Resource Type

[Portrait of Wiggs' Family Home at the corner of Blount and McKinney Streets in Denton, Texas]

Frame home with Mr. and Mrs. Z. Wiggs and three children, Rua, Noah, and Grace, in the yard. Written on the back, "The Wiggs family home located at 218 Blount St. in 1912 with Mr. & Mrs. Wiggs and 3 of their children Rua, Noah, and Grace (Grace who was later killed in 1925 in an early car wreck in the western part of Denton County). Blount St. no longer exists, but it used to run north-south from McKinney to Sycamore Street.
Date: 1912
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

North Texas State College Auditorium

A large, unidentified group of individuals sits in the auditorium at North Texas State College.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Aerial View of Denton, Texas

Aerial view of downtown Denton, Texas, looking west.
Date: 1975~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

North Texas Administration Building

Entrance to the administration building on the North Texas State College campus. The entrance is bounded on both sides by trees and bushes.
Date: 1932~
Creator: Carruth Studio
System: The Portal to Texas History

North Texas Administration Building

Entrance to the administration building on the North Texas State College campus. The entrance is bounded on both sides by trees and bushes.
Date: 1932~
Creator: Carruth Studio
System: The Portal to Texas History

Aerial View of Denton, Texas

Aerial view of downtown Denton, Texas, looking west.
Date: 1975~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Aerial View of Denton, Texas

Aerial view of downtown Denton, Texas, looking west.
Date: 1975~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Aerial View of Denton, Texas

Aerial view of downtown Denton, Texas, looking west.
Date: 1975~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[New generator inside the Denton Power Plant]

Two unidentified men stand next to a General Electric steam turbine generator located at the Denton power plant. The photograph appeared in the Denton Record-Chronicle on May 29, 1963, to advertise the opening house for the City's newly operations power plant.
Date: 1963-05~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[City of Denton: City Hall, N. Elm decorated for Christmas]

Exterior night view of the 1927 Denton City Hall, 221 N. Elm St, Denton, Texas, decorated with lights for Christmas. As late as 1954, this building housed the fire department, tax office, mayor's office, auditorium, police department and other offices needed to operate the city of Denton.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[First State Bank]

First State Bank in Denton, TX, located at the corner of Locust and Hickory.
Date: 1965~
Creator: Haskins, Squire
System: The Portal to Texas History

Selz Cotton Gin

Bales of cotton are lined up in the foreground while the gin and the two-story Selz family house are in the background at the Selz Cotton Gin.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Missile Base

Aerial photograph of the Nike Missile Base in Denton, TX.
Date: 1964~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Missile Base

Aerial photograph of the Nike Missile Base in Denton, TX.
Date: 1964~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Missile Base

Aerial photograph of the Nike Missile Base in Denton, TX.
Date: 1964~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Men on Courthouse Steps]

Group of unidentified men on the steps of the Denton County Courthouse submitted for an unknown contest.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Confederate Veterans

Large group of unidentified men from "Sul-Ross Camp" number 129. The picture was taken in front of the Denton County Courthouse.
Date: 1902
Creator: Shaw and Hargrove
System: The Portal to Texas History

Murray and Mack

Portrait of vaudeville stars Charles Murray and Ollie Mack who performed at the Wright Opera House on the Denton Square.
Date: unknown
Creator: Marceau, Theodore C.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ollie Mack

Portrait of vaudeville star Ollie Mack who performed at the Wright Opera House on the Denton Square.
Date: unknown
Creator: Marceau, Theodore C.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hubbard Hall

Exterior view of the front of Hubbard Hall on the Texas Woman's University Campus.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hubbard Hall

Exterior view of the front of Hubbard Hall on the Texas Woman's University Campus.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Stark Hall

Construction of Stark Hall on the Texas Women's University campus.
Date: 1969
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Atrium at the Emily Fowler Library]

Photograph of the atrium in the Emily Fowler branch of the Denton Public Library, from the southwest corner. A very tall corn plant can be seen on the left.
Date: 1983~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Aerial View of Denton State School

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
System: The Portal to Texas History