[Lamb's Gas Station]

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
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tha Halff Lands, Now Open to Settlers: Farm and Ranch Properties Improved and Unimproved (open access)

Tha Halff Lands, Now Open to Settlers: Farm and Ranch Properties Improved and Unimproved

Booklet advertising 80,000 acres of land in Midland County for sale by Henry Halff with descriptions of the land and potential usage such as specific crops and livestock, brief information about the county and the town of Midland, and statements by various people in the area about their experiences.
Date: 1915~
Creator: Halff, Henry M.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Program: Midland Fair Race Meet, 1935] (open access)

[Program: Midland Fair Race Meet, 1935]

Program for the eight horse races held at the end of the Midland Fair in 1935, listing the officials and betting information along with details for each of the races, including the purse amount, length, and other stipulations followed by the participating horses by gate number (name, owner, trainer, jockey, weight, and ticket number).
Date: 1935
Creator: Hill & Hill
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Five Wells Cowboys]

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 fourth from right; 10, Top Herd, standing third from right; 11, Jim Herrell, seated third from right; 12, T. O. Midkiff, standing second from right; 13, Ben Boydston, seated second from right; 14, John Deering, seated first from right; 15, standing first from right.
Date: 1895
Creator: Hoyt, E. E.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Five Wells Ranch, Catching Horses]

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.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Midland County Fair & Fat Stock Show: Announcement Catalogue (open access)

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

[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 Sandstorm, 1894]

Photograph of a sandstorm approaching Midland on February 20, 1894. The sandstorm, dozens of feet tall, lays behind the small town, which consists only of several houses, water towers, and windmills. Two people walk between openings in a fence along a dirt path at right.
Date: February 20, 1894
Creator: Symonds, H. G.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Calvin E. Trammell to Eddie Handley - November 6, 1911]

Postcard from Calvin E. Trammell to Eddie Handley of Maverick, Runnels County. The front of the postcard depicts a panoramic view of a parade held on July 4, 1911 on the intersections of Wall and Main Street in Midland, looking at the northwest.
Date: November 6, 1911
Creator: Trammell, Calvin E.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Beatrice and Addison Wadley]

Photograph of Beatrice and Addison Wadley on November 15, 1906, shortly after their marriage. Addison stands behind a large tree log, while Beatrice stands in front in a dark-colored dress, both standing next to a wooden house.
Date: November 15, 1906
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bird's Eye View of Midland]

Postcard of a bird's eye view of Midland, looking to the northwest from the corner of Wall Street and Main Street. Prominent at center is the Ever-Ready Auto Service, with garages and gas pumps along the street corner. Behind it is the post office, and across the post office is the county courthouse block (building not visible), where cars are parked along the sidewalks. The First Baptist Church is visible behind the water tower two blocks north of the auto shop, distinguished by a large dome and an arched window. One block south of the auto shop is the Schaurbauer Hotel, which has a sign hanging from its northwest corner.
Date: 193X
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Codsen Station, Midland]

Photograph of the Cosden gas station in Midland, serviced by Baker Oil Company, along Front Street (Highway 80). The gas pumps sit out in front, with tires laid out in columns in front of the station building. Signs for Dr. Pepper, Pennzoil, a cigarette brand, and other services are placed out in the front of the building. A Cosden oil truck is pulled in at right, and gas station workers stand in front of the pumps.
Date: 1950~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Downtown Midland Parade, Main and Wall]

Photograph of a parade in downtown Midland at the corner of Wall and Main streets. A long line of men on horses, extending deep into the background, passes the First National Bank on its left and the Llano Hotel on its right, turn left onto southbound Main Street in front of the bank's front facade. Rows of people stand in front of the cars parked along the curb of the road, watching the procession of horseback riders. A sign prominently at center points the direction down Main Street to the Haley Hotel, which was located along the train tracks on Front Street.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Downtown Midland, Texas Avenue]

Photograph of downtown Midland facing east down West Texas Avenue. The Midland Parking Garage, a moderately-tall beige building is along the left side of the street. The Western United Life building, a tall beige building and the Petroleum Building, which has large Gothic-like spires along its southern face, are visible further down the street. Cars run down the road.
Date: 1957
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Field of Feterita in Midland County]

Photograph of a field of ripe feterita (sorghum) on H. E. Robert's farm, six miles west of Midland.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[First Section House in Germania]

Photograph of the first section house built in Germania, Midland County, for Texas and Pacific railway workers. The section house sits behind the railway, and is a narrow two-story wooden frame building with a gable roof and a picket fence next to the railway. Workers stand on the railway, a handcar on the rails, a child playing with a shovel next to the rails, and several women standing behind, nearer to the picket fence.
Date: 1895
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Flood at Main and Wall Street, Midland]

Photograph of a flood on the corner of Main and Wall Street in Midland. Water flows towards the right on Wall Street (bottom-left corner to center-right side), and people stand on the sidewalks of Main Street examining the flood. In front of the First National Bank, the large Neoclassical building on the street corner, more people have gathered, with stores visible to the left of the bank.
Date: May 8, 1917
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Home in South Midland]

Photograph of homes on the southern side of Midland in 1892. The home at right, one-story and gable-roofed with a windmill, sits on the corner of Kentucky Avenue and Baird Street, and was the early home of J. H. Mims. The house at left, mostly identical to Mims', was the early home of Fred Cowden. Bare grassland surrounds the homes.
Date: 1892
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Midland City Hall Cornerstone Ceremony]

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.
Date: November 1965
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Midland Furniture Company]

Photograph of the Midland Furniture Company, formerly the Midland Hardware and Furniture Company. The furniture store is in a two-story building at 108 N Main Street, with a large sign in front of the building above the fabric awnings. The ground floor walls are made of glass planes. Numerous stores occupy neighboring lots next to the furniture store.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Midland National Bank, 1903]

Photograph of the interior of the Midland National Bank, organized in 1903, with three men standing around the front desk of the banks. A caption and notes on the back name the members of the bank: its former president, D. W. Brunson; its vice presidents, E. F. Elkin and Burl Holloway; the bank's cashier, W. B. Elkin; and Charles B. McGonagill, assistant cashier.
Date: 190X
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
Midland Texas: Cheapest Good Land in Texas, Shallow Well Irrigation, Abundant Rainfall (open access)

Midland Texas: Cheapest Good Land in Texas, Shallow Well Irrigation, Abundant Rainfall

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.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
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