Portrait of Henry B. Selby with a white beard and wearing a suit and Albert watch chain.

Portrait of Mary Myrtle Wright, wearing a white dinner gown trimmed with possibly chenille or lace. The sleeves of the dress have small puffs at the shoulders. She is standing with her left hand on her hip, wearing fingerless mitts.

Photograph of twin children, both wearing white suits and hats, one standing next to a pony with a dog nearby, and the other sitting on a pony.

Portrait of Maggie Naomi Lipscomb as a baby (age 9 months, 13 days), sitting in a wooden chair wearing a white dress and holding a bell.

Portrait of Mildred Palmer as a young girl, wearing a white dress and standing in front of a mirror with her hair in ringlets.

Portrait of Nancy Jo "Nannie Joe" Minnis as a young girl, wearing a white ruffled dress and sitting in a wicker chair. She was the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Minnis, and died of pneumonia at the age of 15 in 1912.

Photograph of an elementary school class from Robert E. Lee School standing and sitting outside of a brick building. One of the children is Noah R. Wiggs.

Portrait of two girls and a younger boy. A handwritten note on the back of the photo identifies them as Eula Magill Carroll, Esther Magill McCormick, and Marshall Magill.

Portrait of two girls with their heads close together, both wearing white dresses.

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.

Portrait of Ara Jackson wearing a white lace dress. She was Secretary to the President of the College of Industrial Arts

Portrait of Bonnie Bell as a girl, looking down slightly and wearing a white dress.

Portrait of Margaret Almeda Harpole with gray hair and wearing a black dress. A handwritten note on the back of the photo identifies the woman and notes her date of birth as March 31, 1857 [this date cannot be true for two reasons: in the 1860 census she is listed as being nine years old, which makes more sense for her age at time of marriage: 17 instead of 11]. She married Richard Wesley Prater in 1868. Margaret died in Smith County, Texas. A photo of Richard Prater can also be found in the collection, as well other members of the Prater family.

Portrait of William Erb Prater wearing a suit and tie, and his wife Mary "Mollie" Francis Stone wearing a dark dress with a white lace collar. William was the son of Richard Wesley Prater and Margaret Almeda Harpole; the library has other photos of their family. He and Mollie had seven children and lived in the Garden Valley Community in Smith County for most of their married life. Neither of them had ever been to school, but both could read and write. William started out his career as a dry goods merchant, but later became a rural mail carrier. He was also a minister at the local Church of Christ for a time. This photograph was taken for their golden wedding anniversary in November 1940.

Photograph of a crowd facing a stage in front of the Denton County Courthouse at the premiere of "Flying Leathernecks."

Photograph of a large crowd of people on the lawn of the Denton County courthouse lawn, with several cars on the street, all for the premiere of "Flying Leathernecks."

Photograph of John Wayne speaking from a stage at a premiere of "Flying Leathernecks" in Denton, Texas.

Photograph of Dwight D. Eisenhower campaigning in Denton, Texas, standing behind a podium with several microphones and holding his hat in the air.

Copy negative of a 1914 road grading crew working in a field with heavy machinery and wagons, near Krum, Texas.

Back of a scrapbook page labeled "Second Birthday Party, Flag Ceremony - 2 Year Stars Awarded." There are three photographs on the page, each of which is of two girls standing on either side of an American flag. Each of the girls is wearing a dress or a skirt and blouse. Handwritten notes label the girls, clockwise, left to right: Sherrie, Peggy, Debra, Bethel, Adele, Patty.

Photograph of a large group of people, from a little child to older adults, posing in a grass yard near a tree.

Photograph of Krum Turnpike, a dirt road with farms on either side and one car driving along it.

Photograph of an older woman in a white bonnet sitting in a yard near a child and several potted plants, with a white fence in the background.