Children's field trip to Six Flags Over Texas Amusement Park.
Topics: Denton Municipal Archives, Denton, Tex., Amusement parks, Six Flags Over Texas, Parks and Recreation
Illustrated map of Denton, Texas businesses created for the Texas Sesquicentennial with an inset briefly describing the city's history.
Topics: Denton (Tex.), Maps, Denton Municipal Archives
A row of horse swings at the North Lakes Park in Denton, Texas. According to a former employee, they were removed some time in 1981-1982.
Topics: Denton Texas, North Lakes Park, parks, recreation, playground equipment, swings
Eureka Park at South Lakes Park as it was at its opening.
Topics: Denton Municipal Archives, Denton, Tex., Eureka Park, Playgrounds, Parks and Recreation
Denton's Water Works Park as seen from the top of the slide.
Topics: Denton Municipal Archives, Denton, Tex., Water parks, Parks and Recreation
Annual report of the Parks and Recreation department highlighting achievements and statistics for the fiscal year and detailing future goals.
Topics: Parks and Recreation, Denton, Tex, Denton Municipal Archives
Postcard from Denton's Sister City program.
Topics: Nuevo Leon, Denton, Tex, Sister Cities
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Map of reconnaissance investigation of the ground water resources of the Red River, Sulphur River, and Cypress Creek Basins, Texas, conducted by the Texas Water Commission.
Topics: Denton Municipal Archives, Water Utilities, Texas Water Commission
General highway map for Denton County with handwritten notes naming local cemeteries.
Topics: Roads, Cemeteries, Denton, Tex
Drawing, Water Utilities
Topics: utilities, water, sewer, Denton, Denton Municipal Archives, Texas
Street map of Denton, Texas containing some demographic information.
Topics: Maps, Denton, Tex, Chamber of Commerce, Denton Municipal Archives
Water Tower, Alberto Lopez Construction Project, Undated.
Topics: utilities, water, water tower, Denton, Denton Municipal Archives, Texas
Map of significant historical architecture from 1880 to 1930 that still remains in the city. Produced by the City of Denton Bicentennial Committee.
Topics: Historic preservation, Denton, Tex
Groundbreaking ceremony for Denton's Water Works Park.
Topics: Denton Municipal Archives, Denton, Tex., Water park, Parks and Recreation
Street map of Denton including bus routes, business directory and advertisements.
Topics: Maps, Denton, Tex, Denton Municipal Archives
Claudette Yancey, Miss Denton Pageant contestant, 1954.
Topic: Miss Denton Pageant
This is the second page of the list of scenes in the Denton Centurama play written by Harry S. Dorrington, produced by the John B. Rogers Producing Company, and performed by John B. Rogers players and locals to celebrate the Denton Centennial in 1957.
Topics: John B. Rogers Producing Company, Denton Municipal Archives, Denton Centurama, Denton Centennial,...
March/April 1950 issue of The Pioneer featuring a story on the Denton City-County Library.
Topics: Emily Fowler, The Pioneer, Denton Public Library, Libraries, Denton (Tex.), Denton County
Playground at Avondale Park.
Topics: Denton Municipal Archives, Denton, Tex., Avondale Park, Playground, Parks and Recreation
A man works on setting up a sign inside Shrader's Pharmacy in preparation for filming a made-for TV movie, "Little Girl Lost." The store was located on the east side of the Denton square. The soda fountain was also part of the set design, along with the old-fashioned cash register and cigars.
Topics: Square, local history, movie sets, movies, filmmaking, Denton, Little Girl Lost, Shrader's...
Five members of the Denton Daughters of the American Revolution participated in the State Civil Defense Advisory Council conference in Fort Worth, Texas on June 24th & 25th of 1959. The conference took place at the Texas Hotel. The recording begins after introductions were made so it is difficult to know the name of the speaker, although an article in the 28 June 1959 issue of the Denton Record-Chronicle lists some of the speakers and their topics. Subjects covered in this speech included:...
Topics: civil defense, Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR, Leo Hoegh, governors, National Director...
