Photograph of a wooden two-story boarding house in Midland, viewed towards the north on Main Street from the railroad tracks. A horse-drawn buggy stands parked among a group of men standing in front of the building, and another group of men stand on the building's second floor balcony, which wraps around the building to connect with a set of stairs at right. A smaller one-story building is connected to the boarding house at left. Farther to the left is the town saloon, another two-story wooden building with a set of exterior stairs leading to the second floor, as well as a ladder perched onto the building's gable roof.

Photograph of Dollie and Etta Swink with a china-headed doll.

Photograph of a man with a full mustache and wearing a buttoned jacket and tie. There is an advertisement for D. H. Swartz on the back.

Photograph of Trudy McClellan wearing a dark-colored dress and jacket.

A glass slide showing a photograph of a replica of Solomon's Temple. A handwritten label that accompanied the group of slides containing this one reads "Dr. Conrad Schick's Models housed at The Semetic Museum at Harvard University."

A glass slide showing Simms’ Baraca Class, Tabernacle Sunday School (Raleigh, North Carolina). The photo carries the caption “We Do Things” and the text "Compliments of Luther M. Tesh." The school's national motto is also imprinted on the image: "Young men at work for young men; all standinb by the Bible and the Bible School." Published by Chicago Transparency Company

A glass slide of a color cartoon showing a boy with a dog on a leash. An old man is on the floor under a table on his hands and knees looking at the dog while an old woman is seated at the table. The caption reads "Now snarl Dad and show fight it's the way to train." The cartoon was published by Chicago Publishing Co., 225 Dearborn St., Chicago.

A glass slide showing a cartoon of two young boys in a homemade wooden tank trying to push over a small tree. The caption is "What's teh use of having a tank if you can't push over trees and things the way a regular one does?" The cartoon was drawn by Fontaine Fox and has the following copyright: "Copyrighted. Reproduced by permission of the Wheeler Syndicate." The slide frame reads, "Community Motion Picture Bureau, NY."

A glass slide showing a photograph of a diorama of The Hebrew Tabernacle. A handwritten label that accompanied the group of slides containing this one reads "Dr. Conrad Schick's Models housed at The Semetic Museum at Harvard University."

A glass slide showing a photograph of a scale model of The Temple Mount (known to Arabs as Harem Es-Cherif). The accompanying documentation reads "Dr. Conrad Schick's models housed in The Semetic Museum at Harvard University.

A glass slide showing DaVinci's painting "The Last Supper." On the slide frame is printed "Economic Series." On the reverse of the slide is printed "T. H. McAllister, Manufacturing Optician, 49 Nassau St. N. Y."

A glass slide showing a photograph of a model of the Temple Mount's supposed appearance during the Byzantine era. The slide is labeled "Justinian's Church 530," and is one of Dr. Conrad Schick's models housed at The Semetic Museum at Harvard University.

A glass slide showing a photograph of a replica of Herod's Temple. A handwritten label that accompanied the group of slides containing this one reads "Dr. Conrad Schick's Models housed at The Semetic Museum at Harvard University."

A glass slide showing Raphael's painting “The Transfiguration.” On the slide frame is printed "Economic Series." On the reverse of the slide is printed "T.H. McAllister Manufacturing Optician 45 Nassau Street, New York."

Photograph of the first Mrs. John Brown, c.1882.

Photograph of Chickasaw Mrs. Catherine (Nee Nail) Folsom, c. 1882.

Photograph of a stage coach operating between Dodge City, KS and Fort Supply, Indian Territory, 1882.

Photograph of William Tilghman, Dodge City, KS, c. 1882.

Photograph of a group, with an ox drawn cart, in front of the home of Mrs. Samuel Yates during winter 1882, 3rd and Broadway, Muskogee, Indian Territory.

Photograph of a Stagecoach that operated between Dodge City, KS and Fort Supply, Indian Territory.

Portrait photograph of Stand Watie, Cherokee Indian General, taken c. 1882.

Certificate of Declaration for Charles William Sloman as he was gaining citizenship to the United States. The opening line of the document declares that he "solemnly swear[s], that it is bonafide my intention to become a citizen of the United States, and to renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to any Foreign Prince..."

Photograph of two men in a hilly landscape, with a moving train in the background. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph reads, "Granite Mountain near Marble Falls, Texas 1882, A&NW [Austin and Northwest] Narrow Gauge R.R."

Photograph of an Austin and Northwest Railroad train moving through the countryside. Several people are visible on the rear cart of the train, looking at the camera. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph reads, "Excursion on A&NW RR narrow engine about 1882 near Burnet. W.J.L. Sullivan -- Texas Ranger in for ground with work. Slaughter Gap near Fairland and Marble Falls."