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[Thomas Building, 1930]
Photograph of the Thomas Building, a six-story brick building, on Lorraine Street in Midland. Patterson's Pharmacy occupies the ground floor of the building with large display windows, a sign above the door, and an awning over the sidewalk, along which are parked cars. The structure, built by Dr. John B. Thomas in 1926, included floors for medical offices, an operating theater, and a hospital, with remaining space available for oil company offices.
Date:
1930
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Evelyn Scharborough]
Photograph of Evelyn Scharborough (Lineberry) looking forward behind a painted backdrop. According to a note on the back of the paper, this may be a "college photo" of Scharborough.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of M. J. Riggs]
Photograph of M. J. Riggs, the "cattle queen" of the early 1900s, wearing a light-colored dress with floral designs and a puffy hat. Riggs was a famous rancher in Texas and New Mexico.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Julia and Porter Rankin]
Photograph of Julie and Porter Rankin seated in a horse-drawn buggy along a dirt road. They look back towards the photographer, stationary in front of a sparse settlement of houses.
Date:
September 1912
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[W. B. Preston and Children]
Photograph of W. B. Preston with his children during Easter. They stand on the front steps of their house, which are covered with snow and ice. Preston looks forward while his children, Martha Jane and Bob, Jr. look at the snow.
Date:
1928~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Residence of E. D. Harrington, 1910]
Photograph of the second residence of E. D. Harrington, a two-story residential building with a front porch, large trees on the front yard, and a picket fence, behind which stands an unidentified person. According to a note written on the back of the photograph, this house comes "fifteen years later"; the first house, built in 1895, was burnt down.
Date:
1910
Creator:
Rohlfing, W. H.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Residence of E. D. Harrington, 1895]
Photograph of the recently-completed residence of E. D. Harrington, a one-story house with a pyramid roof, a wide awning along the front door, and a picket fence around the yard. Several boxes and a horse are in the left half of the yard, and the family stands under the awning on the front porch. A windmill is visible in the background. The house's roof was burned down later, and the Harringtons moved to a different house on Loraine Street.
Date:
1895
Creator:
Hoyt, E. E.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[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
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Sandstorm on the Plains, 1894]
Photograph of a sandstorm approaching Midland and the E. D. Harrington home, the first brick house in Midland, in April 1894. Other wooden-framed buildings and windmills are in the path of the sandstorm, which towers over the town.
Date:
April 1894
Creator:
Bland
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[1896 Midland 3rd and 4th Grade]
Photograph of the 1896 classes of the third and fourth grade in the Midland school. They are arranged in eight rows along the front steps of the school building, and a young girl holds up a small chalkboard reading "Grade 3rd-4th".
Date:
1896
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard to E. D. Merrill - August 6, 1911]
Postcard to E. D. Merrill in Big Spring discussing visiting an unspecified female friend. The front of the postcard portraits a lively scene with two men dancing with each other, a band of musicians with two fiddlers and a guitarist (identified as Paul), another crowd of men watching from behind the musicians, and a woman holding a baby (Nellie holding Henley).
Date:
August 6, 1911
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[1902 School Group]
Photograph of a school group in 1902 or possibly earlier. The teacher, unidentified, is seated at center with two young girls resting their heads on her shoulder. Children are seated in the middle row, two additional girls resting their heads on the teacher's lab. The boys are seated on the floor in the front row. A list of students, with positions unspecified, is written on the back of the photograph.
Date:
[..1902]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[J. H. Mims Family]
Photograph of six members of the J. H. Mims family, pictured together in front of a painted backdrop. A list of five individuals are identified on the back of the portrait (positions unspecified) Basil Manley Mims, Joseph Hessley Mims, Louis Christian Mims, and Percy James Mims.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of George D. McCormick, 1946]
Photograph of Captain George D. McCormick at the Midland Bombadier School. He wears an officer's hat decorated with an eagle and a military coat with epaulettes and one medal ribbon above his left chest pocket.
Date:
1946-11-21?
