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[100 Block of South Abilene Street, Midland, 1890]
Photograph of the 100 block of S Abilene Street (later Main Street) in Midland, around 1890. Identifiable stores along the road include the Ray B. Wimberly General Merchandise store and the Favorite Saloon. Awnings cover the sidewalk, and horses drive along the dirt road at center. A windmill stands behind the buildings.
Date:
1890~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[200 South Main Street, Midland]
Photograph of a street scene on 200 Main Street in Midland, facing the southeast with several storefronts lining the sidewalks and an intersection in the foreground with a street light hanging above. The Basil Supply Co., a Firestone mechanic shop, the U&1 Cafe, and the Montgomery and Ward Order Office (from left to right) are several of the stores along South Main Street, and at the end of the street (far right) is the railroad depot. Cars are parked along the curb of Main Street, and three people cross the street.
Date:
1948
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[1890 Midland School Picture]
Photograph of a school picture of young children along brick steps in Midland, with teacher Mollie McCormick standing in the back row at right. The picture is dated (dubiously) to 1890.
Date:
1890?
Creator:
Rohlfing, W. H.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[1896 Midland 2nd Grade Class]
Photograph of a 2nd grade class standing on the steps of a brick school building, arranged in around five rows. Mrs. Mamie Stokes stands at the top right, while a child at center holds up a blackboard reading "GRADE 2nd."
Date:
1896
Creator:
unknown
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
[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
[1928 Midland Football Team]
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).
Date:
1928
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
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
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aerial of Downtown Midland, 1927]
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.
Date:
1927
Creator:
Fairchild Aerial Survey, Inc.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aerial of Downtown Midland, 1956]
Aerial photograph of Midland, Texas, in 1956, north facing up. The Midland County Courthouse, a small rectangular building, is visible right of center, with the Petroleum Building to the north, and Main Street to the southeast. East of the courthouse is the Wilco Building, currently under construction and half completed. Midland Senior High School, composed of two buildings along two city blocks, is to the northwest of the Wilco Building. Commercial buildings and parking lots occupy the blocks of the lower half of the image, while to the north there are more suburbs and smaller buildings.
Date:
1956
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aerial of Downtown Midland, 1957]
Photograph of downtown Midland, Texas, east facing up. The Midland County Courthouse is visible just above center, a small four-story building surrounded by grass lawns. To the north is the Petroleum Building, which is partially obscured by the Western United Life Building, a tall 12-story concrete building. Main Street and some hotels lie to the east of the courthouse, distinguished by narrow and long storefronts lining the city streets. Front Street and the railroad diagonally cuts across the upper corner of the photograph. To the west, closer to the bottom, is the First National building under construction, with two stories complete and several still under construction. To the south (right) is the tall Wilco Building.
Date:
1957
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aerial of Downtown Midland, Wilco Building Construction]
Aerial photograph of downtown Midland facing the west, taken between 1956 and 1958. The Midland County Courthouse is visible at center right: a compact white building surrounded by a lawn and a parking lot. To the right (north) of the courthouse is the Petroleum Building and the McClintic Building (above the Petroleum Building; west). The large building under construction at left is the Wilco Building, its lower floors complete. Main Street spans along the far bottom of the image with its storefronts.
Date:
[1956..1958]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aerial of Midland Memorial Hospital]
Aerial photograph of the Midland Hospital, the multistory building on Illinois Avenue at center-left. The curving road that spans the image is the Andrews Highway, along which are multiple buildings. A large baseball diamond is at right, down Illinois Avenue. Suburbs spread out across the background.
Date:
[1950..1954]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aerial of Petroleum Building and Western Life Building]
Aerial photograph of the Petroleum Building (center) and the Western Life Building (left) as viewed from the southwest. The Petroleum Building has Gothic-styled spires along the front edges of the building, textured relief features between windows, and a large "SHELL" sign on the roof. The Western Life Building is made of smooth concrete, with a large sign reading "PETROLEUM LIFE" along the southeast corner of the building. Cars are parked along Texas Avenue, adjacent to the buildings.
Date:
1961~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aerial of West Midland, 1957]
Aerial photograph of western Midland, looking northwest. The large curving road running through the center of the photograph is the Andrews Highway, which terminates at a junction with Wall Street, the road that spans across the bottom half of the picture. Along the corner of Wall and Andrews (center of image) is the Village Shopping Center, which includes several strip malls and stores. As Andrew Highway curves to the east, it approaches the Midland Hospital, the white multistory building right of center. Three blocks above the hospital is the First Baptist Church with its steeple and chapel. Suburbs and neighborhoods are scattered around the major roads.
Date:
1957~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Antelope Hunt, Midland County]
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.
Date:
[1901..1902]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[AP Photofax Machine, Midland Reporter-Telegram Office]
Photograph of Bill Collyns (left), editor of the Midland Reporter-Telegram, an unidentified reporter (second from left), and LaDoyce Lambert (rightmost), managing editor, viewing an Associated Press photofax machine in the Reporter-Telegram office. Collyns points to the Photofax as it prints out an image of a newspaper clipping onto a roll of paper.
Date:
[1946..1980]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Art Cole and John Perkings]
Photograph of Art Cole (left), executive director of the Midland Community Theater from 1946 to 1980, presented with Man of the Year awards by John Perkins (right) in 1949. Both men stand in front of a raised stage, behind a dinner table upon which are plates and papers.
Date:
November 9, 1949
Creator:
Frank Miller Studio
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Beatrice and Addison Wadley]
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.
Date:
November 15, 1906
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Bicentennial Cattle Drive, Midland]
Photograph of a cattle drive of running through Wall Street in Midland. The cattle are of various breeds and pass in front of the First National Bank on the right. The federal courthouse is in the background, along with a different procession approaching the intersection with Main Street. A photographer squats at left to take a picture, and horseback riders proceed along the right sidewalk, behind cars parked in the curb and in front of spectators.
Date:
1976
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Bird's Eye View of Midland]
Postcard of a bird's eye view of Midland, looking to the northwest from the corner of Wall Street and Main Street. Prominent at center is the Ever-Ready Auto Service, with garages and gas pumps along the street corner. Behind it is the post office, and across the post office is the county courthouse block (building not visible), where cars are parked along the sidewalks. The First Baptist Church is visible behind the water tower two blocks north of the auto shop, distinguished by a large dome and an arched window. One block south of the auto shop is the Schaurbauer Hotel, which has a sign hanging from its northwest corner.
Date:
193X
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Bull Riding]
Photograph of a bull-rider on a field with a companion mounted on a horse besides him. The bull bucks and is in mid-air, while the man on the horse rides alongside the bull. Note on front: "Copyright applied for by Rohlfing."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Rohlfing
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Bush Family Home]
Photograph of the Bush family home in Midland, purchased by the family of George H. W. Bush and occupied by them until 1955. The one story house has wooden clapboard with one brick chimney and a garage on the right. The building and surrounding grass appears to be covered in snow.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[C. C. Slaughter Speed Wagon]
Photograph of a C. C. Slaughter wagon turning onto Main Street in Midland. Three men ride the wagon, which carries cargo and is pulled by several oxen. A crowd of people watch under the canopy of a store.
Date:
189X
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History