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Texas Normal College, Denton, Texas, in The Chronicle Newspaper

Description: Photograph of The Chronicle newspaper (5/12/1894 issue) showing a drawing of the Texas Normal College. Newspaper caption: "Texas Normal College, Denton, Texas. Erected 1891." In the upper right-hand corner is a drawing of John Haynes, Denton County's oldest citizen at the time. Newspaper caption: "Denton County's citizen, Rev. John Haynes: age, 97 years."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library

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]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library

Frame House with Horse and Buggy

Description: Snapshot of a frame house behind a picket fence with a horse-drawn buggy and two unidentified individuals in the yard. A horse-drawn wagon is in the foreground in front of the picket fence. We have a second photo of this house taken from a different perspective. A note on the back of it says "Cure's home". After looking through the census for anyone with the last name of "Cure" we did find a family living near Sanger, one J. H. Cure with a wife, Neomi. This is just speculation on our part, howe… more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library

Cure's Home

Description: Snapshot of frame house surrounded by picket fence. An unidentified person can be seen standing on the porch. Labelled "Cure's Home" on the back of the photograph. After looking through the census for anyone with the last name of "Cure" we did find a family living near Sanger, one J. H. Cure with a wife, Neomi. This is just speculation on our part, however.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library

F.M. Bralley Jr.

Description: F. M. Bralley Jr. is leaning over in a garage looking at the front of an early model car. A paved driveway made with two runners of concrete is separated by a field of grass; the driveway starts at the bottom of the frame and leads up to the garage and Bralley Jr.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library

Lewisville Public School Faculty

Description: Eleven Lewisville Public School faculty members are arranged from the bottom left to the top right of the frame. They are sitting in ascending fashion on the steps of a brick building. There is a small boy standing behind the brick staircase in the bottom left corner of the image. Identified on the back of the photograph are Superintendent B. F. Tunnell ("left") and Principal Lee Preston ("right")--they are at the top of the staircase.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
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~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library

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~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library

Unidentified Man and Woman with Guitars

Description: An unidentified man and woman hold and strum guitars in a side yard next to a frame house (house is on the right edge of the image). A tree is behind the couple and beyond that a wooden fence. in the distance to the left, the roof of a building can be seen peeking above the fence.
Date: 1922~
Creator: Carruth Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library

Unidentified Man in Coat

Description: An unidentified man in a dark coat stands just left of center and looks back at the camera. He is standing in front of a brick building with a covered awning. A porch swing is visible to the far right along with a number of unidentified people and also, another brick building. This same man appears in another photograph in our collection entitled, "Unidentified father and daughter in front of building" (see PF-A 280).
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library

Unidentified Baby

Description: Unidentified baby photographed in blankets in a woman's lap. The child is unable to sit up unaided and is probably between 3-6 months old. The woman's shoulder and arm are visible, but her head is not visible.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library

Man in Bow Tie

Description: An unidentified man in a white short-sleeved shirt, jeans, cowboy boots, and bow tie stands in the center of the picture, looking to his left and holding a cowboy hat in his right hand. A building is in the background to the left.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library
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