[Photograph of Thomas Oren Prater]

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Photograph of a young Thomas Oren Prater holding a cap and wearing knee socks, knickers and a waist-suit coat. He is standing next to a table with a vase of flowers on it. A handwritten note on the back of the photo identifies the boy as Oren Prater. Oren was born 26 October 1909 to William Erb Prater and Mary "Mollie" Francis Stone. According to the 1920 census, the Prater family was living in Garden Valley, Texas. Mr. Prater had previously been a farmer, but made a living by working as a rural mail carrier. Oren was also the grandson … continued below

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1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 7 cm.

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Creator: Unknown. 1919~.

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This photograph is part of the collection entitled: Rescuing Texas History, 2014 and was provided by the Denton Public Library to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 37 times. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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Denton's first public library opened on June 6, 1937, in Denton County Courthouse. It quickly outgrew the space and in 1949, the City of Denton donated a tract of land on Oakland Street for a new library.

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Photograph of a young Thomas Oren Prater holding a cap and wearing knee socks, knickers and a waist-suit coat. He is standing next to a table with a vase of flowers on it. A handwritten note on the back of the photo identifies the boy as Oren Prater. Oren was born 26 October 1909 to William Erb Prater and Mary "Mollie" Francis Stone. According to the 1920 census, the Prater family was living in Garden Valley, Texas. Mr. Prater had previously been a farmer, but made a living by working as a rural mail carrier. Oren was also the grandson of Richard Wesley Prater and Margaret Almeda Harpole (see photos of the Prater family in our collection).

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1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 7 cm.

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Rescuing Texas History, 2014

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  • 1919~

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  • May 7, 2015, 9:50 p.m.

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  • Sept. 16, 2020, 10:56 a.m.

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[Photograph of Thomas Oren Prater], photograph, 1919~; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth611681/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Denton Public Library.

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