Rescuing Texas History, 2017 - 43 Matching Results

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[Bailey Street]

Description: Photograph of Bailey Street in Denton, Texas, a dirt road with rows of houses on both sides, telephone poles on the right, and trees and other houses in the background. Bailey Street was amongst the last streets in Denton to be paved, hence the photograph.
Date: January 20, 1970
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 33.208151 -97.122957
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Bridge Repair Crew]

Description: Photograph of three unidentified workers replacing boards on an old iron bridge in Denton, Texas; there is pickup truck behind them, trees on both sides of the bridge, and telephone poles and fields in the background.
Date: July 1974
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library

[City of Denton Service Center]

Description: Photograph from above of the City of Denton Service Center, where various types of city-owned equipment were housed and maintained, a lot with rows of vehicles parked on it and a warehouse on the left. In the background streets with rows of houses and trees are visible.
Date: October 1979
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Civic Center Park]

Description: Photograph of the rocket slide and various other playground equipment (merry-go-round, swing set, slide) at the Civic Center Park in Denton with trees and a blue sky in the background.
Date: April 1976
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Denton Baseball Field]

Description: Photograph of a baseball field in Denton with unidentified works on the left and right and a child crouching in the dirt in the middle; there are stadium lights and bleachers behond the field and trees and telephone poles in the background.
Date: October 1971
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Denton City Hall Customer Service]

Description: Photograph of the Customer Service Department in Denton City Hall (at 215 E. McKinney Street) with several unidentified people waiting in line; there are orange cubicles on the right side and signs for a Cashier and Tax and Utility Bills on the left. Ceiling-to-floor length curtains hang, filtering the sunlight that shines in on the Mexican saltillo tile floor. A Beaumont Mood pendant lamp hangs from the ceiling.
Date: 1977/1981
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 33.217391 -97.130969
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Denton Fire Fighters Examining a Site]

Description: Photograph of of two unidentified Denton fire fighters searching the debris in a structure after a fire (possibly looking for a cause or origin); the one in the foreground appears to be a chief based on his white coat and helmet. There is smoke visible in the middle and a damaged walls in the background.
Date: May 1972
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Drainage Ditch]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified boy standing on the side of a drainage ditch running along an unidentified street in Denton with houses and trees visible in the background.
Date: August 1971
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Fire at Cedar Crest Apartments in Denton]

Description: Photograph of a fire at the Cedar Crest apartment complex with a Denton Fire Department fire engine in the foreground and an unidentified man standing on the second floor with fire and smoke in the background. The Cedar Crest apartments, now called Vendi Place, is located at 223 Avenue G. The fire was started by a student who was cooking. They put out the fire and went to class, but the flames had traveled up the vent and had gone into the attic.
Date: October 2, 1973
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Fire on the South Side of the Square]

Description: At 3:45 a.m., Wednesday, May 10, 1972, a fire broke out at the Three Sisters Restaurant on the South side of the Square. The fire worsened and a total of 41 firemen were called in to help. This is the view of the backside of the buildings along Walnut Street. The restaurant was destroyed and one of the walls collapsed into Ever's Hardware on the east side. It also spread into Bomar's Men's Clothing on the west side. All three businesses were destroyed.
Date: May 10, 1972
Creator: City of Denton staff
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library
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