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[Men's Sunday School at the Midland County Courthouse]

Photograph of a Sunday School class in front of the Art Deco facade of the Midland County Courthouse. Most wear hats, and a handful of women stand in the right corner along a man in a wheelchair. A man holding a baby, in the second row, fifth from right, is Troy Eiland, holding Bethel Eiland. The class's teacher was Paul T. Vickers, and its president Harry L. Haight, and they met in the Scharbauer Hotel Ballroom on the southeast corner of Loraine and Wall Street.
Date: July 1934
Creator: Lackey, Clint
System: The Portal to Texas History

["Last Roundup" at the Scharbauer Hotel]

Photograph of a picture board at at the "Last Roundup" in the Scharbauer Hotel in Midland before its demolition. Nancy McKinley (left) points at pictures of people in front of a house among other pictures of the hotel building and other Midland attractions. Two men, Clarence Scharbauer, Jr. (center) and Bill Johnson (right) examine the images.
Date: July 15, 1973
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Opening of State Women's Bowling Tournament, Midland Lanes]

Fisheye photograph of the opening of a state women's bowling tournament in Midland Lanes, viewed from between two bowling lanes. Across the aisles, bowlers release their bowling balls in front of a busy crowd standing behind the ball dispensers.
Date: July 28, 1964
Creator: Davis, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Progressive Democracy Wagon]

Photograph of a mule-drawn wagon, decorated with the words "PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRACY" along a cloth hanging from the side of the mule and with the words "WOODROW" and "WILSON" and the front and back wheels, respectively, bearing two women—Elma and Belulah Graves—in dark-colored dresses surrounded by flowers and a flag. The parade wagon is parked on a dirt road in front of T. S. Sacra's home, a two-story house.
Date: July 4, 1912
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Midland Baseball Team]

Photograph of the Midland baseball team, seated together on the front steps of the old Midland County Courthouse. The players sit in three rows, with three men from the team's front office seated on stone apertures within the courthouse's facade. Three more men in hats and neckties are seated in the top row, and a child is held by a player in the bottom row. Three baseballs are arranged together in front of the players.
Date: July 16, 1908
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Charles Anderson, Midland Pitcher]

Photograph of Charles Anderson, pitcher for the Midland baseball team. He poses as if to pitch a ball towards the photographer, standing in a field of trees.
Date: July 12, 1908
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Midland Woman's Club, Rodeo Coffee]

Photograph of "rodeo coffee" meeting arranged by the Midland Woman's Club. Women with cowboy hats are seated behind a table with a selection of food and small cups throughout. Another row of women stand behind, looking towards the photographer. A list of names is written on the back of the photograph.
Date: July 1955
Creator: Birdwell, Joe V.
System: The Portal to Texas History