Exterior view of the City of Denton Fire Department and City Hall on West Oak Street on the block between Cedar and Bolivar. There are a number of unidentified men standing in front of fire station along with a horse-drawn hook and ladder wagon and a horse-drawn chemical wagon.

Exterior view of the City of Denton Fire Department and City Hall on West Oak Street between Cedar and Bolivar Streets. This was the fourth fire station in Denton and the department moved there in 1890. There are a number of unidentified men standing in front of fire station along with a horse-drawn hook and ladder wagon and a horse-drawn chemical wagon. The two white horses were Nip and Tuck. The ladder wagon was pulled by black and white horses, George and Henry.

Hook and Ladder wagon and Chemical wagon pulled by horses in front City of Denton Fire Department and City Hall on West Oak Street on the block between Cedar and Bolivar. The doors have signs above them reading Hose Co. No. 1 and Combination Co. No. 1. On the left is Hub Bates and on the right is William Middleton Woods.

Interior view of Beyette's Shoe Store located on the east side of the Denton Square. The man on the left is identified as Paul Beyette, while the man on the right and the men in the far back are unidentified. In the center of the foreground is a glass display case with ties. The walls on either side of the store are lined with shelves which are filled with shoes.

Photograph of Z. Wiggs' work crew laying the first base for the paving of East Hickory Street. View is looking north from Ash. Z. Wiggs is second from the right and the other men are unknown. Written in blue on back of photo. "Laying the first base for the paving of E. Hickory St in 1910. This picture was made looking North on Ash-Carrier-Austin with Hickory St. East to West with the Z-Higg's crew doing the work. Z Wiggs 2nd from the right other men unknown at this time-those tracks are part of the 57 car line with G Oak in the Distance. " The year 1972 is at the end of the message which we presume is the year the message was added.

Photograph of George Washington "Wash" Florence and his wife Beulah Mae Prater with their children Howell and Gus standing in front their home which was located at Garden Valley and Lindale Road in Tyler, Texas. The house had a breezeway running through the middle with what appears to be a fireplace on the left and possibly, the living quarters on the right. A full-length porch can be seen in front of the house and a separate building on the left. Wash made his living as a farmer until his death in 1919 due to Spanish Influenza. Beulah, left with two children, had to sell the farm and became a seamstress. She was the daughter of Richard Wesley Prater and Margaret Almeda Harpole. The library has more photos of the Prater family.

Portrait of Louis Waller Smith wearing a suit and tie.

Portrait of Mrs. Lottie Palmer (Mrs. A. W. Palmer) with her back to camera and her face in profile.

Studio portrait of the Gourley family. Will Gourley is wearing a collared-shirt and suit jacket. He has a moustache. His wife Winnie Gourley is sitting beside him in a white dress with a black ribbon in her hair. His daughters, Maggie and Ollie, stand behind him in white dresses with white ribbons in their hair. Maggie is the elder daughter. All of them are buried in the Jackson Cemetery in Krum, Texas.

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 Elbert Kerby (Kirby); John Cobbs; Colonel Rayzor, sitting with ball; other who may be pictured: John Berry, Edwin Evers, and Raymond Fox.

Team picture of the 1911 Denton High School girls' basketball team. Many of the names of the team have been identified, but we are unsure of which names go to which photos except for a few. Coach- Miss Buster (middle top row); Captain- Beatrice Hogue; Manager - Mary Leticia "Leta" Bayless (bottom row, 3rd from left); Secretary - Ruby Strickland (bottom row, 1st from left); Goals - Georgia Freeman, Beaulah Crain (top 2nd from left); Centers - Lutie Craddock; Sub-Jessie Freeman; Guards - Edith Lacy; Sub-Luticia Smith.

The No. 30 and No. 40 Denton Traction Company streets cars in front of the Denton County Courthouse. The unidentified conductor for the No. 30 is standing next to the car and an unidentified passenger stands in the door. An unidentified passenger is standing in the door of the No. 40 car. The cars are standing at the diverging point for the lines at the intersection of Elm and Hickory streets. The streetcars were made by the Danville Car Company.

Team photo of the 1912 Denton High School Football team with coach Professor Jackson. This photograph was a first attempt and the second attempt can be found on photo PF-B-34-2 in our collection. 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 Elbert Kerby (Kirby); John Cobbs; Colonel Rayzor, sitting with ball; other who may be pictured: John Berry, Edwin Evers, and Raymond Fox.

A. L. Scott and J. C. Coit standing in a cotton field on A. L. Scott's farm.

A. L. Scott, J. R. Christal, L. T. Fox, and J. C. Fox standing in a cotton field on A. L. Scott's farm. That year the cotton on the farm made 69 bales from 50 acres.

Field of cotton on the A. L. Scott Farm.

Portrait of Nancy Jo Minnis wearing a blouse with a large dark bow in her hair.

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.

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.

Group portrait of the Wiggs family on the porch of a white frame house located at 218 Blount Street in Denton. The people listed in the photo are from left-to-right: Rua Wiggs, Ida Mae Wiggs-Ritter and her son Oscar Lee Ritter Jr., Grace Bessie Wiggs-Durham, the small girl is Juanita Ritter, Lou and Fred Wiggs, Rachael Wiggs, Noah R. Wiggs, the small boy is Walter Wiggs, Jr., Zeph Wiggs, Walter C. Wiggs & his wife, Martha Ann Fry-Wiggs.

View of unpaved Decatur Highway south of the Santa Fe railroad underpass. There is a Dodge touring car on the right side of the road. Houses are visible on the horizon on the left. Written in back of photo in blue in "This is the Ponder-Justin Rd. just South of the Santa Fe Underpass on the Old Decatur Highway with Z. Wigs' Dodge touring car in foreground.

Decatur Highway underpass below the Santa Fe Railroad. The road is unpaved and right before the underpass, in the distance, two unidentified men are visible standing on either side of an automobile. The highway still exists and the present-day location of the underpass is now called 11614 Jim Christal Rd., Krum, Texas.

Students rallying for an unknown event or cause on the southeast corner of the Denton Square. The Denton County Courthouse is visible in the background.

Students rallying for an unknown event or cause on the southeast corner of the Denton Square. The Denton County Courthouse is visible in the background.