[City of Denton Electric Distribution employees]

Photograph of City of Denton Electric Distribution employees standing in Quakertown Park for their apprenticeship graduation photo in Denton, Texas. Behind them is the Emily Fowler Library.
Date: 1970~/1989~
Creator: Denton (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Solid Waste Department employees picking up trash]

Photograph of two Solid Waste Department employees picking up trash on a street in Denton, Texas. Homes line the street on the right. The garbage truck and employees take center with several bags waiting at the curb. The hood of a red vehicle is in partial view at the bottom left.
Date: February 2, 1988
Creator: Denton (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The City Limits, August 1983 (open access)

The City Limits, August 1983

Monthly newsletter published for city employees of Denton, Texas containing work-related information, updates about employees, and other news.
Date: August 26, 1983
Creator: Denton (Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two unidentified men working in a shop]

Photograph of two unidentified men working in a utilities or electrical shop in Denton, Texas. Boxes and equipment fill the shelves along the wall in the background left. Parts lay on the table in front of the worker to the left. The worker on the right stands behind two machines, another table of parts to the right of them.
Date: 1970~/1989~
Creator: Denton (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Linemen working along Interstate 35E]

Photograph of linemen working in cherry pickers along Interstate 35E in Denton, Texas. A grassy area takes up the front. Signs to the right advertise for ABC Boots & Western Store, Lakewood Estates Mobile Home Park, Westgate Memorial Hospital, and R.J. Button Constructors.
Date: October 1984
Creator: Denton (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[City of Denton employees at Service Awards]

Photograph of five employees at the City of Denton Service Awards for 20 years of service in Denton, Texas. They stand in front of a couch. The man in the middle is Ernie Tullos, now deceased, who was director of electric utilities for Denton (the title at that time). He began working for the City in 1971 or 1972.
Date: 1991
Creator: Denton (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cars looking east on 3rd Street]

Photograph looking east on 3rd street toward Locust Street in Denton, Texas. Cars line both sides of the street. A white truck is pulling out of a driveway on the left. Stonewall Jackson Elementary School is on the right and a building with a clock tower on the Texas Woman's University campus stands in the background.
Date: [1975..1985]
Creator: Denton (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Yard behind the old City of Denton municipal power plant]

Photograph of the yard behind the old City of Denton municipal power plant from across the railroad tracks in Denton, Texas, looking west. Sycamore Street is behind the building Trucks sit in front of the old power plant building to the right. The First State Bank Building can be seen in the background.
Date: December 1984
Creator: Denton (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Members of City of Denton Reclassification Task Force - 1979]

Photograph of members of the City of Denton Reclassification Task Force in Denton, Texas. They sit around a table full of papers. Two large sheets of paper hang on a bulletin board in the back. Members include from left to right: Jimmy George (Water & Sewer), Rick Gaylor (Electric Substations & Metering), Nancy Boen (Parks and Recreation), Cengiz Capan (Data Processing), and Mack Parker (Engineering).
Date: 1979
Creator: Denton (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[McDade Motors and Gulf Service Station at 222 S. Elm St. in Denton]

Photograph of the McDade Motors and Gulf service station on 222 S. Elm Street and Sycamore in Downtown Denton, Texas. Gas pumps and signs sit in the lot of the station. A traffic divider hangs off the curb in front. A few cars drive down and are parked on Elm Street. The Courthouse-on-the-Square rises above the buildings in the right background. A Taxi company can be seen across the street.
Date: November 18, 1977
Creator: Denton (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[City of Denton employees playing volleyball in the park]

Photograph of a group of City of Denton employees playing volleyball at the annual employee appreciation cookout at Civic Center Park (now Quakertown Park) in Denton, Texas. The Emily Fowler Library is the building in the background. Trees provide a shady area in the front.
Date: 1980
Creator: Denton (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Story of Living in Denton and Denton County, Texas (open access)

The Story of Living in Denton and Denton County, Texas

Booklet describing various facts about Denton and Denton County, Texas encouraging readers to consider living in the area. It includes general information with some statistics and a number of quotations related to the content.
Date: unknown
Creator: Denton County National Bank
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crane placing old power plant equipment on truck]

Photograph of a crane placing old equipment on a flatbed truck after its removal from the old City municipal power plant in Denton, Texas. Workers help its placement on the truck and beside the crane truck on the right. A truck drives down the road on the left beside traffic cones.
Date: December 1984
Creator: Denton (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Women at the City of Denton Service Awards Banquet]

