Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "UNDERGOING a 2-month study with Gulf Oil Corp. in Midland, Texas, E. J. Ferguson, right, is assistant professor at Oklahoma State University. Professor Ferguson, shown with A. L. Holland, district mechanical engineer, will evaluate automatic tank battery installations in Gulf's Midland district."

Photograph of the Turner House (located at 1705 W Missouri) in Midland, Texas.

Photograph of the Turner House (located at 1705 W Missouri) in Midland, Texas.

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.

Photograph of Downtown Midland, viewed from the southeast, after a fire that started on April 8, 1909, in the Llano Hotel. The hotel, mostly destroyed with some brick walls standing, is at center in front of the water tower, having collapsed due to the fire with debris scattered onto the main roads. The fire also destroyed the Midland Drug Store and Grocery, to the north of the Llano Hotel, leaving a dry goods store (with a Coca-Cola sign along the front) intact. Across the street from the hotel is the First National Bank, also severely damaged, its canopy partially destroyed at left. People walk among the ruins, inspecting the damage and conversing together.