From Plowshares to Diplomas: Digitizing Early Denton History - 249 Matching Results

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[Campus Theatre]

Description: Photograph of the Campus Theatre in Denton, Texas. The Denton Square and the County Courthouse are visible in the background. The marquee sign says that the Gin Game is playing from Oct. 26 thru 28.
Date: October 1985
Creator: Foster, Richard
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Polaroid of the Front of Emily Fowler Library]

Description: View of the front of the Emily Fowler Library front. The name of the library and library logo is visible on the side of the building. A flagpole bisects the Emily Fowler sign and an air conditioning unit can be seen on the far left. The photograph was taken for the purpose of sending it to the American Library Association (ALA) and the date 11/14/83 is handwritten below.The photograph was taken with a Polaroid instant camera.
Date: 1983
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Ron L. Nash peruses paperwork behind desk]

Description: Photograph of Ron L. Nash, Personnel Director for the City of Denton, looks at the camera. He appears to be browsing paperwork at his desk in City Hall. A potted plant is on a table behind him and an ashtray is to his right. Nash began working for the City on August 15, 1975; he was the "first full-time Personnel Director" for the City.
Date: 1975
Creator: City of Denton
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Denton Community Theater presents "Bus Stop"]

Description: The program for "Bus Stop" presented by the Denton Community Theater contains advertisements for Denton area businesses including banks, grocers, pharmacies, auto dealers, insurance agencies, general stores. The program also lists the cast, a synopsis of the scenes, special credits, board of directors, patrons, and the production and business staff.
Date: 1973-11~
Creator: Inge, William
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Denton Public Library

The 1971 Miss Denton Pageant

Description: Book contains information about the Denton Jaycees and their Miss Denton Pageant. Photographs of the Denton Jaycees chairmen are included. Several advertisements for Denton area business and the photographs of pageant contestants are also included.
Date: 1971
Creator: Denton Jaycees
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Denton Public Library

50 Selected Recipes by 50 Denton Women

Description: Cookbook compiled by members of the Central Presbyterian Church of Denton, Texas. The cookbook contains 50 recipes from Denton women and advertisements for local companies.
Date: unknown
Creator: Young People's Organization of the Central Presbyterian Church
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Bookmark belonging to Bessie Bruce]

Description: Bookmark with a thread tassel. The bookmark contains a drawing of a dog and the inscription, "I'm good for a trick or two." We assume that the bookmark served double-duty as a placeholder for a table at a social function as it is labeled, "Table No.2, Couple No.2" with the numbers handwritten in. The bookmark belonged Mrs. J. E. Hightower, formerly Bessie Elizabeth Bruce, and was found in her 1910 Denton High School Bronco yearbook.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Physical Object
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Citizen's Post War Planning Committee business envelope]

Description: The envelope includes the names of several members of the Owsley family. Written on the front of the envelope: "Dr. [Louisa] Owsley, mother of A. C. Owsley, Sr., Grandmother Clark, Lou, Stella, Eunice, Henry, Charlotte, [and] Alvin." The stationery envelope is printed with "Citizen's Post War Planning Committee of Denton, Texas" which was organized after World War II. We believe the envelope held two photographs of Dr. Louisa Owsley which also belong in the library's collection as the note on t… more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Denton Public Library

[City of Denton Municipal Generating Station]

Description: A photograph of the 1961 construction and expansion of the City of Denton Municipal Generating Station. A man is operation a large Koehring crane in front of the steam power plant. There are various construction materials visible in the foreground, and a few workers are found on the construction site. There are two men working with a cement truck near the construction site. The Koehring crane has a sign on it that reads "Davis Brothers Contractors Phone: 382-8921 Denton, Texas."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library

City Passed Hat to Get TSCW

Description: Newspaper clipping describing the formation of Texas State College for Women, now known as Texas Woman's University, in Denton, Texas circa 1903. Photographs of the Old Main Building and Cree T. Work are also included.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Denton Public Library

Crowd Waited For Flash--'War Over'

Description: Denton Record-Chronicle newspaper clipping describing the celebration of Denton's citizens after the news of the signed armistice that ended World War I on November 11, 1918. The clipping includes a photograph of fireworks lighting up the Denton County Courthouse.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Denton Public Library
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