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[Residence of Lem Baker]

Photograph of the residence of Lem Baker, a small one-story residential home with a porch, large trees planted in the front pawn, and a picket fence around the property. A wagon pulled by two horses is parked near the front gate, where a man and a woman stand. A windmill is visible in the background.
Date: May 1900
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[First Methodist Episcopal Church, Midland]

Photograph of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, a wooden church with a tall spire and arched windows.
Date: 1900
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Abilene Street Filled with Furniture, Midland]

Photograph of a street scene on Abilene (later Main) Street, looking north in the aftermath of a fire. The dirt road, lined with shops and storefronts along the side, is filled with furniture scattered across the span of the road. Cabinets, rocking chairs, dressers, and other boxes are haphazardly placed at center, in front of the post office and a store advertised by a giant boot above the awning (left) and both "The Stag" (unknown establishment) and the Legal Tender Saloon (right). A handful of people stand in the distance, around the furniture. A note on the back explains that the furniture was placed on the street due to the fire.
Date: 1900~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of M. J. Riggs, 1900]

Photograph of Marie J. Riggs, an important cattle ranch owner based in Midland. She wears an ornate and highly decorated dress while standing and looking forward. A note on the back gives her nickname as the "cattle queen of the West."
Date: 1900
Creator: Evans & Stewart
System: The Portal to Texas History