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Sam Laney Tire Company and Service Station

Description: The Sam Laney's Tire Company and Service Station located at 502 N. Locust. The station originally opened in 1931 as the Laney & Craven Road Service Station and offered "washing, polishing and greasing," as well as being a Texaco Service Station. The name changed to Sam Laney sometime between 1932 and 1933. They began offering Firestone products in 1933. It later became the John Rochelle Station around 1942 and 1944.
Date: 1933~
Creator: Carruth Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Square parade]

Description: The Teacher's College Band of Denton plays in a circular formation on Denton's square during a parade. The band members are wearing white uniforms and hats with the North Texas Eagles insignia. Several cars are parked on the square and in the street. Some of the square's stores are visible in the background.
Date: 1940~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Spectacular Fire on East Hickory, 1942]

Description: Photograph of firemen battling a two-alarm fire at the 200 block of East Hickory Street. Several water hoses are being used and strewn across the ground. Fire Chief Eugene Cook and his men can be seen fighting the flames while several onlookers are in the street. The origin of the flame was undetermined. Southeast winds fanned the fire up the street to consume a domino parlor, the former Morris Feed Store, tin-covered sheds (once a lumberyard), and damaged J. B. Woodrum's tire shop, the Ted Pri… more
Date: August 14, 1942
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. William Erb Prater]

Description: Portrait of William Erb Prater wearing a suit and tie, and his wife Mary "Mollie" Francis Stone wearing a dark dress with a white lace collar. William was the son of Richard Wesley Prater and Margaret Almeda Harpole; the library has other photos of their family. He and Mollie had seven children and lived in the Garden Valley Community in Smith County for most of their married life. Neither of them had ever been to school, but both could read and write. William started out his career as a dry go… more
Date: 1940
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Crowd in Front of Russell's Department Store]

Description: Photograph of a large crowd standing on the courthouse lawn in the street for the grand re-opening of Russell's Department Store, a two-story building with a sign that reads "H. M. Russell & Sons Co." People are facing a round drum on S. Elm Street where they were holding a drawing. There are several automobiles parked amidst the crowd and on a building on the opposite street corner with signs that read "Grant Vogue Shop. Hosier, Lingerie, Dresses" and "Modena Wilson [...]."
Date: December 12, 1940
Creator: Carruth, C. E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 33.214786 -97.133678
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Crowd by Russell's Department Store]

Description: Photograph of a large crowd of people on the Denton square during the grand re-opening of Russell's Department Store, two-story building (on the right) with a sign that reads "H. M. Russell" and an awning that reads "A Denton Institution." Most of the people are facing toward the left where several other businesses can be seen, including one with several advertisements on the side of it.
Date: December 12, 1940
Creator: Carruth, C. E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 33.214777 -97.133678
Partner: Denton Public Library
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