Resource Type

Scrapbook page of photos and newspaper articles about Sam and Ora Davis

Photograph of Sam R. Davis and his wife Ora Elizabeth McKinney Davis. They were early pioneers in Denton County. Photograph of the Davis Ranch House circa 1856. Three newspaper clippings regarding Mrs. Davis's death and funeral services, their wedding, and a picnic in Little Elm, Texas.
Date: 1856
Creator: Studer Photography Company
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of John P. Willis]

Photograph of John P. Willis, made in Denton, Texas. He wears a suit, and stands with one hand holding a candle holder on a table. There is a painted background behind him, and a small fake dog has been placed slightly behind him.
Date: [1864..1874]
Creator: Weatherington, G. R.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Four people in a wagon]

Photograph of Mrs B. Pondrom and mother-in-law Mrs. Gerard Pondrom of St. Louis, and Theresa Pondrom.
Date: [1877..1888]
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Workers on a thresher]

Copy negative of farmers standing on and around a large thresher just outside of Argyle, Texas.
Date: [1880..1910]
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Hired men on the Drye home]

Portrait of Gabe Brown and Albert Walker, hired to work on the Drye home in Pilot Point, Texas.
Date: 1885
Creator: Marable, M. M.
System: The UNT Digital Library

[The Maxwell family]

Photograph of the Maxwell family, standing in front of the old Drye homestead in Pilot Point, Texas. The back of the photo reads: "The Drye homestead, built 1867 west of Pilot Point, called String Town then. Picture of Maxwell family, now residents of Fair View community, taken 1885."
Date: 1885
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

[A funeral in the Denton square]

Copy negative of of the funeral procession for Judge W. J. Austin in the Denton square. Signs that can be seen in the background: C. M. Greenlee, H. J. Howell Jeweler, Walden & Cobb Furniture and Coffins, and Opera House.
Date: September 8, 1888
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

[A funeral in the Denton square]

Copy negative of of the funeral procession for Judge W. J. Austin in the Denton square. Signs that can be seen in the background: C. M. Greenlee, H. J. Howell Jeweler, Walden & Cobb Furniture and Coffins, and Opera House.
Date: September 8, 1888
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

[A funeral in the Denton square]

Copy negative of of the funeral procession for Judge W. J. Austin in the Denton square. Signs that can be seen in the background: C. M. Greenlee, H. J. Howell Jeweler, Walden & Cobb Furniture and Coffins, and Opera House.
Date: September 8, 1888
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

[A funeral in the Denton square]

Copy negative of of the funeral procession for Judge W. J. Austin in the Denton square. Signs that can be seen in the background: C. M. Greenlee, H. J. Howell Jeweler, Walden & Cobb Furniture and Coffins, and Opera House.
Date: September 8, 1888
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

[A funeral in the Denton square]

Copy negative of of the funeral procession for Judge W. J. Austin in the Denton square. Signs that can be seen in the background: C. M. Greenlee, H. J. Howell Jeweler, Walden & Cobb Furniture and Coffins, and Opera House.
Date: September 8, 1888
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

[A funeral on the Denton square]

Copy negative of the funeral procession for Judge W. J. Austin on the Denton square. Signs that can be seen in the background: C. M. Greenlee, H. J. Howell Jeweler, Walden & Cobb Furniture and Coffins, and Opera House.
Date: September 8, 1888
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Funeral procession in the Denton square]

Copy negative of the funeral procession for Judge W. J. Austin in the Denton square. Signs that can be seen in the background: C. M. Greenlee, H. J. Howell Jeweler, Walden & Cobb Furniture and Coffins, and Opera House.
Date: September 8, 1888
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Pete Tobin and John Mountain on Main Street]

Photograph of two men, Pete Tobin and John Mountain, in suits and hats, walking past each other on an unpaved street. A wooden building that houses a meat market appears in the background.
Date: [1890..1915]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ruby Chilton and friends

Texas Normal College and Teachers Training Institute, Ruby Chilton (far right) and friends, early 1890s, Ruby was daughter of first president, a student and supervised library. Three people seated in a horse drawn carriage.
Date: 1890~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[North Texas Normal College first graduating class]

Card-mounted photograph of the first graduating class of North Texas Normal College taken in 1891. Each of the 15 men pictured in the photograph is labeled with a number and named by first and middle initials and last name on the back of the photograph. Of the men pictured, 3 (J.H. Alexander, S.W. LaFavor, and J.A. McKinney) are identified as "Creek Indian," and J.A. Sanders is identified as a professor. The back of the photograph also reads “This picture property of J.V. McReynolds 1251 East Morphy St. Fort Worth Texas, Class 1891"
Date: 1891
Creator: McReynolds, John Virgil
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph of Laura Jane, John, George, and Wood Goin]

Portrait of the Goin family in 1893. Laura Jane and Wood Goin sit in ornate chairs. The man holds a baby, George Goin, in his lap. A young man, John Goin, stands behind the group.
Date: 1893
Creator: Marable, Matthew M.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Wesley Housden in Meat Market]

Photograph of Wesley Housden in a meat market with tools, scales, wrapping paper, a lamp, and a telephone. He is sharpening a knife.
Date: 1894
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Normal School in Denton, Texas]

Copy photo of the Normal School in Denton, Texas. There are trees all throughout the image. Written on the bottom of the photo is "[sic] Normal School, ~ Denton." Written below the image are "Scenes along the T&P 1895-1896" and "T&P."
Date: 1895/1896
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

President's home, North Texas Normal College, 1895-1901

Home of North Texas Normal College President Menter Bradley Terrill, 1895-1901. Wooden house and trees - snow covered
Date: [1895..1901]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Public School in Denton, Texas]

Copy photo of a public school in Denton, Texas. There are three men riding horses out front. There's a building in the background as well. Written on the bottom of the photo is "Public School, Denton Denton Co." Below the image are written "Scenes along the T&P 1895-1896" and "T&P."
Date: 1895/1896
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[First Grade Class of Stonewall Jackson School]

Photograph of the first graders of the Stonewall Jackson School. The teacher, standing in the back, is Miss Maggie McNeil (Mrs. C. C. Yancey), and the students are: (left to right) first row: Fred Collins, Sidney Lacy, Lloyd Garrison, Lucille Redmond, Jennie Mae McNeill, Josie Fulmer, Mary Fox, Odessa Peters (or Peterson), and Ethel Masters; middle row: Olive Collins, Finley Hare, Robert Wheeler, Bruce Wheeler, Richard Ashby, Carl Cunningham, Will Grube, Jack Skiles, Frank Wheeler, Joe Pratt, and Ione White or Eula Mae Brown; top row: Birdie Fulmer, Roy Stegall, Grover Campbell, Melissa Smith, Johnnie Sneathing, Lillie McCoy, Elba Henderson, Hallie Sneathing, Maggie Cunningham, Lucy Mae Ewan, Alvin Marchbanks, Eunice Jackson, Herbert Halliday, and Jerome Zumwalt.
Date: 1899
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

North Ward Class of 1899]

Photograph of the North Ward School building in Denton, Texas, with the entire student body standing in front of the school. The photograph was taken in 1899.
Date: 1899~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Students and President Terrill

North Texas State Normal College, students and President Terrill, 1899. Individuals standing and sitting for a photo
Date: 1899
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History