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Denton Athletic Club

Description: Group portrait of the first Denton Athletic Club's baseball team was made up of only local players. Pictured are: (top row, from left to right) Frank Case (3rd base), Guy Witherspoon (shortstop), Robert Edwards, Lawrence Schweer (1st base); (middle row, from left to right) Aubrey Terrell (right fielder), Will Edwards (Manager), Ford Witherspoon (2nd base); (bottom row from left to right) Alex Hann (pitcher), Timmons, Bala Williams (left fielder), Ed Hann (catcher). The club was organized in 190… more
Date: 1902~
Creator: Williams Art Conference

[Photograph of the 1908 Freshman Class]

Description: The students in this photograph were all members of the 1908 Freshman Class and this same photo appeared in the Denton Bronco. The students were identified as: Nelle Kincaid, Elmo Sleight, Archye Jasper, Edna Schmitz, Carl Kirkpatrick, Lee Gillespie, Perren Lyon, Roland McNiel, East Ivy, Will Dooley, Emery Fairman, Will Sullivan (bottom row, far right), Bennie Smith, Garrett George, Raymond Johnson
Date: 1908

Ten Men

Description: Group portrait of ten men in suits. Four men are identified as Sidney, T. Carroll (bottom row, middle), Monroe Davenport (bottom row, far right), Emory B. Peter (top row, 4th from left), Frank Erwin Piner (top row, fifth from left); the other six men are unidentified.
Date: 1901

[Obituary for William Crow Wright]

Description: This original newspaper clipping was pasted once pasted into a scrapbook. The obituary contains a summary of the life and death of W. C. Wright, an early settler in Denton, Texas. W. C. Wright died at the age of 70 after having lived under three flags, having served in the Texas Cavalry during the Civil War, and having served in a local militia. Wright became a wealthy farmer and trader and built and operated the Wright's Opera House. He was survived by his wife, Julia A. Gober Williams, and se… more
Date: May 24, 1906

George V. Huffmon

Description: Portrait of George V. Huffmon as a young man in a dark suit and vest and a white shirt. There is a small photo of two women wearing hats pinned to his left lapel. The image is over-matted to an oval shape. We are guessing on the date of creation based upon other photos that we have of him that were taken around the same time period. George Van Buren Huffmon was born on Nov. 24, 1886 in Lee County, Virginia. He moved to Texas and later enlisted in the United States Army. He was stated at Camp Co… more
Date: 1905~

[Walter Wiggs, Sr., Jim Grady, two unidentified men, and one unidentified boy on streetcar]

Description: Early Denton streetcar with sign on front saying: "Jarrell-Evans Dry Goods and Manufacturers Surplus Sale. Now in full blast." Man in uniform at the front of the streetcar is Walter Wiggs, Sr., and the man in the back with cigar is Jim Grady. The other individuals in the picture are unidentified. A boy can be seen hanging on the back of the streetcar and behind the streetcar a man is driving a horse-drawn buggy. The Denton Depot can be seen in the background. Along the side of the car is a sign… more
Date: 1909~

[Walter Wiggs, Sr., Jim Grady, two unidentified men, and one unidentified boy on streetcar]

Description: Early Denton streetcar with sign on front saying: "Jarrell-Evans Dry Goods and Manufacturers Surplus Sale. Now in full blast." Man in uniform at the front of the streetcar is Walter Wiggs, Sr., and the man in the back with cigar is Jim Grady. The other individuals in the picture are unidentified. A boy can be seen hanging on the back of the streetcar and behind the streetcar a man is driving a horse-drawn buggy. The Denton Depot can be seen in the background. Along the side of the car is a sign… more
Date: 1909~

[Sgt. George V. Huffmon standing in front of the Monument to the Eight Medical Students in Old Havana]

Description: Sgt. George V. Huffmon, nurse in the U. S. Army Medical Corps is pictured in front of the Memorial to the Eight Medicine Students in Old Havana, Cuba. The back of this picture postcard is stamped May 29, 1907, Guanajay, Cuba and it arrived in Denton on June 4th, 1907. The postcard is addressed to Miss Hallie Thurmon, of Denton, Texas. Sgt. Huffmon was stationed during the Second Occupation of Cuba, which lasted from September 1906 to February of 1909. On the right front of the postcard Sgt. Huf… more
Date: 1907~

Pilot Point Girls' Basketball Team

Description: Pilot Point girls' basketball team. Those pictured are: Sadie Nance, Ethel Wilborne, Roberta Johnson, Bess Montgomery, Ella Elder, Hazel Nance, Mary Lane, Kate Cooper, Clara Scott, Maude Hendricks, Myrtle Pearce, Florence Parvin, Vera Gee, Lula Selz, Minnie Drake, and A. H. Gee holding a basketball on which is written, Pilot Point, 1902. The photo was taken in front of the Gee home.
Date: 1902
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