Index map for Martin County, Texas showing the distribution of census blocks and smaller inset areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:73,692.

Parent map for Martin County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:18,000.

Parent map for Martin County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:18,000.

Parent map for Martin County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:18,000.

Parent map for Martin County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:18,000.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

George Lara was born (1966) in Ector County, Texas but raised in Midland County, Texas. Lara began school as Midland Independent School District was integrated and graduated in 1984 from Lee High School. He has worked in Lara’s Automotive, founded by his father in 1970, since 1984. George Lara took over the small, family owned business in 1988. Lara ran for the Midland ISD Board of Trustees and won in 1999. Lara served as a Trustee for ten years and was part of the board when Midland ISD received unitary status.

First floor framing plan for an office building commissioned by Superior Oil Company in Midland, Texas. It features measurements, labels, wall edge lines, and notes. Other sections include beam sections, a stair rendering, and a concrete beam & joist schedule for the first floor.

Eleventh floor air conditioning and electrical plans for an office building and parking garage commissioned by Jack B. Wilkinson in Midland, Texas. They feature notes, wall edge lines, measurements, labels, and power lines.

Photograph of the Tower Theatre opening in Midland, TX.

Photograph of the Tower Theatre opening in Midland, TX.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of the State's Emergency Fuel Allocation office has announced that the Midland-Odessa area is in the process of receiving an extra 870-thousand gallons of gasoline.

Patent for "a washing-machine which will rapidly wash clothes of coarse or fine texture without injury thereto. This object I accomplish by my improved washing-machine, which consists, essentially, of a cylindrical body, a flexible and adjustable wash-board in the lower half thereof, and a corrugated drum rotating in the body above the wash-board" (lines 9-16).

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.