Photograph of downtown Midland during Christmas in 1892. Numerous storefronts line Abilene (now Main) Street, including a meat market, while crowds of people and covered carriages puled by horses walk across the frozen ground. People stand on sidewalks and in the street, some looking towards the photographer.

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 downtown Midland at night, taken along the center of a street. Cars between the road, with moderately-tall buildings on both sides and power lines and Christmas lights hanging across the streets. The Crawford Hotel is partially visible on the left side of the street, and a building with a sign reading "THE OIL AND GAS BUILDING" is on the right side.

Photograph of the Wilco Building in Midland, its office lights illuminated in the shape of a double cross for Christmas, 1964. The tower's radio mast glows brightly above, as does the streetlamps and lights along the buildings below.

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 southeast. The Petroleum Building and the Neo-Gothic spires along its roof are visible in the background.

Photograph of the interior of the Llano Hotel cafe in Midland. The cafe, which has several dining tables with white tablecloths, a bar with a cash register, and shelves of food in the back, is decorated for Christmas, and cafe owner Calvin Trammell sits on one of the bar seats with his elbow resting on the counter. Large sparkling lights hang from the ceiling.