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[Elise Clements Unveiling the Beulah Harriss Texas Historical Marker]

Photograph of unveiling of the Texas Historical Commission marker dedication for Beulah Harriss in Quakertown Park in Denton, TX. Elise Clements is helping to remove the cover and holding a microphone. There are four other people in the photograph, three flanking the marker, and one helping Elise remove the cover.
Date: October 25, 2015
Creator: Davis, Bruce
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Elise Clements With the Buelah A. Harriss Historical Marker]

Photograph of Elise Clements holding a rose at the dedication of the Texas Historical Commission marker for Beulah Harriss. Behind the marker there are several girl scouts in a line.
Date: October 25, 2015
Creator: Davis, Bruce
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Drilling on West Side of Courthouse Lawn]

Photograph of four unidentified workers wearing hard hats operating drilling equipment next to an Altec truck on the west side of the courthouse lawn with a tree in the foreground. Several businesses are visible in the background, including Sunday Morning on the Square (a church ministry located in the Fine Arts Theater at 115 N. Elm), First Peoples Jewelers (117 N. Elm, owned by Frank Zagarl), and Vision Ministries Church (119 N. Elm).
Date: October 1992
Creator: Glover, Julie
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two People with the Denton Main Street Association]

Photograph of two unidentified people with the Denton Main Street Association selling cornerstones at a table in front of a business on the southeast corner of the square. There is a poster next to them that reads "Downtown Denton Cornerstones," four bricks with people's names engraved into them on the table, and various people walking around behind them.
Date: October 1991
Creator: Glover, Julie
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Troop 65 Setting Up a Banner]

Photograph of the scouts of Troop 65 setting up a tripod with their troop banner at a scout show at Will Rogers Coliseum. There are barriers in front of the group of troops and the coliseum is visible in the background.
Date: [1988-10-15?,1989-10-21?,1990-10-20]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[The Dalai Lama after Thanks-Giving Foundation Banquet]

Photograph of The Dalai Lama after a banquet for the Thanks-Giving Foundation. He is smiling at the camera and standing next to a statue with his hands on both sides of the statue's plaque. The portion of the statue that is visible resembles a person's leg with pants and boots on. There are various items on display in the background as well as two men that can be seen looking in the direction of the plaque.
Date: October 16, 1984
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[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

[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

[Flooded Intersection of Congress and Carroll]

Photograph of flooded streets at the intersection of Congress Street and Carroll Boulevard with traffic lights in the foreground and houses, trees, and telephone poles in the background.
Date: October 4, 1971
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Flooded Intersection of Westway and Carroll]

Photograph of of high waters at the intersection of Westway Street and Carroll Boulevard; there is an empty street with street lights and telephone poles on the left and trees and houses in the background.
Date: October 4, 1971
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Chick A-Go-Go During Flood]

Photograph of flash flood waters in front of the Chick A-Go-Go, a red and white one-story building with a blue car parked in front of it (at 808 W. University Dirve), with the Piggly Wiggly visible in the background in University Center.
Date: October 2, 1971
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Flooded Street]

Photograph of a white truck driving along an unidentified flooded street in Denton with trees and houses in the background.
Date: October 2, 1971
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Denton Baseball Field]

Photograph of a baseball field in Denton with unidentified works on the left and right and a child crouching in the dirt in the middle; there are stadium lights and bleachers behond the field and trees and telephone poles in the background.
Date: October 1971
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[McKenna Park Standpipe Water Tower]

Photograph of a water tower at McKenna Park. It was painted green and white in support of the University of North Texas in the Fall of 1967. One can see see-saws, picnic tables, and trees on the hillside in the foreground. This water tank could hold two million gallons. It was used for "water pressure purposes and extra storage."
Date: October 1971
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Helen Corbitt in Austin, TX]

Photograph of Helen Corbitt, pictured from the chest up. The picture is said to have been taken in Austin, TX, and features Corbitt smiling in a public setting. Multiple people are pictured in the distance behind her. Corbitt is wearing a dark-colored suit jacket, a white shirt, and a necklace. Printed text on the back of the photograph: "YOU HAVE BEEN MINOXED (World's smallest camera), Compliments, Maurice Acers, Perry-Brooks Bldg., Austin 1, Texas."
Date: October 1962
Creator: Acers, Maurice
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Courthouse Staff]

Photograph of a group of courthouse staff members standing in front of the doors of a brick building. The women are lined up in the foremost row while the men are in rows in the back.
Date: October 21, 1946
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cowhands in Pasture]

Photograph of cowhands in a grassy pasture with a herd of cattle and trees and hills in the background; one cowhand is on horseback while the others are roping a calf.
Date: October 1932
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of an Oil Rig Smoking]

Photograph of a wooden cable tool rig with salt spewing up through the derrick. In the foreground is covered with salt.
Date: October 12, 1922
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[McClesky Number One]

Photograph of the McClesky No. 1, a wooden derrick, gushing oil. Several men are visible in the foreground running to the left of the image.
Date: October 1917
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Boy in Cowboy Hat]

Photograph of an unidentified boy wearing a cowboy hat and suede gloves and pants standing in an open field.
Date: October 24, 1915
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Landon and Bob and Three Children]

Photograph of Landon and Bob and three children sitting in a yard with shrubs and a wooden fence in the background. One of the men is wearing a shirt and tie and is sitting on the grass on the left with a baby on his knee, the other man is sitting in a rocking chair with a child sitting on the edge of the seat, and a third child wearing a light-colored dress and a bow in her hair is sitting in the grass on the right.
Date: October 24, 1915
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man and Children with Dog]

Photograph of an unidentified man wearing a dark suit sitting in the grass in a yard with three children and a dog; behind them a wooden fence, tree, and an automobile are visible in the background.
Date: October 24, 1915
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Three Girls by a Fence]

Photograph of an unidentified young woman and two girls wearing light-colored dresses posing standing in a yard with their arms on each other's shoulders; the girls on the left and right are wearing hats and the one in the middle has a bow in her hair and there is a picket fence in the background.
Date: October 24, 1915
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two Girls with Bows]

Photograph of an unidentified young woman and a girl wearing light-colored dresses and bows in their hair standing in a yard with trees and a wooden fence in the background.
Date: October 24, 1915
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History