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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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Partner: Denton Public Library

Looking East Down Congress Street

Description: View looking east down Congress Street between Elm and Locust. Trees line the right hand side of the road and businesses and power lines border the left. A commercial truck can be seen coming toward the camera in the distance, while various trucks and automobiles are parked along the street.
Date: unknown
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Partner: Denton Public Library

Fire Station on Elm Street

Description: Denton Fire Department fire station on Elm Street. The view is taken from across an intersection. A gray car is driving to the left and away from the camera on the left side while three unidentified individuals are walking to the left and towards the camera on the sidewalk on the far right side.
Date: unknown
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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
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Partner: Denton Public Library

Parking Meters on Denton Square

Description: Parking meters start on the right side of the frame and move back and out of the image. Street damage can be seen in the parking space in front of the foremost parking meter. Trucks and automobiles are visible in the street in the background in front of a row of shops.
Date: unknown
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Partner: Denton Public Library

Russell's Department Store

Description: Russell's Department Store in the McClurkan Building on the southwest corner of the Denton Square. A white automobile is parked in the foreground on the left side of the frame and dead center a red Volkswagon Beetle is moving right and away from the camera in the middle of the intersection. H. M. Russell Department Store occupied the entire lower first floor of this building with shoes, men's and women's clothes, handbags,hosiery,gloves,lingerie,jewelry and fine stationery. In the basement the … more
Date: unknown
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Partner: Denton Public Library

Fine Arts Theater

Description: Fine Arts Theater, formerly the Texas Theater. The view is facing west onto Elm Street on the Denton Square. Marquee reads: Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger Patrick Wayne and Taryn Power Rated G
Date: unknown
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Partner: Denton Public Library

Exterior of Henry Selz's House

Description: Exterior of Henry Selz's house. Their "new" Buick automobile is parked in the foreground on the left and the house is set off by a white picket fence. Tall trees flank the house on either side. The year 1908 is written on the back of the photograph, along with the notes, "The Henry Senz Home, father of Earl, Leo & Pinter. Note the "new Buick." "Moody & Earl had many wonderful trips in it before their marriage." As an "aside", an article appeared in the Denton Record-Chronicle on May 8, 1912,… more
Date: 1908?
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Partner: Denton Public Library

Gentry Thompson and Dog in Automobile

Description: Gentry Thompson sits in an automobile in a dark suit and hat and looks towards the camera. A white dog is sitting in the car in front of him. Newspaper caption reads: First Auto Here - Gentry Thompson, ginner who fancied diamonds, cars and a pet bull dog, is shown here in his auto, the first in Denton. Note the tillertype steering mechanism. His constant companion, the bull dog, went along for the ride in the dawning machine age.
Date: 1900~
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Partner: Denton Public Library

Mr. and Mrs. Will Williams

Description: Mr. and Mrs. Will Williams in formal wear standing outside of their home. A tree with a sign that says, "The Williams Live Here," is on the right side in the background while a car is visible on the left. Will Williams was a long-time Denton businessman who owned The Williams Store on the Square and stock raiser, famous for his Shetland Pony herds. He married Effie Wright and they had four children. Effie was civic-minded and served as county chairman for the Texas Centennial Commission, charte… more
Date: 1953
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Partner: Denton Public Library
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