Pamphlet with map detailing the location of community fallout shelters, what to do in the event of such an emergency and how to improvise a shelter if unable to get to a designated shelter.
Topics: Denton, Tex, Fallout shelters, Radioactive fallout, Radioactive fallout survival, Emergency...
Skyline view of the Courthouse in Denton, TX.
Topics: Courthouse-on-the-Square, Main Street Program, Denton, Tex
Buttons for Centennial Belles and Brothers of the Brush used during the Denton Centennial celebration in 1957.
Topics: Denton Municipal Archives, Denton (Tex.), Centennial Belles, Brothers of the Brush, Denton...
Photograph included as an exhibit in a report on the McKenna Park Water Tower.
Topics: Denton Municipal Archives, Water Utilities, Morrison Milling Company, McKenna Park, Water Tower
Citizens of Denton swimming in Civic Center Pool.
Topics: Denton Municipal Archives, Denton, Tex., Civic Center Pool, Parks and Recreation
Partial brochure, including a map of Texas rail lines and their operators.
Topics: Railroads, Texas, Texas Railway Guide Co., Denton Municipal Archives
These tickets were for the Denton Centurama that was performed nightly during the week-long celebration of the Denton Centennial in 1957. There is a green Reserved Admission ticket and a yellow General Admission ticket stub. The performance was held in the Denton High Bronco Stadium.
Topics: Denton (Tex.), Denton Centennial, Denton Municipal Archives, Denton Centurama, Tickets, Denton High...
The City of Denton Parks and Recreation Department created a model Therapeutic Recreation program which included a number of events, classes and adapted sports leagues.
Topics: Denton Municipal Archives, Denton, Tex. Adapted sports, Wheelchair basketball, Parks and...
Sketch of the tree house that used be outside the west wall of the Emily Fowler Central Library.
Topics: Denton Public Library, Emily Fowler Central Library, Tree house
Alec Williams interviewed Stormy Jackson for the Emily Fowler Library on June 21, 1975, at her home at 1811 Greenwood Street in Denton, Texas. Stormy was married to Brent Jackson who was a county judge in the 1920s. Some things they discussed were the 1920s, the Martin-Storey gang, Judge Jackson's involvement in the development of Lake Dallas, prohibition, and his work ethics.
Topics: Stormy Jackson, Brent Jackson, Denton, county judges, bank robbers, Lake Dallas, history, Denton...
Model of the North Branch Library's drive-thru book drop.
Topics: Denton Public Library, North Branch Library, Bookdrop
Photograph included as an exhibit in a report on the McKenna Park Water Tower.
Topics: Denton Municipal Archives, Water Utilities, Flow Memorial Hospital, McKenna Park, Water Tower
Various photos of the same woman over a five-year time period taken in Denton, Texas. She was a friend of the photographer, Alec Williams. Born in France during World War II, her family escaped the Nazis and fled to the United States. Her father, a soldier in the French intelligence, committed suicide before he could be taken by the Germans. She has lived in Texas for most of her life.
Topics: Denton, Texas, Alec Williams, women, Jews, holocaust, photographers
This scrapbook was created by Grace Minter when she was enrolled at the C.I.A. - the College of Industrial Arts - in Denton, Texas. Photographs of her and her friends on the campus grounds, as well as at the boarding house she lived in; also: photographs of soldiers; a car trip to Sulphur Springs; the 1917-18 Denton High School Glee Club; as well as various ephemera such as invitations; marriage announcements; recitals; letters; calling cards; newspaper clippings; and war memorabilia.
Topics: Grace Minter, Denton Texas, C.I.A., College of Industrial Arts, campus, colleges, college life,...
Sketch of proposed water tower included in report on the McKenna Park Water Tower.
Topics: Denton Municipal Archives, Water Utilities, McKenna Park, Water Tower
Bumper sticker for Miss America Shirley Cothran.
Topics: Miss Denton Pageant, Miss America Pageant
This is the first page of the list of scenes in the Denton Centurama play written by Harry S. Dorrington, produced by the John B. Rogers Producing Company, and performed by John B. Rogers players and locals to celebrate the Denton Centennial in 1957.