Photograph of employees around a table at the City of Denton Service Awards Banquet at Texas Woman's University in Denton, Texas. Seated from left to right: Joann Schmidt, Administration; Jewel Austin; Jan Trester, LIbrary, Technical Services Department; and Eva Poole, Library, Director of Libraries from 1995-2012, employed from 1990-2012. Other employees are seated in tables behind them or stand talking among themselves.
Date: 1992
Creator: Denton (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[City of Denton cable television employee]

Photograph of a female City of Denton employee for cable television. She works on a computer with handwritten sticky notes, beside a TV and related equipment.
Date: 1970~/1989~
Creator: Denton (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[City of Denton employees working on Bell Avenue]

Photograph of City of Denton employees working on Bell Avenue, across from the Civic Center swimming pool in Denton, Texas. Two men stand at the bed of a truck full of coiled power lines. Two other men walk away from them down the lot. Cars drive down the street in the background. The back end of a white car is in partial view in the front right. The entrance to the Municipal Swimming Pool can be seen in the background. It was designed by O'Neil Ford, Roland Laney and Carolyn Peterson in 1965. It was demolished in 1992 and replaced by another structure.
Date: 1985~
Creator: Denton (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[City of Denton employees and families at event in park]

Photograph of City of Denton employees and their families at the annual employee appreciation cookout in Civic Center Park (now Quakertown Park) in Denton, Texas. People sit at the picnic tables eating and talking. Trees line the back; a large one stands to the left. A man in a cowboy hat walks in the center between garbage cans.
Date: 1970~/1989~
Creator: Denton (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Train running along Mingo Road]

Photograph of passenger train running along Mingo Road by the City Service Center in Denton, Texas. Dark, billowing smoke fills the top of the frame. Trucks and equipment sit in the City Service Center lot in front.
Date: 1985
Creator: Denton (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Men attaching cranes at old power plant]

Photograph of workers attaching two cranes to equipment for removal at the old power plant in Denton, Texas. A worker on the left directs the cranes, while two men in center handle with a bundle of yellow material.
Date: December 1984
Creator: Denton (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[City of Denton employees crossing a bridge at appreciation cookout]

Photograph of City of Denton employees and their families crossing a bridge at the annual employee appreciation cookout in Civic Center Park (now Quakertown Park) in Denton, Texas. Pecan Creek flows under the bridge. A group gathers in the background in front of some trees. A bulldozer sits beside them.
Date: 1970~/1989~
Creator: Denton (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Workers removing equipment with crane from old power plant]

Photograph of workers removing equipment with a crane from the old power in Denton, Texas. Two workers stand below the crane, while another directs it into place.
Date: December 1984
Creator: Denton (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Employees at the City of Denton Service Awards Banquet]

Photograph of employees at the City of Denton Service Awards Banquet at Texas Woman's University in Denton, Texas. Seated on the left: David Dugger, Landfill Manager. Seated on the couch (left to right): Kristen Newman; Nelda Nance, Library at the Emily Fowler Library; Cheryl Musick, Library, Circulation. Seated on the right: Walter Winsett, Library, Information. Others in the back include: Brad McKenzie, and Danny Beckham, Eng Tech II, Construction Inspection & Streets.
Date: 1991
Creator: Denton (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Employees at the City of Denton Service Awards]

Photograph of employees at the City of Denton Service Awards for 20 years of service, held at Texas Woman's University in Denton, Texas. In the front row: Delmar Bradshaw; Charlie McKenna, Engineering Technical Supervisor; Bobby Morris, Lead Utility Line Technician, Electric Distribution; and Ed Dawson, Electrical Department. In the back row: John Gandy, Foreman, Electric Metering/Substations; John Fender; Rick Barrett, worked for the City of Denton from July 9, 1969 to January 31, 1998; and Mike Leverton, Police, Detective of Criminal Investigation, later title change to Investigator, Office of the Year - 1995.
Date: January 26, 1990
Creator: Denton (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man inspecting No-Left-Turn sign in shop]

Photograph of a man inspecting a No-Left-Turn sign in a shop by the Engineering and Transportation Department in Denton, Texas. Various street and traffic signs line the wall to the left.
Date: 1970~/1989~
Creator: Denton (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History