Photograph of the courthouse on the Denton square.

Photograph of the courthouse on the Denton square.

Business card for Chuck Carpenter, staff executive, Denton Chamber of Commerce.

Folded brochure produced in the 1950s titled "Welcome to Denton, Texas, The Ideal Home City". The brochure gives statistics about the city including population, education and schools, sports and recreation, agriculture and industry, and infrastructure such as highways, railways, and bus lines. The brochure highlights Texas State College for Women, North Texas State College and the Denton Public Library

Folded Brochure for tourism to the Denton Texas as the gateway to the DFW metroplex. "A Texas Welcome Awaits You in Denton Your Northern Gateway to Texas" highlights attractions, accommodations, entertainment, and annual events for the spring and summer of 1979. Brochure was produced by the Denton Convention/Visitors Bureau.

Lithographic print of the Denton County Courthouse for Christmas 1979 with a signature of an M.F. Robbins on the bottom right of the image. The courthouse appears decorated with green and red accents, wreaths and garlands.

Photograph of the Denton County Courthouse with the Confederate Soldier Monument in the foreground. The photo is undated but was taken before the monument was removed in June, 2020. The monument consists of a small, standalone archway with a confederate soldier statue on its top, a small sphere sitting on either side of the statue. Words around the archway's inner curve read "Our confederate soldiers". Above these words. under the top edge of the archway, is a motif of the letters "C", "S", and "A" as one icon. Rectangular piers support the archway's top section, each with words engraved on them. On each of the piers, near the ground, are singular cone-shaped attachments that both have "1861" engraved on them. Beyond the archway, the walkway it sits on extends into the distance a short way before splitting into three paths that all lead up to the Denton County Courthouse. The courthouse itself is a large multi-floor building with rows of rectangular windows, stone bricks walls, and vaulted domes at each of its corners and atop the clocktower on its roof.

Photograph of two horse-drawn fire brigade vehicles with firemen and other people standing next to them in downtown Denton. The vehicles, the second one longer than the first, sit parked on the road facing the left side of the photo and each have two horses pulling them as well as two men seated as drivers. The first cart, closer to the left edge of the photo, has a group of men standing both inside and in front of the vehicle's cart section. The second, larger vehicle has a group of people standing inside its cart as well. The majority of both fire brigade vehicles' occupants wear round hats with brims and long coats. The vehicles have been parked alongside a line of buildings including a two-story building labelled "Combination Co No.1" with a bell tower on its roof and a slightly shorter buildings labelled as a hardware shop. Powerlines extend alongside the buildings and across the street's width to meet tall wood poles that sit in front of a short fence in the photo's foreground.

Photograph of Texas Special Olympics athletes on awards stands. The stands are made up by blue blocks of varying heights, with the center block being the highest, and have white numbers on them denoting first place, second place, and so on. From left to right the blocks are numbered 7,5,3,1,2,4,6, and then 8. The stands in the foreground have female athletes standing on them while the stands to the left in the background have male athletes. The female athletes in first through third place are all wearing blue shirts with orange text, black shorts, and white sneakers and have cards worn around their necks. The girl in 5th place is dressed in yellow clothing and is extending her right hand towards an older man to accept an object as another man stands behind them clapping. Standing in the foreground at the right side of the photo is a third man who faces away from the camera to view the stands. On the male athletes' stands at the left side of the photo stand two boys on the first and second place blocks while a third boy stans behind the stands, in front of a camera on a tall stand. The …

Photograph of three photos of the Golden Triangle Mall, Denton, TX. The upper image shows an aerial view of the mall and the large parking spaces surrounding it, populated by numerous vehicles. Trees line the perimeter of the mall and the parking area around it, sitting in thin stretches of grass. The bottom left image in the photo shows an interior view of one section of the mall. In this image, a large skylight allows sunlight to illuminate an open room with small fountains and trees enclosed by short tan walls, laid out abstractly throughout the room. Patches of red-orange tiles decorate sections of these walls as well as sections of the room's walls. The floor of the room is laid with rectangular orange tiles. The bottom right image include in this photograph depicts a large sign placed outdoors in an area with piles of dirt. The sign advertises the Golden Triangle Mall and uses red, orange, white, and a pale yellow throughout its design. Specifically, the sign says that the mall is "Now leasing" and includes shops such as "Dillard's, JC Penny, Wards, Sears, Wilsons, and Bealls" as well as "Free parking for more than 3700 cars". "Melvin Smith …

Photograph of a castle display at the Golden Triangle Mall in Denton, TX. The castle is designed with white walls, towers with red pointed tops and red accents on the walls, and strings of round yellow lights. Through one of the castle's archways, a counter with similar colors can be seen with a person in a red vest standing behind it. In front of the castle to the left and right are large planters with short leafy plants in them. A floor laid with tan diamond tiles extends from the castle's front into the photo's foreground where two individuals stand. The person closer to the camera wears a short-sleeved white shirt, dark pants, and darks shoes and is in the process of walking while carrying a broom and dustpan in their right hand. Behind this person stand the second individual, dressed in a short-sleeved blue shirt and dark pants. In the background beyond the people and the castle display is a storefront with the name "Florsheim" written in glowing white letters on a black background above its entrance.

