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Interior View With Graffiti

Description: Interior view of the kitchen of a house on the Nike Missile Base. There is graffiti all over the white walls and ceiling and a light bulb socket without a bulb is visible in the center top.The words, groovy, love me, peace and love.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bennett, Doug

Interior View With Two Rooms

Description: A sink without any plumbing hookups is visible in a room to the right and an open door into a different room is visible on the left side of the image inside of a house on the Nike Missile Base. Center frame the dry wall is on the floor in front of the wall where it used to be.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bennett, Doug

Room Without Sheetrock

Description: Along the right side of the image most of the sheet rock is missing from the wall and on the far wall there is a hole in the wall that allows a small glimpse into the room beyond in a house on the Nike Missile Base.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bennett, Doug

Room Without Sheetrock

Description: Along the left side of the image most of the sheet rock is missing from the wall and on the far wall there is a hole in the wall that allows a small glimpse into the room beyond in a house on the Nike Missile Base.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bennett, Doug

Sink in a Missile Base Residence

Description: A sink without any plumbing hookups is in the center of the image in the middle of a section of countertop. A battered cardboard box is beneath the sink. On the wall behind the sink two "X's", a flower, and the phrase "Please Love Me Baby" have been scrawled on the wall.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bennett, Doug

[Window in a derelict house]

Description: View of an interior window in a derelict house on the Nike Missile Base. The paint is chipped and the window has been broken. The window blinds have been removed, except for two strings hanging on either side. The house has wood paneling.
Date: 1970~
Creator: Bennett, Doug

Wooden Ceiling and Window

Description: The beams of a wooden ceiling take up the top half of the image while the bottom half is comprised of a white window with no screen or glass and door off of its hinges laying next to the entry-way in an unknown house.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bennett, Doug

Wooden Wall and Doorway

Description: A dirty wooden wall has trash on the floor in front of it in an unknown derelict house. On the left side of the image is a doorway into another room that was painted white, but the paint is now peeling and cracking. The house is one of many moved by Denton County House Movers around 1970. They (DCHM) think that it could have come from one of two area: near the University of North Texas campus, or from Pacific Street, which was moved to make way for the expansion of South Carroll Boulevard.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bennett, Doug

Wooden Wall and Doorway

Description: A dirty wooden wall has trash on the floor in front of it in an unknown derelict house. On the right side of the image is a doorway into another room that was painted white, but the paint is now peeling and cracking.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bennett, Doug

Ashley Newton Denton

Description: Head-and-shoulders portrait of Dr. Ashley Newton Denton, son of John B. Denton (1806-1841), for whom Denton County and City are named, and Mary Greenlee Stewart (1808-1848). Dr. Denton was born in 1837, the year the Denton family moved from Clark County, Arkansas, to Clarksville, Texas. He studied medicine and served as a surgeon in the confederate army. Dr. Denton practiced medicine for many years at San Marcos and Austin, Texas. He was a member of the Texas legislature for one term and from 1… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Broome Studio

John Bunyan Denton

Description: Photograph of an artist's sketch depicting the death of John B. Denton in the Indian fight at Village Creek on May 24, 1841. Captain Denton and Captain Henry Stout, also shown in the sketch, were leading an advanced scouting party when they were ambushed on Village Creek near modern Fort Worth. Denton was killed and Stout severely wounded.
Date: 1907
Creator: Broome Studio

Judge Wilbur Fiske Hill

Description: Head-and-shoulders portrait of Judge Wilbur Fiske Hill in an overcoat buttoned up over a dark suit and bowtie and white shirt. His body is parallel to the camera, but his head and gaze are turned to the right of the camera. Judge Wilbur Fiske Hill was the oldest grandson of John B. Denton (1806-1841) for whom Denton County and city were named. Judge Hill was born March 15, 1844, near Clarksville, Red River County, Texas, son of Bernard Hill and Sarah Elizabeth Denton, oldest of John B. Denton's… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Broome Studio
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