Sworn In 1931]
Photograph of Midland County officials sworn in on January 1, 1931, standing together in a courtroom posing with their right hands raised. From left to right, the officials are: M. R. Hill, county judge; Charles L. Klapproth, district judge; Mrs. Nettye (Charles) Romer, district clerk; R. D. Lee, constable, precinct 1; Mary L. Quinn, county treasurer; R. T. Bucy, county surveyor; Susie Graves Noble, county clerk; B. C. Girdley, justice of the peace; Lee P. Boone, district court reporter; T. D. Kimbrough, county attorney; D. L. Hutt, commissioner, precinct 3; Neal D. Staton, tax assessor; A. C. Francis, sheriff and tax collector; L. M. Estes, commissioner, precinct 2; Holly E. Roberts, commissioner, precinct 4; and H. G. Bedford, commissioner, precinct 1.
Date:
January 1, 1931
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Porter Rankin and Luther in a Buggy]
Photograph of Porter Rankin and [?] Luther in a horse-drawn buggy on a dirt plain. Another buggy is parked nearby, at right.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Parents and Children at First Midland School]
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?
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Leona Smith's Public Speaking Class]
Photograph of Leona McCormick Bryant Smith's public speaking class, sitting in the grass in front of a wooden-frame building and a large bush. Two groups of girls are seated, looking onwards at left and right. From left to right, the individuals seated are: unknown boy, Jake Wilkinson, Robert Caldwell (holding unidentified child), Ray Coleman, unknown boy, unknown man.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Leona Smith's Expression Class]
Photograph of Leona McCormick Bryant Smith's "expression" class, standing together in four rows in front of a wooden-frame building and a large bush.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Midland County Fair & Fat Stock Show: Announcement Catalogue
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
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Midland Machine Shop]
Photograph of the interior garage of Midland's first machine shop in 1909, five workers standing within. A large metal implement hands from a wooden scaffold in the center of the workspace. Makeshift shelves, buckets, spare equipment, ladders, and other miscellaneous items sit on the left wall. The workers are identified by names on the back, locations unspecified: Carl Reeves, Kirby Nutt, John G. Peebles, Will Roller, and Frank Hermann.
Date:
1909
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Midland-Seminole Mail Line]
Photograph of a long car loaded with bags of mail and postmen, en route running a mail line between Midland and Seminole created by the Spaulding brothers. The car is parked on a dirt surface in front of a Cadillac building with four men and a woman in the back. The driver may be Trafton Yarborough.
Date:
1911~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[C. C. Watson Printing Office]
Photograph of the six staff members of C. C. Watson's Printing Office, located on Marienfeld Street, standing outside a brick and metal building with a wooden shed attached.
Date:
[1904..1905]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Yeakel-Haley Hotel]
Photograph of the Yeakel (Haley) Hotel, a two-story brick building with an overhanging canopy and a sign. The building is lined with a short brick wall, shrubs, and rocks. A water tower and a windmill is partially visible at right. The hotel was demolished in order to expand North Front Street.
Date:
[..1913]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Men's Sunday School at the Midland County Courthouse]
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
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cattle Drive on Main Street, Midland]
Photograph of a cattle drive or display of Hereford cattle on an intersection of Main Street in Midland. The cattle are lined up with men along the sidewalk and the intersection, with a car on Main Street facing facing south at left.
Date:
1908
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History