[Post Card from Bettie to Hallie Thurman]

Post card containing letter from Bettie to Miss Hallie Thurman of Denton, Texas. The post card was processed in Ft. Worth, Texas on April 2, 1909. The front of the post card contains a photograph of a house with wood siding and a porch with columns. A brick chimney is visible on the rear of the house.
Date: 1909-04-02~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Exterior of the Merchant Tailor Company

Exterior of the Boylan Tailor Shop and R.K. Rains' Barbershop, located on the north side of the square. There is a buggy in the foreground to the right. The tailor shop was originally opened by F.J. Boylan, the second man from the right, his stepsons, John W. and Walter R. "Rube" Scott are to his left, an unidentified African-American male stands on the far right. A barbershop pole and two signs hang from the shop to the right. The signs say: Hot & Cold Baths; and R.K. Rains. Richard Kerr Rains owned the R.K. Rains Barber Shop until he sold his business in April of 1910 to Ed Roberts. In 1912, the Boylan & Co., Merchant and Scott Tailoring Co. combined and formed the Scott Tailor Company. According to the 1910 Census, John W. Scott was 23 in 1910, his occupation was listed as "Tailor" and he owned the business. Walter R. Scott was 27 and his occupation was "Tailor in men's clothing." Later, in the 1923 Retail Merchants' Association's Denton City Directory, the brothers have several businesses: John W. Tailoring Co., on the west side of the square; Walter Scott was the Manager of the North Side Tailor Shop, …
Date: 1909?
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Order of Macabees

Group of eighteen women in white dresses and caps from the Order of Macabees. Those identified are: Fannie Wiliams, Etta Woodsen, Edna Yerby Walker, Mollie Rich, Ada Bates Poling, Cora Mayer, Myrtle Joiner, Lizzie goode, Mollie Bushey, Gretna Cobb, Florence Elbert, Leona Bleweth, Fannie Blanks, Nellie Nipp, Annie Baker, Cora Bates, Eula Bates.
Date: 1909
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Robert E. Lee School Students]

Photograph of an elementary school class from Robert E. Lee School standing and sitting outside of a brick building. One of the children is Noah R. Wiggs.
Date: 1909~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Three Siblings]

Portrait of two girls and a younger boy. A handwritten note on the back of the photo identifies them as Eula Magill Carroll, Esther Magill McCormick, and Marshall Magill.
Date: 1909~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Two Girls]

Portrait of two girls with their heads close together, both wearing white dresses.
Date: 1909~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Walter Wiggs, Sr., Jim Grady, two unidentified men, and one unidentified boy on streetcar]

Early Denton streetcar with sign on front saying: "Jarrell-Evans Dry Goods and Manufacturers Surplus Sale. Now in full blast." Man in uniform at the front of the streetcar is Walter Wiggs, Sr., and the man in the back with cigar is Jim Grady. The other individuals in the picture are unidentified. A boy can be seen hanging on the back of the streetcar and behind the streetcar a man is driving a horse-drawn buggy. The Denton Depot can be seen in the background. Along the side of the car is a sign reading "Denton Railroad Company".
Date: 1909~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Walter Wiggs, Sr., Jim Grady, two unidentified men, and one unidentified boy on streetcar]

Early Denton streetcar with sign on front saying: "Jarrell-Evans Dry Goods and Manufacturers Surplus Sale. Now in full blast." Man in uniform at the front of the streetcar is Walter Wiggs, Sr., and the man in the back with cigar is Jim Grady. The other individuals in the picture are unidentified. A boy can be seen hanging on the back of the streetcar and behind the streetcar a man is driving a horse-drawn buggy. The Denton Depot can be seen in the background. Along the side of the car is a sign reading "Denton Railroad Company".
Date: 1909~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Brass Band and Little Elm "Reds" of 1908-1910]

Photograph of the Little Elm 20th Century Band of 1908-1910. The members are posing with their instruments and in uniform. A caption identifying the members is included. Photograph of the Little Elm "Reds" baseball team of 1908-1910. The members are posing in uniform. A caption identifying them is included.
Date: 1908~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Denton High School Girl's Basketball Team

