Rhodes & Chapple Office Building, Midland, Texas: Entrance & Wall Details

Entrance and wall details for an office building commissioned by R. R. Rhodes and Dr. J. H. Chapple in Midland, Texas. The exterior wall details have windows, labels, and measurements. The front entrance details have labels, measurements, and elevation drawing lines.
Date: January 1946
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Object Type: Technical Drawing
System: The Portal to Texas History

[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
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
Letter From John Sayles to Graham B. Smedley, January 1, 1912] (open access)

Letter From John Sayles to Graham B. Smedley, January 1, 1912]

Letter from John Sayles to Graham B. Smedley discussing an upcoming suit involving the Citizens' State Bank.
Date: January 1, 1912
Creator: Sayles, John
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History