From Plowshares to Diplomas: Digitizing Early Denton History - 110 Matching Results

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[City of Denton Planning and Zoning Commission]

Description: Photograph of the City of Denton Planning and Planning Commission (formed in 1959). The group is seated around a wooden desk in a room with a checkered pattern tile floor. From left to right: Conrad Callicoatte, he was hired as the City Engineer in 1960, at that time he was 24 and the youngest man in the upper levels of the City of Denton government. The woman seated next to him is Mrs. Lonnie (Emma Joe) Yarbrough, Richard Ragsdale (Chairman), Harold Farmer, Roy Lagleder and Dr. Paul P. Young.
Date: 1960~/1961~
Partner: Denton Public Library

Exterior View of the Electric Manufacturing Company

Description: Exterior view of the south side of the Electric Manufacturing Company building with cars in the parking lot. The foreground is filled with a field of grass. The Electric Manufacturing Company is a division of the Amerace Corporation.
Date: 1960~
Partner: Denton Public Library

North Texas State University Administration Building

Description: Administration building with clock tower on the North Texas State University Campus. The foreground has a line of trees receding into the left and a full parking lot is on the right hand side of the image.
Date: 1960~
Partner: Denton Public Library

Post Office

Description: Old post office at the corner of North Locust and McKinney. There are multiple automobiles in the foreground of the image. The J. B. Lumber Yard was previously located on this corner.
Date: 1960~
Location: 33.216486 -97.132545
Partner: Denton Public Library

Flower Mound Presbyterian Church

Description: Photograph of Flower Mound Presbyterian Church, erected about 1890. A caption including a brief history of the church is included.
Date: June 1960
Partner: Denton Public Library

[City of Denton Municipal Generating Station]

Description: The City of Denton Municipal Generating Station addition in 1961. The steam plant is visible in the background behind a construction site with a large Koehring crane. A few small buildings and workers are also visible in the background. A worker is walking in front of the crane, and a Chevrolet truck and Chevy Bel Air are visible in the foreground. The license plate on the Bel Air reads "Texas '61 EC-3654."
Date: 1961
Partner: Denton Public Library

[City of Denton Public Utility Board]

Description: Photograph of the members of the City of Denton Public Utilities Board. They are seated around a wooden desk in a room with a checker-patterned tile floor. All of the members are looking towards the man to the far right who is leaning back in his chair and talking with an folder in his hand. Left to right: Acting Director of Utilities Frank Drummond, Walter B McClurkan, Dr. H.W. (Wib) Kamp Jr., Marvin Ramey, Chairman Tom Harpool. The man in the dark suit at the end of the table is Homer Bly, Ci… more
Date: 1961~
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Cooper Creek bridge on Sherman Drive]

Description: Photograph of the Cooper Creek bridge on Sherman Drive before the construction project to widen the bridge. Three cars are visible on the road. A small crane is on the left side of the road, as well as some construction materials. A several rows of houses are visible to the left of the road.
Date: 1961
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Cooper Creek bridge on Sherman Drive]

Description: Photograph of the Cooper Creek bridge on Sherman Drive before the construction project to widen the bridge. Three cars are visible on the road. A small crane is on the left side of the road, as well as some construction materials. A few houses are visible in the background.
Date: 1961
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Denton Police Department]

Description: Interior of the City of Denton Police Department with Luther Allen, dispatcher Eddie Huey, and Clyde Elrod can be seen behind the glass.
Date: 1961~
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Meeting of Denton City Councilmen]

Description: Photograph of a City of Denton officials and City Councilmen sitting around a table and looking over paperwork. From left to right: W.F Brooks Sr., G Emery Taylor, City Manager Homer Bly, Mayor Frank Barrow, City Secretary W.D. Buttrill, Tax Assessor George F. Spuller, and Thomas E. Noel. The men are wearing suits and ties. A large aerial map is visible in the background.
Date: 1961~
Partner: Denton Public Library

[City of Denton Municipal Generating Station]

Description: Several men work on the city of Denton Municipal Generating Station. A large crane is visible in the foreground, and a power plant is visible in the background.
Date: July 11, 1961
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Eagle Drive Looking West]

Description: View of Eagle Drive, Denton, Texas, looking west from an unknown intersection. Two manhole covers are visible in the foreground and houses, trees, and power lines border the road on either side.
Date: 1962
Partner: Denton Public Library

Sheriff and Mrs. Pat Gallagher

Description: Photograph of Sheriff and Mrs. Pat Gallagher and Denton Record-Chronicle clipping describing Sheriff Wylie Barnes's recovery of loot from a burglary of Beasley's Jewelry Store in Lewisville, Texas in 1962. A Photograph of Wylie Barnes is included.
Date: 1962?
Creator: Denton Record-Chronicle
Partner: Denton Public Library

[View of Kendolph looking South from Whippoorwill}

Description: The view of Kendolph street looking south from Whippoorwill. The road is unpaved with three houses visible on the left side of the street and one on the right.
Date: 1962
Partner: Denton Public Library

[View of Whippoorwill Lane looking West]

Description: View of unpaved Whippoorwill Lane looking west. Houses and trees are on both sides of the street at the far end of the road and power lines run the length of the right side of the road.
Date: 1962
Partner: Denton Public Library

Kippy Jagoe Elected CAR Honorary State President

Description: Photograph of Kippy Jagoe, recently elected Honorary State President of the Children of the American Revolution, and several female members of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The women are wearing dresses and cloches. Some of the women have medals pinned to their dresses. A newspaper clipping describing recent events of Children of the American Revolution and a caption identifying those photographed are included.
Date: 1962-04-06?
Partner: Denton Public Library
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