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[Postcard to Miss Eddie Handy - May 8, 1909]

Postcard from Midland addressed to Miss Eddie Handy[?] in Maverick, Texas. The front of the postcard depicts a Fourth of July parade in downtown Midland, going down Main Street with the Llano Hotel at left and several pedestrians and parked carriages watching horse-drawn parade floats and decorated cars.
Date: May 8, 1909
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Downtown Midland Ruins After Fire]

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.
Date: April 8, 1909
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pencil-Holder. (open access)

Pencil-Holder.

Patent for a new pencil-holder that is "a light, efficient and convenient pencil-holder capable of reliably securing the pencil to which it is attached within the pocket, thereby holding the same in readiness for use." (Lines 14-17) Illustration included.
Date: May 8, 1900
Creator: Hogg, George, Sr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History