Fire Place in the Denton Public Library

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Close-up of the fire place in the Denton Public Library. Peacock chairs are visible on the left and right edges of the image. A potted plant sits in a pottery container made by Beaumont Mood. The photo was taken before the reopening of the library.

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1 photographic print : b&w ; 10 x 7.5 in.

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Creator: Unknown. 1981~.

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This photograph is part of the collection entitled: From Plowshares to Diplomas: Digitizing Early Denton History 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 107 times. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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Denton Public Library

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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Close-up of the fire place in the Denton Public Library. Peacock chairs are visible on the left and right edges of the image. A potted plant sits in a pottery container made by Beaumont Mood. The photo was taken before the reopening of the library.

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1 photographic print : b&w ; 10 x 7.5 in.

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From Plowshares to Diplomas: Digitizing Early Denton History

These materials include historic photographs, books, maps, city directories, and records from numerous Denton women's clubs. Funding for this project was provided by the Forrest C. Lattner Foundation.

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  • 1981~

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  • April 21, 2006, 1:20 a.m.

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  • June 9, 2021, 4:07 p.m.

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Fire Place in the Denton Public Library, photograph, 1981~; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth12480/: accessed March 28, 2023), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Denton Public Library.

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