Photograph of the First National Bank on the corner of Main and Wall Street in Midland. The bank is a two-storied building with a Neoclassical facade, Doric pillars, a wide and narrow pediment, and a rectangular entablature, on the front reading "FIRST NATIONAL BANK". Cars are parked near the front of the building, along the curb of the sidewalk. The J. B. Barron Company clothing store is adjacent to the bank at left, and the Hotel Scharbauer's sign, partially obscured, is visible behind the bank building.

Photograph of the Midland County Courthouse square, including the jail (building at left). The old courthouse, at center, is a two-story sandstone building with dormers, a belfry-like tower in the center, and balconies in each of the building's corners. The jail has arched windows and a tower attached to the side, with a car parked near some of the jail's peripheral structures at left. Tall skyscrapers are visible behind the courthouse and jail.

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 southwest. Cars are parked along the curb of the road, and the Petroleum Building and the Neo-Gothic spires along its roof are visible in the background at left.

Photograph of large billowing smoke, rising from the ground. A windmill with a tank and a piece of heavy equipment are visible in the foreground. The caption on the image reads, "Tank Farm Fire Midland, Texas 5-17-'28."

Photograph of the 1928 Midland football team, organized in three rows on the front steps of a school building. The players wear long-sleeve shirts with striped sleeves and have their arms crossed, while coaches and staff wear suits. Red Johnson is identified in the second row, last one on the right. The coaches stand on the left, unspecified: assistant coach Walton Hinds (one of two coaches on left), Coach D. D. Shiflett (first row, first from right with hat), and assistant coach H. B. Lane (one of two coaches on left).

Photograph of an aerial view of Midland, Texas.

Details for a home commissioned by Mr. W. Bryant in Midland, Texas. It includes details for windows, front terraces, and a kitchen cabinet - as well as interior and exterior doors.

Details for a home commissioned by Mr. W. Bryant in Midland, Texas. It includes details for a fireplace, a bookcase, an iron porch rail, and a staircase.

Elevation plan for a home commissioned by Mr. W. Bryant in Midland, Texas. It includes elevations for the front, left, right, and rear sides of the house.

First and second floor plans for a home commissioned by Mr. W. Bryant in Midland, Texas. It includes floor plans for the first and second stories and details for an ironing board. Also included are schedules for room finishes, windows, and doors.

Several plans for a home commissioned by Mr. W. Bryant in Midland, Texas. It includes elevations for the front, rear, and left sides of the house; a foundation and footing plan with notes; schedules for doors, windows, trim, flooring, walls, and ceilings; and a floor plan.

Footing and foundation plan for a home commissioned by Mr. W. Bryant in Midland, Texas. It includes a footing and foundation plan with notes, detailed drawings for specific sections of the plan, details for bathroom construction, and a column and footing schedule

Partial elevation plan and details for a home commissioned by Mr. W. Bryant in Midland, Texas. It includes a partial elevation drawing for the front of the house and details for other exterior features.

Photograph of the "corporation courtroom" in the Midland County Courthouse, containing three arched sections of seating, a low bar, and wooden tables and chairs for trial participants. A pyramidal roof, decorated with relief flourishes, is visible above, and windows around the courtroom let in bright light from outside.

Photograph of Lady and Mann Rankin, two children, seated in a wagon led by a small goat. The wagon, the words "MIDLAND / 1928" painted on the front, is parked on a sidewalk in front of a brick building.

Photograph of the Midland Fire Department and their 1928 LaFrance fire engine named "Old Number Two," in front of the No. 1 fire station. From left to right, standing in front of the fire engine: Fire Chief Frank Prothro, B. Frank Haag, mayor of Midland from 1925 to 1929, City Manager A. J. Gates, City Secretary J. C. Hudman, Jerry Phillips, Goody Shroder, and Red Polier. Several members of the fire department sit in the engine, and are unidentified.

Photograph of W. B. Preston with his children during Easter. They stand on the front steps of their house, which are covered with snow and ice. Preston looks forward while his children, Martha Jane and Bob, Jr. look at the snow.

Attic plan for an office building commissioned by J. B. Thomas in Midland, Texas. It includes numbers with red circles around them, wall edge lines, measurements, and labels.

Basement plan for an office building commissioned by J. B. Thomas in Midland, Texas. It includes wall edge lines, measurements, labels, and detail of connections to hot water heater.

Column schedules for an office building commissioned by J. B. Thomas in Midland, Texas. It includes a column schedule section with measurements and floor indicators, a column schedule for sixth and seventh stories with measurements and floor indicators, and a plan of supporting frame for house tank in pent house.

Door and window details for an office building commissioned by J. B. Thomas in Midland, Texas. Sections include 3" detail of hollow metal windows, 3" detail of double hung window, diagram for typical office entrance, 3" detail of transom sash, 3" detail of outside door to stair tower, 3" details for typical office entrance, 3" detail of fire stair door number 7, 3" detail of typical interior doors, 3" detail of entrance doors to store number 1 & lobby, door number 6 for lobby entrance to store number 2, and 3" detail of plate glass front of store number 1 & lobby.

Fifth floor plan for an office building commissioned by J. B. Thomas in Midland, Texas. It includes wall edge lines, measurements, light fixture placement, door orientation lines, wattage numbers, numbers with red circles around them, and labels.

Fifth floor plan for an office building commissioned by J. B. Thomas in Midland, Texas. It includes wall edge lines, room names, measurements, and door orientation lines. Other sections include notes, detail of public toilet, full size marble details for public toilets, and full size details of marble in entrance lobby.

First floor framing plan for an office building commissioned by J. B. Thomas in Midland, Texas. It includes wall edge lines, measurements, notes, and labels. Other sections include detail of floor construction over basement, typical section thru interior beams under partitions, section C-C thru elevator pit, typical section thru exterior grade beams side and rear, typical section thru front grade beams, section thru exterior basement wall, section thru interior basement wall, and section D-D thru exterior stair to basement.