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[Denton County Fair and Blooded Stock Association 1899]
This Denton County Fair and Blooded Stock Association program includes a schedule of events and races during September 12-16, 1899. The program also contains advertisements for various fair attractions and businesses in Denton including shoe stores, furniture stores, grocers, confectioneries, butcher shops, launderers, hotels, barbers, restaurants, gun stores, and drug stores. The association bought a tract of land which was bounded by Avenue A on the west, Welch Street on the east, W. Hickory on the north, and Mill Street on the south end. The some forty acres held a race track and a stable, which was on the north end. The fairgrounds remained there until 1903.
Four Generations in One Portrait
Four generations of in one portrait. Identified (from back to front) are Mary Camp Gober, Julia Ann Gober Wright, Effie Wright Williams, and Myrtle Branche Williams.
A. H. Gee's Home in Pilot Point
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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