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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

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

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
Partner: Denton Public Library

Parks Department employees planting at Evers Park

Description: Seven City of Denton Parks Department employees are planting at Evers Park. Some various play equipment and the Boy Scout house are visible in the background. The employees are wearing winter attire. The City of Denton acquired the twenty-five acres of land for the park in 1965 through a lease purchase agreement with the Bobby Tripp Trust. It was estimated that the park would be completed in five years. -from an article in the Denton Record-Chronicle, Jan. 6, 1965
Date: unknown
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Little Elm town scenes]

Description: Photographs of I.O.O.F. Hall, W. S. Grant Store, McReynolds Grocery, Harris Grocery, Button Shoe Shop, Martin's Blacksmith, Stover Drug, Dudley Drug, Little Elm Baptist Church, a snow scene in Little Elm, and Little Elm "Fightin' Men." Captions identifying the places and people are also included.
Date: unknown
Partner: Denton Public Library
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