A. H. Gee's Home in Pilot Point

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Unidentified girls in school uniforms are playing basketball in the foreground while a group of unidentified adults look on from behind. In the background, center-frame, A. H. Gee's house rises up. On the right side of the frame a windmill is visible above the treeline in the background. Note on the front of the photograph, "Lumber was hauled from Jefferson, Texas." On the back of the photographs is written, "Earl Selz, 1899."

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1 photographic print : b&w ; 10 x 7 in.

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Bennett, Doug 1899.

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This photograph is part of the collection entitled: From Plowshares to Diplomas: Digitizing Early Denton History and was provided by the Denton Public Library to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 1923 times, with 7 in the last month. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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Denton Public Library

Denton's first public library opened on June 6, 1937, in Denton County Courthouse. It quickly outgrew the space and in 1949, the City of Denton donated a tract of land on Oakland Street for a new library.

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Unidentified girls in school uniforms are playing basketball in the foreground while a group of unidentified adults look on from behind. In the background, center-frame, A. H. Gee's house rises up. On the right side of the frame a windmill is visible above the treeline in the background. Note on the front of the photograph, "Lumber was hauled from Jefferson, Texas." On the back of the photographs is written, "Earl Selz, 1899."

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1 photographic print : b&w ; 10 x 7 in.

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Written on the front of the photograph in blue ink:

1899. The A. H. Gee Home. Lumber was hauled from Jefferson, Texas.

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From Plowshares to Diplomas: Digitizing Early Denton History

These materials include historic photographs, books, maps, city directories, and records from numerous Denton women's clubs. Funding for this project was provided by the Forrest C. Lattner Foundation.

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  • 1899

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  • April 21, 2006, 3:51 a.m.

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  • June 22, 2023, 2:22 p.m.

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  • 33.394854, -96.964734

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Bennett, Doug. A. H. Gee's Home in Pilot Point, photograph, 1899; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth12350/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Denton Public Library.

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