Serial/Series Title

[Midland County Court House]

Postcard of an in color picture of the Midland County Courthouse. This a rectangular building with pillars enclosing it, above the entrance it says " Midland County Courthouse." The print on the back top left side reads: "Midland County Court House Midland, Texas. Midland is located halfway between Fort Worth and El Paso on U.S. 80 Highway (the Broadway of America) and served by the Texas and Pacific Railway. The City's name derives from the midway location. Established in 1885, Midland has been almost from the very beginning one of West Texas' leading and most progressive communities. Color photo by F. J. Schaaf."
Date: 1979
Creator: Schaaf, F. J.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[El Paso Products Complex]

Photograph of an aerial view of the El Paso Products Complex located south of Odessa, Texas. Interstate twenty is shown in the background.
Date: 1975
Creator: Heron, Clyde
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Barred Door]

Reprint of a barred door of a small wooden building. A tree is standing just right of the doorway.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Base of a Wooden Derrick]

Photograph of the base of a wooden derrick with a bull and calf wheel visible. A small boy in a cap stands next to a wheel.
Date: unknown
Creator: Shoopman, Bill
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Canal Street in Carlsbad, New Mexico]

Postcard looking south on Canal Street in Carlsbad, New Mexico. There are a number of buildings with southwestern style architecture on both sides of the road and cars driving in the street.
Date: 1970
Creator: Schaaf, F. J.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Downtown Skyline of Odessa, Texas]

Postcard of the downtown skyline in Odessa, Texas. There are buildings on each side and cars on the side of the street as well as driving in the middle of the street.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Drilling Rig]

Photograph of a drilling rig with a hill in the background and several trees in the forefront of the picture.
Date: unknown
Creator: Roberts, Paul
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ector County Court House]

Postcard of a picture, possibly a drawing, that was created with bright colors, of a Court House that has a well groomed lawn and is rectangular and four stories, the three lower floors have windows and are larger than the fourth floor there are etchings in the stone on both sides of the clock that is above the wood door at the entrance. On the fourth floor "Ector County Court House is etched into the building." The print on the top right side reads: "Beautiful Modern Ector County Court House, Odessa Texas." The print in the left side reads: "B11." The print, on the back, horizontally across the top left hand side reads: "This Space is for writing messages." The print, on the back, vertically across the left hand side reads: "Pub. By Johnson News Agency, Big Spring, Texas." The print, on the back, horizontally across the bottom left hand side reads: "75239." The print, on the back, vertically across the middle reads: "'Tichnor Quality Views' reg. U.S. Pat. Off. Made Only by Tichnor Bros. Inc., Boston, Mass." The print, on the back, horizontally across the middle of the right hand side in a thick striped front reads: "Post Card." …
Date: unknown
Creator: Tichnor Bros., Inc.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Eddy County Court House]

Postcard of the southwest corner of the Eddy County Courthouse in Carlsbad, New Mexico. The court house is partially obscured by multiple trees and there is a street with cars parked in front.
Date: 1970
Creator: Schaaf, F. J.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Eddy County Courthouse]

Postcard of the front (south) of a multi-story courthouse built in southwest-style architecture in Carlsbad, New Mexico. The print on the top left side reads: "Eddie County Courthouse Calsbad, New Mexico. This building is in the traditional style of the Southwest Indian -Spanish Pueblo, more commonly called 'Santa Fe' style."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fort Davis]

Postcard of a black and white picture of about eleven houses in a row with a large hill behind the houses covered in trees and dirt road in front of the houses. The writing on the bottom reads: "Old Fort Davis and Sleeping Lion Mountain - Fort Davis, Texas. 6-P-279."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group of People with a Chuck Wagon]

Photograph of several people, including three women and a young boy, near a chuck wagon. Several horses are seen in the background and one man is kneeling in the foreground with two buckets looking directly into the camera.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Hazel Mountain]

Photograph of a mountain in a desert landscape. The caption on the image reads "367 Hazel Mountain in the Davis Mountains near Van Horn Tex. Home of a large rich silver mine. (c) Jack Nolan."
Date: unknown
Creator: Nolan, Jack
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Home Interior]

Copy print of an interior of a home. A family occupy themselves in their living room. To the left side, a young girl sits at the piano facing her younger sister who holds a doll. The father sits in a wooden rocking chair in the center back of the image sit on the floor in the center playing with a puzzle. Another girl sits in a wooden chair on the right side of the image. Her hands are obscured by a doll which sits on a bed in the foreground.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Main Street Scene]

Copy Print of a street scene. The dirt road is lined with buildings. A line of telephone or telegraph wires (with poles) line the left side. Numerous people are seen strolling the street while multiple wagons pulled by horses drive down the street or are parked along the sides. Caption on image reads: " Main Street Scene BIG SPRINGS, Texas B. REAGAN DRUGGIST."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man Riding a Bull]

Photograph of a man on a bucking bull (on the left) and another man on a running horse (on the right).
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man Standing at a Chuck Wagon]

Photograph of a man standing at a Chuck Wagon at the 04 Ranch. In the background, three horses stand behind the wagon.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Men with Automobile]

Photograph of two men standing on either side of an automobile. The caption on the image reads "18 GALLONS OF FIRE WATER GOING TO JAIL FOR BEING CAUGHT IN A FORD COUPE 194 JACK NOLAN."
Date: unknown
Creator: Nolan, Jack
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Merton Court House]

Postcard of a black and white image of a square three story building with a sculpted bush in front of the entrance. On the back there is print on the top left side that reads: "Mertzon, Tex, C.H." This Court House was built in 1937 it is the second court house in Irion County (First Court House in Sherwood, Texas).
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Midland County Courthouse]

Postcard of the Midland County Court House, U. S. Post Office and Federal Building at Midland, Midland County, Texas. The inscription on the back reads "Federal Building United States Court House Midland, Texas. Midland, Texas, an attractive, prosperous and progressive city in the land of the Midland, Texas, an attractive, prosperous and progressive city in the land of the High Sky, is a delightful place in which to reside - or just to visit - in a wholesome, healthful, enjoyable atmosphere - amid pleasant surroundings, favorable location, direct business and commercial enterprise of a wide variety.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Modern Drilling Rig]

Photograph of a modern drilling rig, below the rig there is a building as well as a tank in front.
Date: unknown
Creator: Shoopman, Bill
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Monahans Rail Road Depot]

Reprint of several men standing and sitting on the platform outside of the Monahans Rail Road Deopt.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Monahans Sand Hills State Park Museum]

Postcard of the Monahans Sand Hills State Park Museum building in Ward County, Texas. In front of the museum there is a tree as well as several wagon wheels that adorn the sides of the stairs leading up.
Date: unknown
Creator: W. M. Cline Co.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Muddy Mules Hauling Hay]

Photograph of a mule team with a wagon loaded with hay, led by two men. The mules are covered in mud and the wagon appears stuck in mud. Brick buildings and several people are seen in the background. The caption on the image reads "The Muddy Mules Hauling Hay in Ranger, Tex. Photo by Mack."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History