Photograph of flash flood waters in front of the Chick A-Go-Go, a red and white one-story building with a blue car parked in front of it (at 808 W. University Dirve), with the Piggly Wiggly visible in the background in University Center.

Photograph of an aerial view of the TWU campus showing the gymnasium building, swimming pool, and the ACT building, which was still undergoing construction, with rows of houses and trees in the foreground and background.

Photograph of a white truck driving along an unidentified flooded street in Denton with trees and houses in the background.

Photograph of the intersection of Mingo Road and Bell Avenue looking northeast with Texas Women's University visible in the background on the left and several businesses on the right side. There are two sets of traffic lights at the intersection in the foreground and telephone poles on the right side of the street.

Photograph of the south side of the Denton square taken from the northwest corner showing various businesses, such as Denton County Independent Hamburger Company and Sutton Jewelry Store with cars parked in front of them.

Photograph of Carroll Boulevard at Hickory Street looking south with Linwood Roberson Florist on the right and several cars driving down Carroll. There are telephone poles on the right side of the street, a grassy median in the middle of Carroll, and several houses and trees in the background.

Photograph of the City of Denton Machine Shop (at 414 E. Hickory Street), a large brick warehouse with frosted windows and a faded sign that reads "Municipal Machine Shop. 414 E. Hickory."

Photograph of a crosswalk at the intersection of Locust and Hickory Streets facing the Jagoe Abstract building with Craven's in the background and several cars driving down Hickory on the right.

Photograph of the Jefferson Davis Elementary school (located at Davis and Wood streets), a single-story yellow brick building with a flagpole flying the US and Texas flags in front of it; in the foreground there are cross walks, a fire hydrant, and a telephone pole, and there cars parked in front of the school on the right, and trees and houses in the background. The school was built in 1950. The building later became the Ann Windle School for Young Children, and now serves as the location for the Davis School; the Denton Independent School District's Disciplinary Alternative Education Program.

At 3:45 a.m., Wednesday, May 10, 1972, a fire broke out at the Three Sisters Restaurant on the South side of the Square. The fire worsened and a total of 41 firemen were called in to help. This is the view of the backside of the buildings along Walnut Street. The restaurant was destroyed and one of the walls collapsed into Ever's Hardware on the east side. It also spread into Bomar's Men's Clothing on the west side. All three businesses were destroyed.

Photograph of a fire at the Cedar Crest apartment complex with a Denton Fire Department fire engine in the foreground and an unidentified man standing on the second floor with fire and smoke in the background. The Cedar Crest apartments, now called Vendi Place, is located at 223 Avenue G. The fire was started by a student who was cooking. They put out the fire and went to class, but the flames had traveled up the vent and had gone into the attic.

Photograph of two unidentified members of the Denton Fire Department inspecting a Mobil gas station at the corner of University Drive and Locust Street with a Safeway and several other businesses visible in the background.

Photograph of the Customer Service Department in Denton City Hall (at 215 E. McKinney Street) with several unidentified people waiting in line; there are orange cubicles on the right side and signs for a Cashier and Tax and Utility Bills on the left. Ceiling-to-floor length curtains hang, filtering the sunlight that shines in on the Mexican saltillo tile floor. A Beaumont Mood pendant lamp hangs from the ceiling.