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Bedridden Boy Still In School

Description: Newspaper clipping and photo regarding Larry Wayne Shell, a third-grader at Little Elm School. Larry broke his leg and was forced to stay at home. His family installed an intercom wire between the school and his room, so he could participate in the lessons. Mrs. Harmon was his teacher.
Date: February 17, 1963
Creator: Burlage, George
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping

[Looking Back at Sanger's History]

Description: Page from a scrapbook with two photos that appeared in the Sanger Courier's "Looking Back" issue. The first photo is of the owners of Collins-Andrews Dry Good Store which was reported to be the first dry goods store in Sanger. The second photo is of one of the early Post Masters of Sanger, H. D. Green, along with his family and other postal workers in front of a post office in early Sanger, Texas. Mr. Green was appointed Post Master in 1899 and reappointed at different times until 1925. At the… more
Date: July 11, 1963
Creator: Cherry, Ruby
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text

[Denton Civic Center, exterior view at night]

Description: This photo was taken by the Raymond Crouch of the Denton Record-Chronicle and appeared in the newspaper in anticipation for the dedication and open house that would occur on Saturday, November 18, 1967. The event was semi-formal and lasted all day. The building was also open for the following Sunday. What you see is an exterior view of the front of the Denton Civic Center taken at night. The building was designed by architect, O'Neil Ford. Ceramic lamps made by Beaumont Mood, adorn the exterior… more
Date: November 17, 1967
Creator: Crouch, Raymond
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

31 Men With Vision

Description: The booklet contains a brief history of Denton County National Bank's conception and first seventy-five years of operation, including photographs of the thirty-one men who petitioned the Treasury Department in Washington, D.C. for the right to form a national bank in 1892.
Date: 1967-01~
Creator: Drenner, William E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet

[Aerial view of Denton Center]

Description: Aerial photograph of Hwy 380, University Dr., and the Denton Center business area. The photograph was taken looking northeast. In the area to the right of the Texas Station and Mr. M's Grocery, a new Luby's Cafeteria would soon be constructed.
Date: March 1966
Creator: Haskins, Squire
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

Aerial View of Denton State School

Description: Aerial view of the Denton State School, a “state supported living center that serves people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and who are medically fragile or who have behavioral problems.” The 189-acre campus is located south-southeast of Denton. In 1957 the “citizens of Denton County raised $102,000 and donated it to buy land for the school” Construction began in 1959 and was completed in July 1960.”
Date: 1964
Creator: Haskins, Squire
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
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