Team photo of the 1908 Denton High School girls' basketball team. The team photo is printed over an image of a basketball on a white background. Pictured are: Maude Bruce (coach), Nell Bayless, Lucille Blewett, Emma Bell Lipscomb, Susie Davidson, Lula Evers, Maude Zumwalt, Katie Bass, Blanch Thomason, Mary Williams. Mary Williams later married Woodson A. Harris after completing a teaching certificate at UNT (then Normal College). They had four children and lived the majority of their lives at 425 Fry Street.
Date: 1908
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Exterior of Henry Selz's House

Exterior of Henry Selz's house. Their "new" Buick automobile is parked in the foreground on the left and the house is set off by a white picket fence. Tall trees flank the house on either side. The year 1908 is written on the back of the photograph, along with the notes, "The Henry Senz Home, father of Earl, Leo & Pinter. Note the "new Buick." "Moody & Earl had many wonderful trips in it before their marriage." As an "aside", an article appeared in the Denton Record-Chronicle on May 8, 1912, entitled, "Denton Boys in Auto Smash-Up." Henry Selz, Jr., was driving the family automobile, along with his brother Piner Selz and their friend Horace Maynard, when it slid off the road and went into an embankment. The automobile was reported as going 25-35 miles-per-hour. Horace Maynard suffered internal injuries and a broken hip. The automobile also suffered the loss of both front fenders and a few dents. The car belonged to Mr. Henry Selz, Sr.
Date: 1908?
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Henry Selz Family on donkeys in Mineral Wells

The Henry Selz family on donkeys in Mineral Wells. Included are: Henry Selz, Martha Selz (far left), their daughters, Katie(far right), and Lula (younger daughter).
Date: 1908?
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of the 1908 Freshman Class]

The students in this photograph were all members of the 1908 Freshman Class and this same photo appeared in the Denton Bronco. The students were identified as: Nelle Kincaid, Elmo Sleight, Archye Jasper, Edna Schmitz, Carl Kirkpatrick, Lee Gillespie, Perren Lyon, Roland McNiel, East Ivy, Will Dooley, Emery Fairman, Will Sullivan (bottom row, far right), Bennie Smith, Garrett George, Raymond Johnson
Date: 1908
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Unidentified Man and Woman]

Unidentified man and woman standing behind a round flower bed. The woman, on the left, is wearing a long dress, while the man is in a white shirt and dark tie and hat. To the left is a wooden picket fence and a cellar entrance is to the right. Written on top of photo in blue ink "The Selz Home"
Date: 1908
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Unidentified Man and Woman on Wooden Porch

Unidentified man and woman sitting on a wooden porch. The woman is on the left, dressed in a long dress with high neck and is wearing glasses. The man is to her right and slightly behind her wearing a pork pie hat, white shirt, and light colored pants. A rug is on the wood between them, the door is open into a dark interior, and the porch is framed on the left, top, and right by crawling vines.
Date: 1908
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Alligator hunters in Cuba]

Postcard with a photograph of five men holding their rifles. The men have respited from hunting alligators. They all have similar dress and are wearing similar service hats. The men are standing beside a lake. On the back of the postcard is written, "Hunting Alligators in Cuba. The micky looking guy on the left is G. I set the camery [sic] then got in place. And negro snapped it for me." The postcard does not appear to have been mailed. The person "G" refers to the George V. Huffmon, who was stationed in the military in Cuba. He was also the sender of the postcard. The rest of the men remain unidentified. Huffmon enlisted in the Army in 1906 and was stationed in Cuba, during the Second Occupation of Cuba which lasted from September 1906 to February 1909.
Date: 1907~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Denton High School Girl's Basketball Team

