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Jagoe Abstract Company

Description: View of the Jagoe Abstract Company clock, former site of the Denton County National Bank (which can be seen engraved into the top of the building). The clock was long a trademark of the Denton County National Bank. The time on the clock is 4:39 PM.
Date: unknown

IOOF Cemetery

Description: I.O.O.F. Cemetary looking south from the north end. The mausoleum to the left side of the frame is unmarked. A dirt walkway is visible running along the back left of the image, away from the camera.
Date: unknown

Demolition of Old High School Building

Description: Demolition of the old high school building which dates from 1909. It was also called Central Elementary. The building was on the southeast corner of the school property on the corner of Denton and Gregg Streets, with the front entrance facing east. This detail shows one part of the building that has already been demolished. Leafy tree branches jut into the top right side of the frame.
Date: 1977

[Demolition of the old Denton High School]

Description: Demolition of the "pink building" at Congress Junior High. The structure was located at the corner of Denton and Gregg Streets and faced east. Previously, it was part of the old high school building which dates from 1909. It was also called Central Elementary. This detail shows the south part of the building having been already knocked down while the side in the right part of the frame is still standing. The front entrance still stands. Trees are growing right next to the building.
Date: 1977

[Demolition of the south building of Congress Junior High School]

Description: Demolition of the "pink building" at Congress Junior High. The structure was located at the corner of Denton and Gregg Streets and faced east. Previously, it was part of the old high school building which dates from 1909. At a later date, it was also called Central Elementary. This image shows a doorway where the doors (red) have already been knocked down and are still visible lying on the ground. A bid by M&S Excavating and Wrecking Co. of Fort Worth was accepted in May of 1977 and the work wa… more
Date: 1977

[Carroll Boulevard extension looking due North]

Description: Carroll Boulevard, Denton Texas. Extension looking due north near I.O.O.F. Cemetary. The road is still unpaved. New apartments at left include some for the state school. Trees and grass line the road on the right side. Trees border the left side of the road in the distance, after the new apartments. A yellow construction vehicle is in the foreground.
Date: 1976~

Lewisville Public School Faculty

Description: Eleven Lewisville Public School faculty members are arranged from the bottom left to the top right of the frame. They are sitting in ascending fashion on the steps of a brick building. There is a small boy standing behind the brick staircase in the bottom left corner of the image. Identified on the back of the photograph are Superintendent B. F. Tunnell ("left") and Principal Lee Preston ("right")--they are at the top of the staircase.
Date: unknown

[Denton Civic Center]

Description: Side view of the entrance to the City of Denton Civic Center designed by O'Neil Ford. Two trees spring up in the foreground on the right-hand side of the picture and tree limbs enter the frame from the upper left-hand corner.
Date: 1967~

Truett Family Dressed as "Hillbillies" for Christmas Card

Description: The Truett family dressed as "hillbillies" for their Christmas card. From left to right: JoDee, Tykey, Jerry, DeeDee and Lute. Tykey has propped up one of her legs on the back of a goat and is holding it with a leash tied to its horns. Also pictured is a German shepherd named Domino who is a direct descendant of Kellog's "Rin-Tin-Tin". The nanny goat on the lower left is an Alpine-Nubian mixed breed named "Rook". It was taken shortly after the Truett family moved from Denton to Friendsville, Te… more
Date: unknown

[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

Mary Ramsey at Desk in Denton Public Library

Description: Mary Ramsey, wearing a blue checkered dress, sitting at a desk in the secretary's office of the Denton Public Library. Another person, unidentified, can be partially seen in the room on the right side of the image. The blinds are open behind Ramsey and green grass, a large tree, and a parking lot with two visible cars fill the background.
Date: unknown

[Emily Fowler Library, service desk]

Description: View of the Emily Fowler Library, Denton Public Library check-in desk taken from the ramp. There is an unidentified woman sitting at the check-out desk, an unidentified woman standing across from her, and an unidentified woman at the check-in desk flanked on either side by two unidentified young girls. The clock on the wall reads "10:34." Two rows of ceramic pendant lamps made by the Beaumont Mood Lighting Company hang overhead. On the far left on the south walls, tract lighting shines on vari… more
Date: 1982~

[Atrium at the Emily Fowler Public Library]

Description: View of the east end of the upper level of the Emily Fowler Library, Denton Public Library as seen from the west end of the atrium. White ceramic pendant lamps made the Beaumont Mood Lighting Company hang over the garden. The Lynn Ford carving installation can be seen on the south wall to the right. In the left corner of the room, a wire rack of paperbacks stands in front of the staff breakroom door.
Date: 1982
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