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Henry Halff's Residence in Midland]
Photograph of Henry Halff's residence in Midland, Texas, a two-story Victorian-style home with a raised porch accessible by stairs along the side and front of the house, a deck hanging above the porch, embellished decorations along the end of the gable roofs, two chimneys, and several plants, trees, and shurbs around the property. A man stands in the bottom left corner, unidentified, and another house is visible behind a large oak tree in the background.
Date:
190X
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Herman Garrett Family]
Photograph of the Herman Garrett family from their family house at 611 N Big Spring Street, arranged in three rows on the house's porch. In the back row, from left to right: Lillian Garrett Reiger, Dora Garrett Rankin, Al H. Garrett, Elizabeth Garrett, Neta Garrett Wilson, and H. M. Garrett (came to Midland in 1882). Middle row (both seated on chairs, from left): Neta Wilson's mother-in-law and Mrs. Herman (Lucy Ann) Garrett. Front row (both seated on porch): Luther Wilson, Bess Garrett Holmes, and Mike Garrett.
Date:
1903
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Grape Arbor]
Photograph of a grape arbor in Midland, Texas. Grape vines, producing fruit, hang over a wooden pergola and its roof-shaped crossbeams, densely leafed. Under the pergola is a small wooden shelf on which are placed three melons. The pergola opens up to other portions of the arbor, where more plants grow with enough density to provide shade inside the pergola.
Date:
1908
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Midland Area Grapes]
Photograph of a vine of grapes and peaches from the Midland area. The produce, swarmed with leaves, is placed next to a measuring tape, and the bundles of grapes measure in total around 14 inches.
Date:
1908~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Bennie Miller]
Photograph of Bennie Miller, cowboy who worked for Dock Cowden and Fred Cowden at a ranch in Carlsbad, New Mexico. He holds a hat in his right hand and poses next to a mock brick wall in front of a painted backdrop.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Hoyt, E. E.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[John Denman and Turkey Foreman]
Photograph of John J. Denman, mounted on Turkey Foreman for North Curtis Scharbauer Ranch. Denman wears a button-up work shirt, jeans, cowboy boots, and a cowboy hat, grasping Turkey's reins and looking sternly forward with his boots in the stirrups and a lasso perched along the side of his legs.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[A Group of Four in a Car]
Photograph of a group of people seated together in an automobile along a curb in front of a house. From left to right, the people seated are: Mamie Cowden (holding the wheel), Elliott Cowden, Mrs. M. C. Ulmer, and Ellis Cowden.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[First National Bank Building Groundbreaking, 1957]
Photograph of the groundbreaking ceremony for the First National Bank building on the corner of Wall and Colorado streets in Midland. Two men, A.N. Hendrickson (left) and John P. Butler (right), bend down and hold shovels thrust into the dirt of an empty building lot, surrounded by a crowd of men in hats, ties, and suits. The Petroleum Building with its Shell sign is visible in the background. The men in the crowd, from left to right, are: E. B. Dickenson, Joe Crump, O. C. Harper, Foy Proctor, Frank Cowden, Mrs. M C. Ulmer, Dr. John B. Thomas, J. T. Baker, C. J. Kelly, Mrs. Clarence Scharbauer, Paul Davis, W. F. Hejl, Clarence Scharbauer, Jr., a contract member, Jack Wood (assistant architect), and George Dahl (main architect).
Date:
June 25, 1957
Creator:
Frank Miller Studio
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[W. L. Bryant with Buck]
Photograph of W. L. Bryant with Buck the horse, his favorite mount. Bryant stands at left, with his hand on Buck's snout. Buck is saddled, and stands looking to the left.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[William Leon Bryant Ranch Headquarters]
Photograph of the headquarters of the William Leon Bryant ranch (10 miles south of Midland), a two-story ranch house with a long front porch and a windmill and water tank to the left. A gutter system runs along the top of the roof into a tank in front of the porch (white pipes). Along the front of the house is a field of plants, where chickens are wandering. A small shed is to the right of the house.
Date:
1914
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History