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[Streetcars no. 30 and no. 40 of the Denton Traction Company in front of the courthouse]

Description: The No. 30 and No. 40 Denton Traction Company streets cars in front of the Denton County Courthouse. The unidentified conductor for the No. 30 is standing next to the car and an unidentified passenger stands in the door. An unidentified passenger is standing in the door of the No. 40 car. The cars are standing at the diverging point for the lines at the intersection of Elm and Hickory streets. The streetcars were made by the Danville Car Company.
Date: 1911
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Location: 33.215067 -97.133040

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]
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Naomi Haren, Ginny, Loma Jones, and Gladys Bates in Car

Description: Four girls, Naomi Haren, Ginny (last name unknown), Loma Jones, and Gladys Bates are pictured in what looks like a 1914 Dodge Touring car. In the background is a field with trees. Both Loma Jones and Gladys Bates were centers on the Denton High School girls basketball team from 1916-1917 and were also in Campfire Girls together. The girl in the drivers seat and the girl at the end of the car on the right are both holding noisemakers. We could presume that they were on their way to a celebration… more
Date: 1916~
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[Unidentified Girl Standing on a Baluster]

Description: Snapshot of a girl in a relaxed pose on the baluster of a Victorian-style house. In the background four more women can be seen on the porch watching her and laughing.The library has numerous photos (A-155 through A-165), all of the same size, that appear to have been removed from a scrapbook with black pages. Many were taken all on the same front porch. The others are taken in various locations. The girls appear to be high school students.
Date: 1917~
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[Unidentified Girl Standing on a Baluster]

Description: Snapshot of a girl taken on a baluster in front of a Victorian style house. In the background two more women can be seen on the porch.The library has numerous photos (A-155 through A-165), all of the same size, that appear to have been removed from a scrapbook with black pages. The photos are taken all on the same front porch. The other photos were taken in unknown locations. The girls appear to be friends and of student age.
Date: 1917~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Unidentified Girl Standing on a Baluster]

Description: Snapshot of a girl standing on the baluster in front of a Victorian-style house. In the background, two more women can be seen on the porch. The library has numerous photos (A-155 through A-165), all of the same size, that appear to have been removed from a scrapbook with black pages. The photos are taken all on the same front porch. The others are taken in various locations. The girls appear to be friends and of student age. Based upon a photograph in the 1915-1916 Denton High School yearbook,… more
Date: 1917~
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[Unidentified Girl Standing on a Baluster]

Description: Snapshot of a girl standing on a baluster in front of a Victorian-style house. It is a windy day and she appears to try to keep her bow from flying off while holding a hat in her right hand. In the background, two more young women can be seen on the porch. The library has numerous photos (A-155 through A-165), all of the same size, that appear to have been removed from a scrapbook with black pages. The photos are taken all on the same front porch. The others are taken in other locations. The gi… more
Date: 1917~
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Unidentified Woman and Two Unidentified Boys in Front of a Frame House

Description: An unidentified woman in a white dress sits in a chair, with two unidentified boys perched on the armrests. The boys are wearing white shirts, long pants, and ties. In the background a frame house and trees are visible along with what looks like an old dog. Tree branches are entering the foreground from the right side of the frame. In a second photograph, A-171, the same woman is pictured with two girls in a similar pose.
Date: 1916~
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Lee Preston in Uniform

Description: Lee Preston, in uniform, standing between two unidentified boys in front of a white building. We believe this photograph was taken sometime around 1918-1919 because Lee studied in the Army Training Corps while at the North Texas State College.
Date: [1918,1919]
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C.I.A. Girl's Basketball Team

Description: C.I.A girl's basketball team; many of the players are unidentified. C.I.A later became Texas Woman's University. Based upon their uniforms, this appears to be members from the time period of 1917-1918. First row, third from the left: Tennis Florey, who was a guard in 1918. Middle row, fourth from the left: Thelma Crawford, guard in 1918.
Date: [1917,1918]
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[Unidentified Girl Standing on a Baluster]

Description: Snapshot of a girl acting silly while balancing on the concrete baluster of a Victorian home. In the background two more women can be seen on the porch.The library has numerous photos (A-155 through A-165), all of the same size, that appear to have been removed from a scrapbook with black pages. The photos are taken all on the same front porch. The others are taken in the yard. The girls appear to be friends and of student age. We believe that this same girl appears in photo A-164 "Unidentified… more
Date: 1917~
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Laying the Base for Paving East Hickory

Description: Photograph of Z. Wiggs' work crew laying the first base for the paving of East Hickory Street. View is looking north from Ash. Z. Wiggs is second from the right and the other men are unknown. Written in blue on back of photo. "Laying the first base for the paving of E. Hickory St in 1910. This picture was made looking North on Ash-Carrier-Austin with Hickory St. East to West with the Z-Higg's crew doing the work. Z Wiggs 2nd from the right other men unknown at this time-those tracks are part of… more
Date: 1910
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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
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Denton High School Girls' Basketball Team

Description: Team picture of the 1911 Denton High School girls' basketball team. Many of the names of the team have been identified, but we are unsure of which names go to which photos except for a few. Coach- Miss Buster (middle top row); Captain- Beatrice Hogue; Manager - Mary Leticia "Leta" Bayless (bottom row, 3rd from left); Secretary - Ruby Strickland (bottom row, 1st from left); Goals - Georgia Freeman, Beaulah Crain (top 2nd from left); Centers - Lutie Craddock; Sub-Jessie Freeman; Guards - Edith La… more
Date: 1911
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Interior View of the Denton County Clerk's Office

Description: Interior view of the Denton county clerk's office. Pictured are two women and two men; the county clerk is identified as Abney Ivey. On the wall behind the man on the left is a calendar from 1917 and it is open to the month of August. A black-and-white poster of President Woodrow Wilson is on the opposite wall along with a 1909-1910 Texas Fee Bill which gave the allowable fees for tax collector's to collect on delinquent taxes.
Date: 1917~
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Denton County Clerk's Office

Description: Interior view of the Denton county clerk's office. Four men and five women are pictured sitting at or standing around desks, all are unidentified. On the right-hand wall hangs a World War I Red Cross poster that says, Have You Answered the Red Cross Christmas Roll Call? The poster was illustrated by Harrison Fisher in 1918; the Roll Call took place from Dec. 16th - 23rd.
Date: 1919?
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[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

[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
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