Photograph of an interior view of the Golden Triangle Mall in Denton, TX. Three short steps lead from a floor laid with tan tiles to a small section of lighter flooring surrounded by dark red planters occupied by thin trees. In the planters towards the left side of the photo are groupings of lights shaded by patterned cones, which hang from wooden "X"s held up by wooden posts. A small group of people near the center of the photo sits on a planter's edge and on a bench placed in front of it. Near the bottom left corner of the photo, next to the bottom of the steps, walks a woman in a yellow shirt and blue jeans carrying a small child on her left hip, facing towards the camera. Behind her is another woman in a black shirt and pants with a bag resting over her left hip. The room is illuminated b sunlight coming through a large multi-paned skylight that fills the majority of the room's ceiling. In the background to the left of and behind the elevated floor in the photo are halls lined with shops such as a jewelers and JC Penney.

Photograph of an interior view of the Golden Triangle Mall in Denton, TX. Large planters with red-tiled walls sit on either side of an orange-tiled pathway that leads from the foreground to a short railing in front of a water fountain. Leafy bushes and thin trees occupy the planters. A young boy sits on the edge of the first planter in the left side of the photo, dressed in a white t-shirt, jeans, and sneakers. To the left of the planter the boy sits on is a table with a thick wood top while to the right is a large, polished wooden block. In the background behind the tiled walkway and the water fountain beyond it are storefronts, both along the walls and at the end of the hall. On the right side of the hall is a store labeled "Bath & Boudair" while at the end of the hall is a JC Penney.

Photograph of a bearded man holding a plate of biscuits at Morrison Milling Co. in Denton, TX. The man stands behind a gray metal table and wears a white lab coat over a white striped shirt and a short, cylindrical white hat with two dark lines meeting near its top. The man also wears a yellow glove patterned with flowers on his right hand, which holds a white plate of biscuits on the table. A thick blue book sits to the plate's right while a stick of butter with a knife in it and a rolling pin sit to its right. In front of the plate of biscuits, a large white cutting board sits on the table and has four different small bags placed on it. Each bag has a different name printed on it, with the front row of bags having "Corn-kits" on the left bag and "Bis-kits" on the right bag. The back left bag is labeled "Pan-kits" while the bag next to it says "Mexi-Kits". Behind the man is a trashcan, a stack of boxes, and a large white machine with tubes arching on its top.

Photograph of a man working with machinery that appears to seal bags of flour at Morrison Milling Co. in Denton, TX. He wears a white cowboy hat, a white shirt with an indiscernible nametag on it, and while pants. He faces towards the right edge of the photo to view a large metal machine, his left arm stretched out behind a white bag the machine holds open. The bag has on its front a simple illustration in red of a baker holding a loaf on a tray, the words "Morrison's Super Bakers" are printed above the image while "Hard wheat flour" and other text are printed below it, all in red. A flat stack of these bags sits neatly on an elevated surface in foreground of the photo. The background around and behind the man operating machinery appears to be corrugated metal walls and additional machinery.

Photograph of a man working with machinery that appears to fill small bags of flour at Morrison Milling Co. in Denton, TX. The man stands facing towards the right side of the photo and is dressed in gray pants, a white t-shirt with indiscernible text, and a thin, rectangular white hat with a blue-edged upward brim. The man reaches his arms out to use a metal machine with a large funnel and spout. A white bag sits open under the spout and has "Wyatt French Dough Mix" printed in blue on its visible side. Additional machinery including a conveyor belt sit in the background behind the man, resting against a white wall.

Photograph of bags of flour traveling through the factory at Morrison Milling Co. in Denton, TX. The bags are open and have purple interiors and white exteriors with other details printed in blue. The bags sit in a single-file line as they move along a narrow green machine. The bottommost bag in the image is visibly filled with flour. The background behind the green machine appears to be a concrete floor with other machinery built upon it.

