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Aerial View of Denton State School

Description: Aerial view of the Denton State School, a “state supported living center that serves people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and who are medically fragile or who have behavioral problems.” The 189-acre campus is located south-southeast of Denton. In 1957 the “citizens of Denton County raised $102,000 and donated it to buy land for the school” Construction began in 1959 and was completed in July 1960.”
Date: 1964
Creator: Haskins, Squire
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Report Card: Annie Parks, 1899-1900]

Description: Report card documenting Annie Parks classes and grades during the session of 1899-1900. The report card contains a list of school board members, as well as the signatures of Annie's guardian and her teacher, Hattie Donnell.
Date: 1900~
Creator: Denton Public Schools
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Denton Public Library

The Denton School

Description: Announcement about the schedule, tuition, and courses of Denton School in Denton, Texas in the year 1884. The announcement also contains a list of faculty and information about the city of Denton. Denton's first public school began on March 17 and ended on July 4. The first session had 425 students. [A History of the Denton Independent School District: a centennial project / by the centennial committee, 1985] The name Lee Preston is written in pen on the back of the announcement. Lee Preston wa… more
Date: 1884-03-11~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Denton Public Library

[1929 City of Denton Bond Election information]

Description: Pamphlet about city planning in Denton, Texas listing population statistics and outlining the planned changes and improvements that would be funded by 40-year bonds, if passed during a city election on April 2, 1929. It also includes general questions and answers about the bonds and the election to inform voters.
Date: 1929
Creator: Denton (Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: Denton Public Library

1921 Lewisville High School Football Team

Description: 1921 Lewisville High School football team coach, Lee Preston, is pictured with thirteen mostly unidentified members in front of the school building. The players are lined up in three rows: the first row is one member sitting Indian-style on the ground, row two has six members sitting up on both knees, and the back row consists of six players standing. Coach Preston is standing fourth from the left in the back row. The only identified team member is Sulton John Boyd, who is on the back row, seco… more
Date: 1921~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library

C.I.A. Girl's Basketball Team

Description: C.I.A girl's basketball team; many of the players are unidentified. C.I.A later became Texas Woman's University. Based upon their uniforms, this appears to be members from the time period of 1917-1918. First row, third from the left: Tennis Florey, who was a guard in 1918. Middle row, fourth from the left: Thelma Crawford, guard in 1918.
Date: [1917,1918]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library

[1921-22 Lewisville High School basketball team]

Description: 1921-22 Lewisville High School basketball team coach, Lee Preston, is pictured with six team members in uniforms on steps in front of a brick building. The team members are arranged in an inverted V with Coach Preston at the apex. On the top right, to Coach Preston's left, is Sulton John Boyd who went on to play football at North Texas State University.
Date: 1921~
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

Lewisville High School Basketball Team

Description: Lewisville High School basketball coach Lee Preston stands to the right of a six-person pyramid (three on the bottom, then two, then one student) comprised of mostly unidentified team members, except for Sulton John Boyd who is perched in the middle on the left. In the background, an unidentified male in overalls is on the very right edge of the frame. There is a dirt field in the background with homes, trees, and a wire fence.
Date: 1921~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library

Lewisville High School Football Team with Coach Lee Preston

Description: 1921 Lewisville High School football team coach, Lee Preston, with unidentified team members arrayed in offensive playing positions in front of the school. The only identified member is Sulton John Boyd, third from the right. Sulton was the grandson of Susan McCombs Boyd and the son of George Taylor Boyd. A natural athlete, he played both basketball and football. Sulton graduated from North Texas State University, teaching there for a brief time period, later worked for the National Labor Relat… more
Date: 1921~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library

Pilot Point Girls' Basketball Team

Description: Pilot Point girls' basketball team. Those pictured are: Sadie Nance, Ethel Wilborne, Roberta Johnson, Bess Montgomery, Ella Elder, Hazel Nance, Mary Lane, Kate Cooper, Clara Scott, Maude Hendricks, Myrtle Pearce, Florence Parvin, Vera Gee, Lula Selz, Minnie Drake, and A. H. Gee holding a basketball on which is written, Pilot Point, 1902. The photo was taken in front of the Gee home.
Date: 1902
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library

Normal Training School, Grade 8

Description: Class picture of grade eight at Normal Training School 1914-15. Pictured are: (top row) Joe Bates, Francis Ballard, W. E. James, Bulger (first name unknown), Lorine Hennen, Ola Jones, Ruth Mahan, (middle row) Hagen Armstrong, Cramer Grant, Eber Roberson, Owen Fulton, Olin Bates, Curtis Taylor, Ozro Hennen, Marion Fox, and Stenberger (first name unknown).
Date: 1914?
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library

Denton High School Football Team

Description: Team photo of the 1911 Denton High School Football team with coach Professor Jackson. Some players have been identified by comparing the yearbook photographs and description. Sidney "Ned" Raymond Rector, standing and holding ball; Roy Wilson Ledbetter, sitting, 2nd from the left; Clifford Davis Marchman, sitting, middle; Charles Frederick "Fred" Lane, back row; James "Laud" Ratten, back row; Jack Gunnell McMath, standing, first on right; William "Will" Lewis Collins, standing, top row; George E… more
Date: 1911
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library
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