Denton Public Library - 53 Matching Results

Search Results

Results: 1 - 24 next

[Portrait of Wiggs' Family Home at the corner of Blount and McKinney Streets in Denton, Texas]

Description: Frame home with Mr. and Mrs. Z. Wiggs and three children, Rua, Noah, and Grace, in the yard. Written on the back, "The Wiggs family home located at 218 Blount St. in 1912 with Mr. & Mrs. Wiggs and 3 of their children Rua, Noah, and Grace (Grace who was later killed in 1925 in an early car wreck in the western part of Denton County). Blount St. no longer exists, but it used to run north-south from McKinney to Sycamore Street.
Date: 1912
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Unidentified Girl Standing on a Baluster]

Description: Snapshot of a girl acting silly while balancing on the concrete baluster of a Victorian home. In the background two more women can be seen on the porch.The library has numerous photos (A-155 through A-165), all of the same size, that appear to have been removed from a scrapbook with black pages. The photos are taken all on the same front porch. The others are taken in the yard. The girls appear to be friends and of student age. We believe that this same girl appears in photo A-164 "Unidentified… more
Date: 1917~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

C.I.A. Girl's Basketball Team

Description: C.I.A girl's basketball team; many of the players are unidentified. C.I.A later became Texas Woman's University. Based upon their uniforms, this appears to be members from the time period of 1917-1918. First row, third from the left: Tennis Florey, who was a guard in 1918. Middle row, fourth from the left: Thelma Crawford, guard in 1918.
Date: [1917,1918]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

Several Poses of C. A. Williams

Description: Six different head-and-shoulder portraits of C. A. Williams printed very small on one piece of photographic paper. Very likely a proof sheet. Charles Alexander Williams was born in Arkansas in 1832 and died in Denton County in 1922. He was Sheriff of Denton County from 1856-1858, and then once again from 1866-1867.
Date: [1912..1922]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Streetcars no. 30 and no. 40 of the Denton Traction Company in front of the courthouse]

Description: The No. 30 and No. 40 Denton Traction Company streets cars in front of the Denton County Courthouse. The unidentified conductor for the No. 30 is standing next to the car and an unidentified passenger stands in the door. An unidentified passenger is standing in the door of the No. 40 car. The cars are standing at the diverging point for the lines at the intersection of Elm and Hickory streets. The streetcars were made by the Danville Car Company.
Date: 1911
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 33.215067 -97.133040

Unidentified Woman and Two Unidentified Boys in Front of a Frame House

Description: An unidentified woman in a white dress sits in a chair, with two unidentified boys perched on the armrests. The boys are wearing white shirts, long pants, and ties. In the background a frame house and trees are visible along with what looks like an old dog. Tree branches are entering the foreground from the right side of the frame. In a second photograph, A-171, the same woman is pictured with two girls in a similar pose.
Date: 1916~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Unidentified Girl Standing on a Baluster]

Description: Snapshot of a girl standing on the baluster in front of a Victorian-style house. In the background, two more women can be seen on the porch. The library has numerous photos (A-155 through A-165), all of the same size, that appear to have been removed from a scrapbook with black pages. The photos are taken all on the same front porch. The others are taken in various locations. The girls appear to be friends and of student age. Based upon a photograph in the 1915-1916 Denton High School yearbook,… more
Date: 1917~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Unidentified Girl Standing on a Baluster]

Description: Snapshot of a girl taken on a baluster in front of a Victorian style house. In the background two more women can be seen on the porch.The library has numerous photos (A-155 through A-165), all of the same size, that appear to have been removed from a scrapbook with black pages. The photos are taken all on the same front porch. The other photos were taken in unknown locations. The girls appear to be friends and of student age.
Date: 1917~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Unidentified Girl Standing on a Baluster]

Description: Snapshot of a girl in a relaxed pose on the baluster of a Victorian-style house. In the background four more women can be seen on the porch watching her and laughing.The library has numerous photos (A-155 through A-165), all of the same size, that appear to have been removed from a scrapbook with black pages. Many were taken all on the same front porch. The others are taken in various locations. The girls appear to be high school students.
Date: 1917~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

Normal Training School, Grade 8

Description: Class picture of grade eight at Normal Training School 1914-15. Pictured are: (top row) Joe Bates, Francis Ballard, W. E. James, Bulger (first name unknown), Lorine Hennen, Ola Jones, Ruth Mahan, (middle row) Hagen Armstrong, Cramer Grant, Eber Roberson, Owen Fulton, Olin Bates, Curtis Taylor, Ozro Hennen, Marion Fox, and Stenberger (first name unknown).
Date: 1914?
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

Interior View of Beyette's Shoe Store

Description: Interior view of Beyette's Shoe Store located on the east side of the Denton Square. The man on the left is identified as Paul Beyette, while the man on the right and the men in the far back are unidentified. In the center of the foreground is a glass display case with ties. The walls on either side of the store are lined with shelves which are filled with shoes.
Date: 1910
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

Pilot Point Depot

Description: Interior view of the Pilot Point Depot. Fred Wiggs is in the foreground and Noah Wiggs is sitting on the desk; the other two men in the photo are unidentified. A Texaco calendar on the wall on the right side of the room shows the month and year to be May of 1919. To the right, a bicycle pump sits atop a notebook on a counter next to a glass insulator that holds down a stack of papers.
Date: 1919-05~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

Pilot Point Fire Department

Description: Pilot Point fire department with two fire trucks in front of the fire house. Pictured in the photo are: Speck Barton, Dr. Hawley, Bill Miller, Earl Selz, Halford Russell, J. D. Elder, Fred Hayden, Mark Wylie, Foutch (first name unknown), Byron Moffitt, Fred Wilson, Walter Wenckens, Hugh Dunn, and Leo Selz.
Date: 1915?
Creator: Eschenbaum
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 33.394702 -96.960547

Denton High School Football Team

Description: Team photo of the 1911 Denton High School Football team with coach Professor Jackson. Some players have been identified by comparing the yearbook photographs and description. Sidney "Ned" Raymond Rector, standing and holding ball; Roy Wilson Ledbetter, sitting, 2nd from the left; Clifford Davis Marchman, sitting, middle; Charles Frederick "Fred" Lane, back row; James "Laud" Ratten, back row; Jack Gunnell McMath, standing, first on right; William "Will" Lewis Collins, standing, top row; George E… more
Date: 1911
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

Denton High School Football Team

Description: Team photo of the 1912 Denton High School Football team with coach Professor Jackson. This photograph was a first attempt and the second attempt can be found on photo PF-B-34-2 in our collection. Some players have been identified by comparing the yearbook photographs and description. Sidney "Ned" Raymond Rector, standing and holding ball; Roy Wilson Ledbetter, sitting, 2nd from the left; Clifford Davis Marchman, sitting, middle; Charles Frederick "Fred" Lane, back row; James "Laud" Ratten, back… more
Date: 1912
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

Denton High School Girls' Basketball Team

Description: Team picture of the 1911 Denton High School girls' basketball team. Many of the names of the team have been identified, but we are unsure of which names go to which photos except for a few. Coach- Miss Buster (middle top row); Captain- Beatrice Hogue; Manager - Mary Leticia "Leta" Bayless (bottom row, 3rd from left); Secretary - Ruby Strickland (bottom row, 1st from left); Goals - Georgia Freeman, Beaulah Crain (top 2nd from left); Centers - Lutie Craddock; Sub-Jessie Freeman; Guards - Edith La… more
Date: 1911
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Back to Top of Screen