Topics: John B. Rogers Producing Company, Denton Municipal Archives, Denton Centurama, Denton Centennial,...
Float created by the Ponder Hustlin' Belles, a Centennial Belles group, for the 1957 Denton Centennial parade.
Topics: Denton (Tex.), Denton Municipal Archives, Ponder (Tex.), Denton Centennial, Centurama
Female musician plays a mandolin and then a guitar at The Library in Denton, Texas.The Library was a nightclub on Hickory Street during the nineteen-eighties.
Topics: musicians, guitar players, business, Denton, women, mandolin, Texas, 1980s, local history
Photograph included as an exhibit in a report on the McKenna Park Water Tower.
Topics: Denton Municipal Archives, Water Utilities, Acme Brick Company, McKenna Park, Water Tower
You can get anything you want down at Jim's Diner on Fry Street. Bill Wendt was the owner of Jim's Diner which was located at 110 Fry Street in Denton, Texas. An affordable eatery, which opened early in the morning to late in the evening. They sold everything from veggie burgers to smoothies and plate-sized pancakes. For entertainment, the diner had poetry reading nights as well as a rendition of Alice's Restaurant.
Topics: Jim's Diner, Denton Texas, Fry Street, college towns, UNT, local history, small business, business...
Tug of War, Parks Rodeo, 2005.
Topics: Parks Rodeo, Texas Recreation and Park Society
Children aged two to four years old enter the Emily Fowler Library with their parents sometime in the summer of 1987 for a puppet show. They are greeted near the front entrance by the children's librarian, 'Miss Martha' and two staff members dressed in costume: Jim McNeely, dressed as a dog and one unknown person dressed as a pig. Miss Martha leads them along the hall towards the children's program room where she reads them a Babar book. The camera fades to black and then focuses in on the...
Topics: Emily Fowler Library, Denton Public Library, Denton Texas, local history, children's programming,...
A highway and reference map with information on important landmarks and evens in Texas history, highways and railroads.
Topics: Texas, Dallas Morning News, Tourist maps, Railroads
Participants in the Senior Olympics three-legged race event in Civic Center Park (Quakertown Park).
Topics: Denton Municipal Archives, Denton, Tex., Senior Olympics, Senior Center, Parks and Recreation
All 8 pages of the 15th of April 1901 issue of the Denton County Record and Chronicle.
Topics: Denton Texas, Newspapers, 1901, April, Denton County Record and Chronicle
The July 3, 1902, issue of the Denton County Record and Chronicle.
Topics: Denton County Record and Chronicle, Denton Texas, Newspapers, 1902
The bulletin for the "Faith of Our Fathers" sermon that started the Denton Centennial celebration on Easter Sunday in 1957.
Topics: Denton (Tex.), Denton Centennial, Denton Municipal Archives, Easter, Denton Pastors' Association
KDNT Radio in Denton, Texas was owned and operated by Harwell Shepard. This recording was made during one of their "Denton Story" programs. The first part of the recording is of Dr. Hubbard of TWU (then called Texas State Women's College) who discussed who built the Little Chapel-in-the-Woods, as well as the artisans, and the artwork found in the Chapel. He goes into great detail on the meaning behind each of the stained glass windows in the building and the purpose for the building.
Topics: Texas Woman's University, Little Chapel in the Woods, Dr. Wylie Hubbard, artisans, students,...
This oral history and its transcript were funded in part by a grant from The Southwestern Library Association and The National Endowment for the Humanities. Jane Stabile interviewed Mr. Joe M. Brooks for the Denton Public Library on December 17, 1980, at his office located at 524 N. Locust Street in Denton, Texas. The topic was World War II: On the Home Front in Denton, Texas. Mr. Brooks was a businessman during World War II. Joe was born west of Denton on February 22, 1917. He moved into...
Topics: Joe M. Brooks, Jane Stabile, oral histories, interviews, World War II, Denton Texas, businesses...
The Denton County Record and Chronicle was published by W. C. Edwards in Denton, Texas. There are four pages of the issue we believe, although we are uncertain of the pagination.
