[City of Denton Service Center]

Photograph from above of the City of Denton Service Center, where various types of city-owned equipment were housed and maintained, a lot with rows of vehicles parked on it and a warehouse on the left. In the background streets with rows of houses and trees are visible.
Date: October 1979
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial View of Denton Municipal Airport]

Photograph of from above of Denton Municipal Airport, consisting of a single landing strip and two hangars, with a single airplane visible on the ground and empty fields in the background.
Date: June 1979
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial View of Bell Avenue]

Photograph of an aerial view of Bell Avenue in Denton, Texas, with the Civic Center Pool (designed by O'Neil Ford) on the right and various other buildings in the foreground and background.
Date: 1978-04~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[City of Denton Solid Waste Employees]

Photograph of two unidentified City of Denton Solid Waste employees loading various discarded items into a garbage truck.
Date: 1978-04~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[City of Denton Landfill]

Photograph from above of the City of Denton landfill with trees in the foreground and farmland and houses visible in the background.
Date: September 1977
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[City of Denton Solid Waste Employees with Dumpster]

Photograph of two unidentified City of Denton Solid Waste employees cleaning a dumpster with a white warehouse, a pickup truck, and other dumpsters visible in the background.
Date: 1977-05~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Denton City Hall Customer Service]

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.
Date: 1977/1981
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Hickory Street on the Denton Square]

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.
Date: 1977/1978
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Intersection of Mingo and Bell]

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.
Date: 1977~/1984~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fountain at the Denton City Hall]

Photograph of the fountain outside the mayor's office at the Denton City Hall with the Emily Fowler Central Library, Cottonwood Creek, and several trees, some of which are Weeping Willow, can be seen in the background.
Date: May 1976
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial View of TWU Campus]

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.
Date: 1976-04~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Civic Center Park]

Photograph of the rocket slide and various other playground equipment (merry-go-round, swing set, slide) at the Civic Center Park in Denton with trees and a blue sky in the background.
Date: April 1976
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ensign Fountain in the Civic Center Park]

Photograph of of the rock footbridge and the Ensign fountain at the Civic Center Park with trees in the foreground and background.
Date: April 1976
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Jefferson Davis Elementary School]

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.
Date: 1976-04~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Girls Playing at a City of Denton Park]

Photograph of two unidentified girls playing on tire swings on a playground at a park in Denton; one girl is sitting on the monkey bars above the swings and the other is balancing on top of two tire swings.
Date: 1976/1982
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Road Work on Scripture Street]

Photograph of four unidentified workers filling in cracks on Scripture Street across from McKenna Park in Denton; there is a truck on the right side and the playground and water tower are visible in the background on the left.
Date: 1976/1980
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Road Work on a Denton Street]

Photograph of an unidentified man wearing a cowboy hat operating an asphalt paver on a street while various people watch on the right side of the street with trees and houses in the background.
Date: June 1975
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bridge Repair Crew]

Photograph of three unidentified workers replacing boards on an old iron bridge in Denton, Texas; there is pickup truck behind them, trees on both sides of the bridge, and telephone poles and fields in the background.
Date: July 1974
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Intersection of Carroll Boulevard and Hickory Street]

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.
Date: April 17, 1974
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sanitation Workers and Truck]

Photograph of three unidentified sanitation workers picking up bags of leaves from someone's lawn and loading them into a truck; there is a mailbox with the name "Schneider" on it and trees and other houses in the background.
Date: February 1974
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fire at Cedar Crest Apartments in Denton]

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.
Date: October 2, 1973
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Firefighters and Burning Plane]

Photograph of several unidentified Denton firefighters helping a man out of a burning airplane with smoke in the background; the firefighter in the foreground has the name "Green" on the back of his jacket.
Date: December 1972
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[House on Fire in Denton]

Photograph of a house on fire with trees in the foreground and part of the chimney visible.
Date: August 1972
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fire on the South Side of the Square]

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.
Date: May 10, 1972
Creator: City of Denton staff
System: The Portal to Texas History