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[Denton City/County Library Bookmobile]

Description: Unidentified men stand in front of a Denton City/County Public Library bookmobile. Denton Public School buses are in the background. The picture was taken across from Congress Junior High School facing Alice Street. In 1938 the schools purchased a bookmobile to provide better library services to schools in the County. The Works Progress Administration funded the staff and maintenance of the bookmobile program.
Date: [1940,1941]
Creator: Carruth Studio
Partner: Denton Public Library

Home of Silk Finish Flour, Sanger, Texas

Description: Aerial picture of mill, yard and outbuildings located on the east side of 2nd Street between Pecan and Plum Streets.. The mill was established in 1897.
Date: 1940~
Partner: Sanger Public Library

[Train engine]

Description: Santa Fe locomotive 4045 (4000 class) pulls into the Sanger depot. Cotton gin in the background and the hand laid brick platform in the foreground.
Date: 1940~
Creator: Fuqua, Idaleene Scheu
Partner: Sanger Public Library

[Aerial Photograph of the North Texas State College Campus, 1940s]

Description: Aerial photograph from the northeast side of the North Texas State College campus, during the 1940s. Athletic fields are near the center of the photo. Administration building (now Auditorium) is along Hickory Street, bottom left of photo.
Date: 1940~
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Aerial Photograph of the North Texas State Teachers College Campus, 1940s]

Description: Aerial photograph from the west side of the North Texas State Teachers College campus, during the 1940s. Bruce Hall is in the center with a practice field and the original football field, to the right. Chilton Hall with its distinctive courtyard is on the lower right.
Date: 1940~
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Lee Preston

Description: Close-up portrait of Lee Preston in coat and tie looking back into the camera. Lee Preston was born in Denton in 1898. He went to school in Denton, attended North Texas Normal College and studied in the Army Training Corps. By 1920, he was a teacher, then later became a banker. Lee eventually ran for office and was mayor of Denton from 1938-45.
Date: 1940~
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~
Partner: Denton Public Library

Lee Preston

Description: Close-up portrait of Lee Preston in coat and tie smiling and looking out of the frame to the left. Lee Preston was born in Denton in 1898. He went to school in Denton, attended North Texas Normal College and studied in the Army Training Corps. By 1920, he was a teacher, then later became a banker. Lee eventually ran for office and was mayor of Denton from 1938-45.
Date: 1940~
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.
Location: 33.214777 -97.133678
Partner: Denton Public Library

Smith-Carroll Hall built by the Woman's Home Mission Socity of the North Texas Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

Description: Smith-Carroll Hall of Texas Woman's University is visible behind a rock ledge, flowers, and trees. Ivy covers one side of the building. The building was opened in April of 1908 and was also known as Methodist Dormitory. The building was torn down in 1950 and another dormitory was erected with the same name.
Date: 1940/1950
Creator: Carruth Studio
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Portrait of Othello Norvell Lister Hill]

Description: Studio style portrait of Othello Norvell Lister Hill taken in the 1940's. She is wearing dark suit embellished with light braid trim, a locket, and button-style earrings.
Date: [1940..1949]
Partner: Other

[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.
Location: 33.214786 -97.133678
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Train Engine #638 and Cars]

Description: Photograph of train engine #638 and attached cars on railroad tracks, viewed from a front side angle. "638" is visible on the front of the engine. Additional tracks lay to the right. Electrical poles rise in the background. Handwritten text below the image says, "Denton, Texas May 6th 1940."
Date: May 6, 1940
Creator: M., C.
Partner: The Grace Museum

[Eugene Hunley]

Description: Photograph of Eugene Hunley, a North Texas basketball player. He poses in his basketball jersey, which reads "Eagles 25."
Date: 1940
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Helen Jones at Wedding]

Description: Photograph of Helen Jones at her wedding in the 1940s. She cuts a cake with her groom, who wears a military uniform.
Date: [1940..1949]
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Helen Jones at Wedding]

Description: Photograph of Helen Jones at a wedding in the 1940s. There are two men and two women pictured. One man wears a military uniform.
Date: [1940..1949]
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Helen Jones at Wedding]

Description: Photograph of Helen Jones and many other women at a wedding. They stand around a table with a punch bowl, posing for the camera.
Date: [1940..1949]
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Portrait of Gene Autry]

Description: Portrait of Gene Autry, Texas born actor famous for his Cowboy Western films. In the photograph Autry is dressed in a cowboy shirt with horses on them, and smiling.
Date: [1940..]
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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