Team photo of the 1907 Denton High School girls' basketball team. Pictured are: Katie Bass, Bess Browder, Lula Evers, Mary Williams, Alice Mounts, Maude Bruce, Mary Bart, Ina Fritz, Alice Cowan, Emma Belle Lipscomb, Lola Parker, Anna Banks, Nell Bayless, Blanche Thomason. The newspaper caption read: Girls' Basketball Team. "These young ladies were members of Denton High School's second basketball team. All but two of them changed their names with marriage. Their married names and their residences were supplied by Mrs. Clarence A. Tripp of Denton, the former Lula Evers. Kneeling, left to right, are Emma Belle Lipscomb (Mrs. Owen Johnson of California), Lola Parker (Mrs. E. H. Walpole of Oklahoma City), Anna Banks (now Dr. Banks of New York City), Nell Bayless (Mrs. John Underwood of Dallas), Blanche Thomason (Mrs. David C. Wiley of Monahans). Standing left to right, Katie Bass (Mrs. Donald O'Neil of Dallas), Bess Browder (Mrs. Bess McCullar of Taos, N.M.), Lula Evers (Mrs. Tripp), Mary Williams (Mrs. J. B. Stevenson of Wellington), Coach Alice Mounts (Mrs. Clarence Cockerell of Dallas), Coach Maud Bruce (Mrs. Campbell Duggan of Opalika, Ala.), Mary Barb (Mrs. Joe Elliott of Forney), Ina Fritz, (Mrs. M. L. O'Banion of Houston) and …
Date: 1907
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Girls' Tip-Top Basketball Team

North Texas State Normal School's girls' Tip-Top basketball team. Pictured are: Hope McMinn, Esther Whittaker, Katherine Black, Sadie Roberts, Mary Belle Jones, Cassie Higgins, Beulah Davies, Justa Glass, Elizabeth Elliott, Volina Cohen, Dixie McDaniel, Marylee Matthews, Eula Moore.
Date: 1907
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

John Bunyan Denton

Photograph of an artist's sketch depicting the death of John B. Denton in the Indian fight at Village Creek on May 24, 1841. Captain Denton and Captain Henry Stout, also shown in the sketch, were leading an advanced scouting party when they were ambushed on Village Creek near modern Fort Worth. Denton was killed and Stout severely wounded.
Date: 1907
Creator: Broome Studio
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Joe and Lucy Smith Mangrum]

Portrait of Joe Mangrum wearing a suit and tie, and Lucy Smith Mangrum wearing a white dress with a high collar.
Date: 1907
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Julia Ann Gober Wright]

Photograph of Julia Ann Gober Wright sitting outside in front of trimmed bushes. She is wearing a dark, full-length dress. Written on back of photo in pencil " Grandma Wright made 1907"
Date: 1907
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sgt. George V. Huffmon standing in front of the Monument to the Eight Medical Students in Old Havana]

Sgt. George V. Huffmon, nurse in the U. S. Army Medical Corps is pictured in front of the Memorial to the Eight Medicine Students in Old Havana, Cuba. The back of this picture postcard is stamped May 29, 1907, Guanajay, Cuba and it arrived in Denton on June 4th, 1907. The postcard is addressed to Miss Hallie Thurmon, of Denton, Texas. Sgt. Huffmon was stationed during the Second Occupation of Cuba, which lasted from September 1906 to February of 1909. On the right front of the postcard Sgt. Huffmon wrote, "Received your card today. I've answered your last letter. Will be glad to answer another soon." The right side says, "The Student's Monument at Havana, Cuba. Myself standing beside it. The rings is [sic] wreaths of artificial flowers. The black square has the words Innocents written on it."
Date: 1907~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sgt. George V. Huffmon standing in front of the Monument to the Eight Medical Students in Old Havana]

Sgt. George V. Huffmon, a nurse in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, is pictured in front of the Memorial to the Eight Medicine Students in Old Havana, Cuba. This photo is a much clearer duplicate of another which appears on a picture postcard addressed to a Miss Hallie Thurmon of Denton, Texas. Sgt. Huffmon was stationed in Cuba during the Second Occupation of Cuba which lasted from Sept. of 1906 to Feb. of 1909.
Date: 1907~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Unidentified Individuals on Vacation in Mineral Wells]

Mattie Lee Lacy with two men and six women, all unidentified, posing for the camera while on vacation in Mineral Wells. Mattie Lee Lacy is in the white striped dress. Two tents are visible, one on the right side of the frame and one in the background to the left. Written on the back in pencil: 1907. Written on the back in blue ink: Vacation at Mineral Wells 1097. Located on back of photo "Vacation at Mineral Wells Miss Mattie Lee Lacy of [TSCU & CO?)" (TSCO & CO difficult to decipher. Printed on the back of the photo: 4 Important Gateways 4 The Texas T and P Pacific Railway "No Trouble to Answer Questions." Best Passenger Service in Texas. E. P. Turner, G. P. A., Dallas, Texas.
Date: 1907
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History