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.

Photograph of a car submerged in a flood at Roy Parks' ranch. The car, lopsided and half-sunk into the floodwaters, has some cargo or people in its seats.

Photograph of the First National Bank on the corner of Main and Wall Street in Midland. The bank is a two-storied building with a Neoclassical facade, Doric pillars, a wide and narrow pediment, and a rectangular entablature, on the front reading "FIRST NATIONAL BANK". Cars are parked near the front of the building, along the curb of the sidewalk. The J. B. Barron Company clothing store is adjacent to the bank at left, and the Hotel Scharbauer's sign, partially obscured, is visible behind the bank building.

Photograph of the "corporation courtroom" in the Midland County Courthouse, containing three arched sections of seating, a low bar, and wooden tables and chairs for trial participants. A pyramidal roof, decorated with relief flourishes, is visible above, and windows around the courtroom let in bright light from outside.

Photograph of the third Midland County Courthouse, a five-story Art Deco building with stone relief decorations, a lower-ground floor, and a flat roof, built in 1929 and viewed from the southwest. Cars are parked along the curb of the road, and the Petroleum Building and the Neo-Gothic spires along its roof are visible in the background at left.

Photograph of the Midland County Courthouse square, including the jail (building at left). The old courthouse, at center, is a two-story sandstone building with dormers, a belfry-like tower in the center, and balconies in each of the building's corners. The jail has arched windows and a tower attached to the side, with a car parked near some of the jail's peripheral structures at left. Tall skyscrapers are visible behind the courthouse and jail.

Photograph of the 1928 Midland football team, organized in three rows on the front steps of a school building. The players wear long-sleeve shirts with striped sleeves and have their arms crossed, while coaches and staff wear suits. Red Johnson is identified in the second row, last one on the right. The coaches stand on the left, unspecified: assistant coach Walton Hinds (one of two coaches on left), Coach D. D. Shiflett (first row, first from right with hat), and assistant coach H. B. Lane (one of two coaches on left).

Photograph of the 1922 senior class of Midland High School, posing on the front steps of the school building together in three rows. A paper accompanying the photograph identifies the students present on the photograph, describing the merits of the graduating class. Two students were not present for the class photograph: Frank Boyd and Curtis Nance.

Photograph of Lady and Mann Rankin, two children, seated in a wagon led by a small goat. The wagon, the words "MIDLAND / 1928" painted on the front, is parked on a sidewalk in front of a brick building.

Photograph of the Midland Fire Department and their 1928 LaFrance fire engine named "Old Number Two," in front of the No. 1 fire station. From left to right, standing in front of the fire engine: Fire Chief Frank Prothro, B. Frank Haag, mayor of Midland from 1925 to 1929, City Manager A. J. Gates, City Secretary J. C. Hudman, Jerry Phillips, Goody Shroder, and Red Polier. Several members of the fire department sit in the engine, and are unidentified.

Aerial photograph of Midland, Texas, in 1927, north facing up. The Midland County Courthouse is visible at center left, with the county jail along the east side of Loraine Street. A large water tower is placed on the city block northeast of the courthouse. In the bottom right corner, Front Street and the railroad is visible.

A) Young girl's dress of check woven, pink transparent fabric with pink silk ribbon trim and pink silk flowers. Rounded square neckline; short sleeves; falls at the knees. Dress has a simple yet unique construction. Fabric of sleeve is gathered into a flower of silk ribbon at each outer sleeve with pleated shoulders. Eight pink silk ribbon flowers circle the lower portion of the dress, and there are two bands of ribbon trims at double scalloped hem. B) Slip of pink sateen cotton bordered in pink silk ribbon. Sleeveless with attached scalloped hemline.

Photograph of Fred Cowden and a ranch hand rounding up Hereford cattle on Cowden Ranch with trees and a windmill in the background.

Photograph of an aerial view of Midland, Texas.

Photograph of large billowing smoke, rising from the ground. A windmill with a tank and a piece of heavy equipment are visible in the foreground. The caption on the image reads, "Tank Farm Fire Midland, Texas 5-17-'28."

North elevation rendering for an office building commissioned by J. B. Thomas in Midland, Texas. It includes windows, measurements, doors, and wall edge lines.

Heating riser diagram for an office building commissioned by J. B. Thomas in Midland, Texas. It includes measurements, floor levels, notes, and numbers circled in red.

Column schedules for an office building commissioned by J. B. Thomas in Midland, Texas. It includes a column schedule section with measurements and floor indicators, a column schedule for sixth and seventh stories with measurements and floor indicators, and a plan of supporting frame for house tank in pent house.

Wall, window, and stair details for an office building commissioned by J. B. Thomas in Midland, Texas. Sections include 3" detail of pressed steel stairs, full size balustrade hand rail, full size detail of hand rail for main stairs, elevation of wall at corner above fifth floor, detail of band mould at second floor, 3" detail of marquise, 1/2 plan of display window in store number 2, stair diagram, and typical wall section taken thru display window of store number 2.

Typical third, fourth, and fifth floor framing plan for an office building commissioned by J. B. Thomas in Midland, Texas. It includes framing lines, measurements, and labels. Other sections include a beam schedule, joist schedule, section thru spandrel beam, and section thru floor construction.

South elevation rendering for an office building commissioned by J. B. Thomas in Midland, Texas. It includes wall edge lines, windows, labels, and measurements.

Second floor framing plan for an office building commissioned by J. B. Thomas in Midland, Texas. It includes framing lines, measurements, and labels. Other sections include section thru beam 225, detail of beam 225, section thru spandrel beams, section thru interior beams, section thru beam 210, section thru floor construction, and notes.

Fourth floor plan for an office building commissioned by J. B. Thomas in Midland, Texas. It includes wall edge lines, room names, measurements, and door orientation lines. Other sections include full size details, and revision number 1 first floor plan.

Bending schedules for an office building commissioned by J. B. Thomas in Midland, Texas. Schedules include a beam steel bending schedule, joist steel bending schedule, and stirrup bending schedule. They feature measurement parameters and numbers.