[A Japanese Submarine at the Midland County Courthouse]

Photograph of a Japanese submarine, carried by a truck captured at Oahu on December 8, 1941, on display in front of the Midland County Courthouse. Raised walkways have been placed along the submarine, where people stand in lines, inspecting the rounded sides of the narrow submarine. Other people watch in groups from a distance, around the submarine and on the county courthouse block.
Date: January 20, 1943
Creator: Waters Studio
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mesquite Control Project Demonstration]

Photograph of of a mesquite control project demonstration, at "J.E. (Bob) Hill's Old Pan Place". Several workers and businessmen stand in front of a turned-up dirt field, construction equipment behind them.
Date: May 20, 1950
Creator: unknown
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.
System: The Portal to Texas History