Photograph of the entrance to the Denton Municipal Landfill in Denton, Texas. Signs hang on the entrance gate and along the right side of the road, displaying important information and hours of operation. A woman stands off to the right of the gate. Trees take up the far right behind the signs.

Photograph of a man looking at architectural plans at a construction site in Denton, Texas. Another person's hands hold the plans on the right. Dirt mounds rise behind them.

Photograph of City of Denton utility workers in cherry pickers below power lines. A worker in a hardhat sits on equipment in the front. A sign for ABC Boots stands on the wall behind him.

Photograph of city employees at the annual employee appreciation day cookout held at Civic Center Park (now Quakertown Park) in Denton, Texas. Employees gather around grills and tables full of food. A park building and car are visible in the background. Trees drape over and surround the main cookout area.

Photograph of Fire Chief Jack Gentry receiving a service award at the City of Denton Service Awards Banquet in Denton, Texas. He served as fire chief from 1958-2002. He shakes hands with another man as others look on. Paintings line the walls behind them. The men are from left-to-right: Jim Riddlesperger, former professor of political science at UNT and member of the Denton city council; Jack Gentry; the Reverend Mark Chew, an insurance agent for Farmer's Insurance Company and pastor of the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Denton; and Charlie Hopkins, a former city council member and building contractor in Denton.

Photograph of a lineman standing beside a truck on Bell Avenue in Denton, Texas, across from the Denton Civic Center (now Quakertown Park). Another truck cuts into view in front. Trees line the background.

Photograph of W. University Drive facing east from the curb at Denton Dry Cleaners in Denton, Texas. A grassy area occupies the front. Cars travel up and down the main street. There is a sign for Buddies on the left.

Photograph of three linemen working on electrical poles. One of the workers stands in a cherry picker. Electrical lines criss-cross the frame.

Photograph of a fallen telephone pole that has fallen on a truck in Denton, Texas. The roof is caved in and windshield cracked. There is also damage to the front right side of the vehicle (left when looking on). Utility workers stand beside their truck on the right in the background.

Photograph of equipment at the old power plant station in Denton, Texas.

Photograph of the Exxon station at University Drive/U.S. Highway 380 facing east at Alice Street in Denton, Texas. Cars head east past the intersection. Signs for Buddies and the Denton Center are displayed in the background. A grassy area takes up the front right.

Photograph of a group of runners standing at the City Fun Run in Denton, Texas. A person in a character costume stands in the back middle. The Southern Hotel undergoes renovations in the background on the left.

Photograph of City of Denton utility workers around a two utility poles in Denton, Texas. A utility truck is parked to their left. A mailbox and sign to "Vote for Billy Joe Wilson for County Commissioner Precinct 1" stand in the front grass.

Photograph of employees at the City of Denton Service Awards Banquet at Texas Woman's University in Denton, Texas. Employees pictured received their awards for 5 years of service. Front row: Manny Coronado, Carolyn Farmer, Carol Weller, Marilyn Williams, Jewel Austin. Second Row: unidentified man, Vince Gallegos, David Roby, Roger White, Eddie Driskell. Back Row: Fred Warswick, Billy Sangster.

Photograph of City of Denton employees and their families at an the annual employee appreciation event at Civic Center Park (now Quakertown Park) in Denton, Texas. People sit at picnic tables enjoying drinks. A full trash can sits front and center. Sunlight filters through the many trees surrounding the picnic area.

Photograph of three men beside "Denton City Limit, Pop. 66270" and "Superior Public Water System, The State of Texas" road signs in Denton, Texas. A grassy embankment trails down on the right. Cars travel down the road in the back left.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).