Photograph of the interior garage of Midland's first machine shop in 1909, five workers standing within. A large metal implement hands from a wooden scaffold in the center of the workspace. Makeshift shelves, buckets, spare equipment, ladders, and other miscellaneous items sit on the left wall. The workers are identified by names on the back, locations unspecified: Carl Reeves, Kirby Nutt, John G. Peebles, Will Roller, and Frank Hermann.

Photograph of.the Masonic Lodge in Midland, a two-story brick building with the square and compasses emblem along the front facade of the building. The residence of W. S. Hill is visible to the right of the lodge.

Photograph of the six staff members of C. C. Watson's Printing Office, located on Marienfeld Street, standing outside a brick and metal building with a wooden shed attached.

Photograph of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, a wooden church with a tall spire and arched windows.

Photograph of a cattle drive or display of Hereford cattle on an intersection of Main Street in Midland. The cattle are lined up with men along the sidewalk and the intersection, with a car on Main Street facing facing south at left.

Photograph of the First National Bank on the corner of Main and Wall Street in Midland, Texas. 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 in front of the building, and people stand on the corner of the sidewalk.

Postcard from Charles in Midland to George J. McClintic in Covington, Virginia, writing about going to a show that night with friends and some money concerns. The front of the postcard depicts the Midland library.

Photograph of an antelope hunt south of Midland, with numerous hunters standing in a grass plain, holding rifles, with antelope carcasses laid out in front of them. Numerous horses, pulling carriages, stand in the back. A list of names are identified on the back, from right to left: Jesse Frizzell, Kate Frizzell (kneeling), unknown ("a cowboy - ?"), Jim Flanagan, Joe Curtis, unknown ("a cowboy - ?"), Arch Whitaker, Porter Rankin (child), Ewing Rankin.

Photograph of Tom Vest next to a stationary horse and a fallen animal in front of him. He faces the left and lifts a hand, as if to throw something, while standing on a dirt field with several buildings in the far background.

Photograph of Beatrice and Addison Wadley on November 15, 1906, shortly after their marriage. Addison stands behind a large tree log, while Beatrice stands in front in a dark-colored dress, both standing next to a wooden house.

Photograph of the opening of the Slaughter townsite in 1907, visited by a T&P excursion train 10 miles east of Midland. Dozens of people, looking at the landscape, are gathered around the train, which has three passenger cars and the train engine in the left background. Power lines run parallel with the railroad, and a carriage led by a horse is stationary at left.

Photograph of Downtown Midland, viewed from the southeast, after a fire that started on April 8, 1909, in the Llano Hotel. The hotel, mostly destroyed with some brick walls standing, is at center in front of the water tower, having collapsed due to the fire with debris scattered onto the main roads. The fire also destroyed the Midland Drug Store and Grocery, to the north of the Llano Hotel, leaving a dry goods store (with a Coca-Cola sign along the front) intact. Across the street from the hotel is the First National Bank, also severely damaged, its canopy partially destroyed at left. People walk among the ruins, inspecting the damage and conversing together.

Photograph of the old Midland County Courthouse and a pond built next to it. The courthouse is a two-story sandstone building with dormers, a short belfry-like tower in its center, and balconies in each four corners. Three people look into the reflective pond, next to a windmill. By notes written on the back, they are identified as "Mr. and Mrs. Jno. Bentley / (pharmacist for T. A. Fannin) / E. A. [?] / (b[ookeeper] for Everybody's)".

Photograph of the old Midland County Courthouse, a two-story cross-shaped sandstone building with arched entrances in each corner, dormers extending outwards from the hip roof, and a short tower at the center of the building. Storefronts are visible behind the square, and a lamp is placed on the corner of the courthouse block, next to a fire hydrant and a street sign.

Photograph of a group of people parked with their cars in front of the Midland County Courthouse and the county jail (right). Several men lean on their cars, while other face forward on the paved road. A water tower to the left of the jail, a tower to the left of the courthouse supporting a bell, and power lines are visible around the courthouse square.

Photograph of the Cross Tie Cowboys, seated together in a clearing in the grasslands with a chuckwagon. Two men are seated next to or behind the chuckwagon, which carries supplies. Several horses stand in the back, behind several bushes. The cross tie brand was registered on April 29, 1902, originally owned by Newnie Ellie.

Photograph of the Horace Hardin Ranch in February 1902. The ranch and stable (center right) are covered in snow and ice, with a chicken wire fence in front of the buildings.

Headshot photograph of Samuel Isaacks, 70th Judicial District Judge for Midland County between 1909 and 1917. Isaack faces forward with combed hair, wearing a suit and tie with a lapel pin.

Postcard of Eliza Rankin (wife of Finis Ewing Rankin) holding a rifle, aiming it straight at a rattlesnake outside a pen.

Postcard of Finis Ewing Rankin, kneeling next to a rattlesnake with a small knife in his hand outside a pen.

Postcard from Julia Estes Rankin in Midland to Velma Snelson in Stone Mountain, Georgia, discussing a parade held in May 1908 where she was crowned "queen" of the May parade. The front of the postcard shows a parade in procession, with cars and small parade floats riding down a dirt road lined with storefronts, with pedestrians, horseback riders, and parked horse-drawn wagons along the sides of the road.

Photograph of the Wilson family standing side-to-side in front of a single-story wooden home. From left to right: Arthur, Joe, T. N. Wilson Sallie, Flora Ann, Katherine, and Jennie.

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.

Photograph of Tom Roberts' display of produce in front of the Llano Hotel in Midland. The produce, sourced from Roberts' farm west of Midland, has been brought in front of the hotel on a wagon pulled by two horses and a cow, and the display bears tall sheaths of grain, watermelons, vegetables, small fruits, and other large produces placed within the wagon and adjacent to its wheels. Tom Roberts, who owned the first herd of registered Jersey cattle in the county, leans against his wagon (marked as 7). Several people in the display are numbered below: 1. Mr. Dell Dublin; 2. Mr. Bob Slaughter; 3. Spence Jowell (these three men standing at left); 4. Holly Roberts (behind cow, in front of horse); 5. Jack Carter; 6. W. B. Elkins; 6a. Carl Roberts (in wagon, behind Elkins) 7. T. B. (Tom) Roberts; 7a. Charles McClintic (inside wagon, between grains); 8. Miss Ozello Roberts; 9. Gene McKinzie (hand on wagon wheel); 10. Mr. George McGonagill. A reproduction of the photograph included in a newspaper clipping is attached.