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

Unidentified Man on Horseback with Rope

Description: Snapshot of man holding a rope while sitting on a horse. The man is wearing a hat, sweater vest, and long-sleeved shirt. He has made a lasso out of the rope and holds it as if demonstrating. The horse stands in a corral which has been made from tree stumps. In the background, there is a building made from milled boards.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library

Two Men Sitting Horseback

Description: Snapshot of two unidentified men sitting on horses in the middle of the frame. A building can be seen in the background to the left and a frame house behind a picket fence can be seen in the background to the right. This same home appears in two other photos in our collection, one of which says, "Cure's house". 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,… more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library

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
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