Photograph of an elderly woman using a ladder to retrieve something from a shelf at Evers Hardware in Denton, TX. The woman has short, curly white hair and wears glasses, a blue button-up shirt, an open red shirt, blue pants, and black shoes. She stands near the bottom of her ladder, a green object with two small wheel at its bottom. The ladder extends upwards and off-camera, passing over about twelve shelves of objects. The shelves fill the height and width of the walls visible in the photo and have a wide variety of objects on them. Pots and bowls occupy the bottom two shelves while the rest of the shelving holds a wider assortment of objects. The floor of the store is covered by dark wood panels.

Photograph of the Evers Hardware storefront in Denton, TX. The front of the building is made of dark red bricks and includes a windowed first floor, shaded by a flat overhang, and a second floor with a large multi-paned window. Through the first-floor's windows, a wide variety of items can be seen stacked inside the store. A mostly legible sign in the far right window says "Extra parking at rear of...Walnut St." A brick mailbox sits on the sidewalk in front of the center window, near the store's entrance. A red Dodge truck sits parked in the photo's bottom left corner while a white car occupies the opposite corner. A line of small rectangular windows sits above the overhang that shade the store's first floor. The second floor has one large window made up by multiple rectangular panes, through which a yellow wheelbarrow can be seen. A white poster has been placed near the window's center and advertises a "special" for "7.97". Above the second-floor window is a rectangle of white stone with "1885. Evers Hardware Co. 1913" in dark letters written on it, partially shaded by a ledge that tops the stone rectangle.

Photograph of the Denton County Courthouse lit up at night. The courthouse is a large building with three or four floors made up by stone bricks, rectangular windows, and a few columns. Large green bushes grow around the base of the courthouse while lines of greenery adorned with red bows decorate the corners and windows of the building. A long table covered by a red cloth sits in front of the courthouse, parallel to the building. A group of blurry people stand behind the table with their backs to the courthouse, all leaning down towards small metallic objects sitting on the table. A large tree branch in the foreground of the image extends from the top of the photo and partially obscures the courthouse's top half.

Photograph of the Denton County Confederate Soldier Monument. The monument consists of a small, standalone archway with a confederate soldier statue on its top, a small sphere sitting on either side of the statue. Words around the archway's inner curve read "Our confederate soldiers". Above these words. under the top edge of the archway, is a motif of the letters "C", "S", and "A" as one icon. Rectangular piers support the archway's top section, each with words engraved on them. On each of the piers, near the ground, are singular cone-shaped attachments that both have "1861" engraved on them. Beyond the archway, the walkway it sits on extends into the distance a short way before splitting into three paths that all lead up to the Denton County Courthouse. Large green trees occupy grass growing around the paths. The courthouse itself is a large multi-floor building with rows of rectangular windows, stone bricks walls, and vaulted domes at each of its corners and atop the clocktower on its roof.

Photograph of men in western attire at the North Texas State Fair. The photo captures a view from above the men, leaving most of their faces hidden. Five men sit above the wet dirt ground on metal fencing while two stand in front of them. All seven men looks towards the left side of the photo and wear white cowboy hats and blue jeans. The two men standing both wear dark blue button-up shirts while the men sitting wear a variety of patterned button-up shirts. Along the right edge of the image, a metal rail extends over the heads of the men sitting. To the right of those men, at the top of the image is a yellow set of stairs leading upwards to the top right corner of the photo. A sign for a canned drink hands on the side of the railing that some of the men sit on. In the top left corner of the photo more seated people can be seen, one of whom is wearing a white cowboy hat.

Photograph of the top portion of the Denton County Courthouse. The photo captures the clocktower portion of the courthouse, an octagonal structure topped by a vaulted dome. The walls of the clocktower are made up by white stone bricks while the dome is covered with dark gray shingles. The dome and walls are separated by dark tan accent lines. The panels of the dome are separated by thin silver lines of metal. A small metal cone sits on the top of the dome, decorated with metal liens that align with those between the dome's panels. The clock of the tower sits on the brick portion of the structure and consists of black clock hands and numerals on a white background, all outlined by a dark tan circle. The view of the clocktower is partially obscured by the silhouettes of multiple leafy tree branches.

Photograph of a child riding a carousel at night at the North Texas State Fair. The carousel has multiple pairs of white horses with saddles and bridles painted in blue and yellow on them, spaced apart at regular intervals and posed as if running. The child sits on a horse in the foreground near the right edge of the photo, dressed in a light pink short-sleeved shirt, dark pink pants, and white sneakers. The carousel appears to be turning counterclockwise as the child and the horses face towards the right side of the image. The floor of the carousel is made of gray metal while its top is yellow and adorned with painted imagery and yellow lights. At the center of the carousel is a column with ovals of lightbulbs decorating each of its sides. In the background beyond the ride are blurry stalls lit up by bright lights.