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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
Partner: Denton Public Library

[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
Partner: Denton Public Library

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
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Wiggs Family Portrait]

Description: Group portrait of the Wiggs family on the porch of a white frame house located at 218 Blount Street in Denton. The people listed in the photo are from left-to-right: Rua Wiggs, Ida Mae Wiggs-Ritter and her son Oscar Lee Ritter Jr., Grace Bessie Wiggs-Durham, the small girl is Juanita Ritter, Lou and Fred Wiggs, Rachael Wiggs, Noah R. Wiggs, the small boy is Walter Wiggs, Jr., Zeph Wiggs, Walter C. Wiggs & his wife, Martha Ann Fry-Wiggs.
Date: 1912
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library

Denton Ariel Club's "Art Day" Program

Description: The program lists the scheduled performances by members of the Denton Ariel Club's, Art Department during Art Day on March 4, 1912. The "Art Day" was held at the home of Mrs. L. H. Schweer and performances include "The Merry Wives of Windsor," "Forget Me Not," "Oh Nightingale," and others. The programs for the afternoon were hand-painted bluebonnets on the cover done in watercolor with gold leaf accents. The program inside was done in gold lettering.
Date: March 4, 1912
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Denton Public Library

Decatur Highway South of the Santa Fe Underpass

Description: View of unpaved Decatur Highway south of the Santa Fe railroad underpass. There is a Dodge touring car on the right side of the road. Houses are visible on the horizon on the left. Written in back of photo in blue in "This is the Ponder-Justin Rd. just South of the Santa Fe Underpass on the Old Decatur Highway with Z. Wigs' Dodge touring car in foreground.
Date: 1913
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library

Decatur Highway Underpass

Description: Decatur Highway underpass below the Santa Fe Railroad. The road is unpaved and right before the underpass, in the distance, two unidentified men are visible standing on either side of an automobile. The highway still exists and the present-day location of the underpass is now called 11614 Jim Christal Rd., Krum, Texas.
Date: 1913
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 33.223853 -97.257141
Partner: Denton Public Library

[TSCW Household Arts Building (2nd floor, south gallery)]

Description: Photograph of the Household Arts Building's second floor balcony near the south gallery. A few troughs with plants growing in them are visible. The balcony is lined with a metal guardrail. Columns with Ionian capitals support the building right outside the balcony. Other parts of the Texas State College for Women campus including the Science Building are visible in the background. The Household Arts Building was completed in 1913.
Date: 1913~
Creator: Carruth Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Z. Wiggs' Crew Building a Bridge]

Description: Z. Wiggs' crew building a bridge on Justin, Ponder, Krum Road located south of present-day Highway 380 between the Santa Fe railroad overpass and Ponder. "The Justin-Ponder-Krum Road in 1913 being graveled, having bridge built by the Z. Wiggs crew. This bridge is South of the present day state highway 380 between the Santa Fe Overpass & Ponder"
Date: 1913
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library

College of Industrial Arts

Description: Exterior view of the College of Industrial Arts with some unidentified students standing on the steps. Some women in the photograph appear in the 1914 Yucca: 2nd row, 1st from right: Ethel Murry; 4th row, 1st from left is Lucille Johnson. Many of these women are in the Second Preparatory Class or Juniors.
Date: 1914~
Creator: Adkisson, A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library

Household Arts Building (1913)

Description: Several women near the steps of the Household Arts Building at Texas State College for Women. The three-story brick building has six columns with Ionian capitals. The Household Arts Building was the second largest instructional building erected on the campus of Texas Woman's University. The Legislature appropriated $75,000 for it, and the building was occupied with the opening of the 1913-14 school year. Additions, repairs and changes subsequently may have brought the total cost of the buil… more
Date: 1914~
Creator: Carruth Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library
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