Topics: Denton County Record and Chronicle, newspapers, W. C. Edwards, Denton Texas, 1902
Reference Librarian, Mary Cresson, for the Emily Fowler Library, discusses the success of the Denton Public Library during an interview by Mike Anderson for Sammons Headline News. The interview took place during National Library Week in 1993 or 1994. Mary Cresson mentions the library's humble beginnings as a two-room building which has since had two other expansions and (at that time) a daily count of 1500-1600 customers per day.
Topics: public libraries, Emily Fowler Library, Mary Cresson, Mike Anderson, National Library Week,...
Mrs. Floyd Graham's speech on the "Declaration of an American Citizen at Election" broadcast, May 5th for the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) program.
Topics: DAR, Daughters of the American Revolution, Mrs. Floyd Graham, broadcasts, radio, Denton, Texas
Oral history interview conducted by Jane Stabile for the Denton Public Library on December 1, 1980. The topic was "World War II" and Comette was a housewife in Denton, Texas, at the time. Comette Josephine Ramsey was born 20 May 1910 in Baird, Texas. She came to Denton in 1926 to go to school at the CIA (now called TWU) and met her husband, Elbert Woodrum in Denton. She discusses her work with the Red Cross during World War II; canning foods; war rationing; war bonds; emotional...
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Topics: Comette Woodrum, Denton Texas, local history, oral histories, Jane Stabile, World War II,...
Alec Williams interviewed Houston and Lois Eggleston in their home on July 17, 1975. The interview begins with Houston, but Lois was not introduced until later in the interview so there are some points of confusion as her voice can be heard in the background (until the introduction), as well as time periods where all three are talking and it is difficult to understand what is being said. Albert Houston Eggleston was born in 1902 in Mustang, Texas. His family moved to Indian Territory when he...
Topics: Albert Houston Eggleston, Flora Heloise 'Lois' Eggleston, Alec Williams, coal mining, Indian...
Letters to and from then Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson concerning a flag flown over the U.S. Capitol Building that was gifted to Emily Fowler.
Topics: Denton Public Library, U.S. Capitol, Architect of the Capitol, Vice-President, Lyndon B. Johnson,...
Map of the Scripture Subdivision dated 1917.
Topics: Denton, TX, Maps
Photograph of the Travelstead Auto Supply store on East Hickory Street in Denton, Texas.
Topics: Travelstead Auto Supply, East Hickory Street, Denton Texas, local history, Julie Glover, business...
Performers Hobo Bob-O and Monty Stewart sing and act perform for what looks like children ages 5-9 in the Junior-Teen area of the Emily Fowler Library. This film was made pre-1985 and filmed by an unknown library staff person. Various skits are performed by both performers, Hobo Bob-O being a clown and Monty Stewart, talking, playing the guitar, and singing. Several children are pulled from the audience during various times of the performance and asked their names. At that time period, Monty...
Topics: Libraries, performers, clowns, musicians, Emily Fowler Library, Denton Public Library, Monty...
Burial record of Sam Bayless at I.O.O.F Cemetery indicating he died of knife wounds.
Topics: Denton Municipal Archives, Denton, Tex., Bayless-Selby, Sam Bayless, Independent Order of Odd...
Marjorie Lynn Brooks was interviewed by Elinor Caldwell for the Denton Public Library on December 17, 1980. Mrs. Brooks was born in Krum, Texas, in 1918. Her father, Will Collier, owned a drug store there, but they moved to Denton so that she would be able to attend the Demonstration School. She was a teacher in Denton High School from 1938-1939. These are her memories of that time period - being a young teacher, student life, of Pearl Harbor, the war effort, rationing,
Topics: World War II, oral histories, Denton, Pearl Harbor, teachers, women, Ernie Pyle, Sheppard Field,...
This old Victorian house at 1316 W. Oak Street was located next to the Corkscrew in Denton, Texas. Built in 1914 for B. E. & Susie Caskey who also boarded students in their home. In 1946, they sold the home to their daughter, Willie Smith, where she and her son W. Russell Smith lived until around 1963. The home was later divided into apartments.
Topics: boarding homes, Willie Smith, W. Russell Smith, B. E. Caskey, old homes, demolition, wood, Oak...
