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[Orr-Bland Addition]

Description: Photograph of a family standing outside a home. Pictured is a man, a woman and a child. The woman holds black cat. The small home has a chicken-wire fence around it and some small trees in the front yard.
Date: 1917
Partner: Heritage House Museum

Wooten Residence, Abilene, Texas: Miscellaneous Details

Description: Architectural plan for a home commissioned by Mr. Ollie Wooten in Abilene, Texas. It includes detail of cupboard between kitchen and breakfast room, detail of kitchen cabinet, detail of french doors, detail of mantle and bookcase in living room, wall section, full size details, detail of ceiling beams, and side elevation.
Date: February 24, 1917
Creator: Castle, David S.
Partner: Tittle-Luther/Parkhill, Smith and Cooper, Inc.

Bentley Residence, Abilene, Texas: Elevation, Sections, and Details

Description: Architectural plan for a home commissioned by Mr. H. L. Bentley, Sr. in Abilene, Texas. It includes the right side elevation, section thru steps, detail of mantel and bookcases in living room, detail of cupboard, detail of seats and table, detail of french doors, and full size details.
Date: January 8, 1917
Creator: Castle, David S.
Partner: Tittle-Luther/Parkhill, Smith and Cooper, Inc.

[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~
Partner: Denton Public Library

[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~
Partner: Denton Public Library

[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~
Partner: Denton Public Library

[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~
Partner: Denton Public Library

[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~
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Unidentified Girl Standing on a Baluster]

Description: Snapshot of a girl standing on the baluster of a Victorian-style house. She is smiling broadly and the wind is whipping the tie of her dress uniform. In the background a young woman is sitting on the porch and another is entering the house. 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. Most are taken all on the same front porch. The others are taken in various locations. The girls appear to be hig… more
Date: 1917~
Partner: Denton Public Library

Soren Jensen/Peter Jensen Home

Description: Photograph of a farmstead in Danevang, Texas, belonging to Soren and Peter Jensen. Photograph was taken at a distance from the buildings, capturing a large portion of the cotton plantation that accompanying information states was being cultivated. Past the cotton, on the left side, there is a two-story house with an intersecting gable roof. One double-hung window is visible on the top floor. In the middle, there appears to be a windmill, and past it, towards the right of the photograph, there a… more
Date: 1917
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Flack Family Picture]

Description: Photograph of Flack family at their home in McGregor, Texas in June 1917. The photograph reads, "Mother Mrs. C.S. Flack, Ruth Flack, Milton Flack, Al Flack, Willie Flack. Husband and Father of Children Peter J. Flack deceased 9-10-1899."
Date: June 1917
Partner: Midwestern State University

[Postcard of Log Cabin]

Description: Postcard of an African American man chopping wood outside of a log cabin, with another man and a woman sitting outside the door in the background. Text below the photo says "My old log cabin." A handwritten note on the back of the postcard is addressed to Miss Olive L. Butterfield in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, and says, "Dear Olive, I am not uptown and am doing a little shopping. It's so awful warm. I'm going to bring my Canadian money all home cause it's only worth 15 cents on a quarter. Hope to … more
Date: October 1917
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of Sam Wise Home and Family]

Description: Photograph of the home built by Sam Wise with a family standing in front of it and next to a car. The members of the family are identified as: First row: (left to right) Iris and Lindsey Burley, Sadie Wise (pregnant with Lois Wise), Howard Wise, Ray L. Wise held by his father V. A. Wise, Legel and Clyde Wise, and Mary Lou and John Wise; Second row: grandpa Samuel Curtis Wise, Melvin Wise, grandma Francis Josephine Carlisle Wise, Louise Wise, Thelma Lee Wise, and Vera Hunter Wise.
Date: August 12, 1917
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Lee Quinn Nesbett]

Description: Photograph of Lee Quinn Nesbett sitting on the porch of Winston Bassett's home at 405 Liberty, Richmond, Texas. Nesbett has short dark hair and is wearing a light colored dress that has ruffled three-tiered hemline. She has her right elbow on her knee with her chin resting in the palm of her right hand. The porch has ornate posts that are painted in light and dark colors. Porch has railing with criss-cross and circle patterns between rails. Picket fence in background on far left. Identification… more
Date: 1917
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

Metallic Roof.

Description: Patent for new and useful improvements to the design of portable metallic roofs, including illustrations.
Date: May 22, 1917
Creator: Draper, David F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Clothes Pin or Retainer.

Description: Patent for a clothes pin, "preferably" made from non-corrosive wire, that can be moved along a clothesline while remaining clamped to laundry. It has the ability to hold clothing of varying thicknesses.
Date: September 11, 1917
Creator: Price, Thomas M. & Tillman, John W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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