[Tom Roberts' Produce Display at the Llano Hotel]

Photograph of Tom Roberts' display of produce in front of the Llano Hotel in Midland. The produce, sourced from Roberts' farm west of Midland, has been brought in front of the hotel on a wagon pulled by two horses and a cow, and the display bears tall sheaths of grain, watermelons, vegetables, small fruits, and other large produces placed within the wagon and adjacent to its wheels. Tom Roberts, who owned the first herd of registered Jersey cattle in the county, leans against his wagon (marked as 7). Several people in the display are numbered below: 1. Mr. Dell Dublin; 2. Mr. Bob Slaughter; 3. Spence Jowell (these three men standing at left); 4. Holly Roberts (behind cow, in front of horse); 5. Jack Carter; 6. W. B. Elkins; 6a. Carl Roberts (in wagon, behind Elkins) 7. T. B. (Tom) Roberts; 7a. Charles McClintic (inside wagon, between grains); 8. Miss Ozello Roberts; 9. Gene McKinzie (hand on wagon wheel); 10. Mr. George McGonagill. A reproduction of the photograph included in a newspaper clipping is attached.
Date: September 1906
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History