Two professional mimes, Art and Carol Davis, perform a skit for a group of elementary school-aged children and their families in the junior teen department of the Emily Fowler Library in Denton, Texas. The event took place sometime in the early 1980s. The two mimes are introduced by children's librarian, Martha Edmundson, they tell a story, perform a skit to a song called, 'Time Passes Slow' and then juggle scarves.
Topics: library services, Art Davis, Carol Davis, Emily Fowler Library, public libraries, children's...
Map of the replat of Westgate Park Addition.
Topics: Denton, TX, Maps
City of Denton Open House for the public which took place in the Denton Municipal Complex: in the Quakertown Park, parking lots adjacent to City Hall and the Civic Center, as well as inside the Civic Center. All City Departments had booths including: Fire, Police, Streets, Planning and Zoning, Water, Wastewater and Electric. Police officers showing off cars, equipment, and police dogs. City mascots in costume. Filmed by children's librarian, Nelda Nance.
Topics: Denton Texas, Open house, Denton history, local history, Civic Center, City Hall, Denton Municipal...
Puppets sing a song in the puppet theater of the Emily Fowler Library. Miss Mickey calls for children to come up and sing the Skidamarink song (also known as Skinnamarink) and five to seven children aged 3 to 5 come up and sing along with her. One of the puppeteers might be Kathy Watson. The audio and visual for this video are good.
Topics: Denton Public Library, Emily Fowler Library, puppets, puppeteers, children's programming, Kathy...
This two-minute film clip was shot by Sandy Shepard while in his father, Harwell V. Shepard's Cessna 310-C. The film starts at the Denton airport with a quick view of the plane which then takes off heading south on the runway in which you see a long-view of Pilot Knob, the highest elevation in Denton County. The next shot are several scenes from in the air followed by the their landing at Mathis Field in San Angelo. Numerous hangers can be seen, along with a very large Cessna sign.
Topics: airports, airplanes, 1960, Denton, Texas, San Angelo, Texas, Mathis Field, Sandy Shepard, Harwell...
Pages from the October 9, 1903, Denton County Record and Chronicle that were on a reel of miscellaneous old newspapers at the Denton Public Library.
Topics: Denton County Record and Chronicle, newspapers, Denton Texas, 1903, October
The Denton County Record and Chronicle was published in the City of Denton, Texas. These are, we believe, pages one through six, of the publication.
Topics: newspapers, Denton Texas, Denton County Record and Chronicle, 1902, July
Oral history interview of Dr. Billy Bob Trotter conducted by Leslie Couture for the Denton Public Library. Billy Bob Trotter was born in 1928 on West Oak Street in Denton, Texas to Raleigh Brooks Trotter and Rosemary Woods. The son of a bricklayer and stonemason, he attended the Robert E. Lee School; includes descriptions of their home at 614 Parkway; businesses and entertainment; new London School explosion in East Texas; World War II; defense plants; working for KDNT Radio Station in Denton...
Topics: Billy Bob Trotter, Leslie Couture, Denton Texas, oral history interviews, University of North...
Map of the Windsor Park Addition to the City of Denton
Topics: Denton, TX, Maps
Photo of Yarbrough's Pharmacy which is now a camera store. The building is still there, but now sports a mural.
Topics: Yarbrough's Pharmacy, local history, Denton, Texas, buildings, architecture
Dance contest held at Denia Rec Center as part of the Friday Night Out program.
Topics: Denton Municipal Archives, Denton, Tex., Denia Recreation Center, Friday Night Out, Dance,...
This oral history was done sometime (we think) in the mid1970s. There is no introduction at the beginning of the interview and it sounds as though the two people: the interviewer, Richard Wiggs for the Denton Public Library and Alma Lain Chambers are sifting through a box of photographs which prompts the beginning conversation of early Denton County history. Nancy Alma Lain was born in 1890 to George and Louvenia Lain, and died in 1982. She was a noted historian and helped write several...
Topics: Nancy, Alma Lain, Alma Lain Chambers, Richard Wiggs, Denton County history, Denton Public Library,...
