Aerial view of Denton, Texas with Texas Woman's University visible in the right foreground.

Photograph of the Allison Shell service station on W. University Drive facing east in Denton, Texas. A customer pumps their gas at the station; other cars are parked nearby. Store signs line the street on the right, including for Kat-Fish Korner. Buildings from Texas Woman's University rise above the skyline in the background.

Photograph of an unidentified man, woman, boy, and girl around a table in Emily Fowler Library, Denton Public Library. The boy is wearing headphones plugged into a machine in front of him on the table.

Carroll Boulevard, Denton Texas. Extension looking due north near I.O.O.F. Cemetary. The road is still unpaved. New apartments at left include some for the state school. Trees and grass line the road on the right side. Trees border the left side of the road in the distance, after the new apartments. A yellow construction vehicle is in the foreground.

Carroll Boulevard, Denton Texas. Extension looking due south. The road is unpaved. The road is bordered on both sides by trees and small buildings.

Carroll Boulevard, Denton Texas. Extension looking due south. The road is still dirt. A white commercial truck with red cab is visible on the right side and in the distance multiple buildings can be discerned.

Carroll Boulevard, Denton Texas. Extension project to link to Fort Worth Drive. Eagle Drive is the street in the foreground.

Carroll Boulevard, Denton, Texas. Extension south of Hickory, looking north. The road is still dirt. The Carroll Courts building is being constructed on the right hand side and white, wooden road blocks are at the end of the dirt road before the cement begins.

Photograph of cars at the intersection of W. University Drive looking east and Malone Street in Denton, Texas. Signs are displayed for EZ Chek No. 2 and Philips 66 gas station to the right, with University Center and Toyota to the left. Buildings at Texas Woman's University (TWU) rise from the skyline in the background's center.

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 six young children gathered around a brick fountain in the Susan Campbell Deussen Memorial Garden at Emily Fowler Central Library in Denton, Texas. Lucile Deussen McRae gave the library $2,000 in 1968 to build the garden in the enclosed patio outside the children's area.

Photograph of several children standing in the tree house at Emily Fowler Central Library, Denton Public Library in Denton, Texas.

Photograph of a few children sitting on colorful cartoon-animal chairs inside a room of Emily Fowler Central Library, Denton Public Library, in Denton, Texas. Linda Touraine, a librarian, stands in the center of the room, and a desk and bookshelves are visible behind her.

Photograph of Chism Texaco service sign at W. University Drive and Primrose Lane in Denton, Texas. Cars travel down W. University Drive. Lights and telephone poles line the street. Several cars sit in the Texaco parking area to the left.

Photograph of a female City of Denton employee for cable television. She works on a computer with handwritten sticky notes, beside a TV and related equipment.

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 City of Denton employees and their families at the annual employee appreciation cookout in Civic Center Park (now Quakertown Park) in Denton, Texas. People sit at the picnic tables eating and talking. Trees line the back; a large one stands to the left. A man in a cowboy hat walks in the center between garbage cans.

Photograph of City of Denton employees and their families at the annual employee appreciation cookout in Civic Center Park (now Quakertown Park) in Denton, Texas. People are lined up at the food tables on the right. A woman holding a baby stands in the left front. At center, a man carries a plate and cup. A man opens a cooler in the bottom right corner. Trees stretch from the left over the group and cross to the right.

Photograph of City of Denton employees and their families at the annual employee appreciation cookout at Civic Center Park (now Quakertown Park) in Denton, Texas. A group gathers in front of a large tree in the background. A bulldozer sits off to the left between them and the east side of the Emily Fowler Library. A woman carries balloons in the center. A man and little boy sit at a picnic table in the front left.

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 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 City of Denton employees and their families crossing a bridge at the annual employee appreciation cookout in Civic Center Park (now Quakertown Park) in Denton, Texas. Pecan Creek flows under the bridge. A group gathers in the background in front of some trees. A bulldozer sits beside them.

Photograph of a Denton fireman using a hose to put out a fire on what is believed to be a drilling truck for Denton Municipal Electric on the side of a road in Denton, Texas. Another man stands just out of frame on the left. A building and trees can be seen in the distance behind him. In the early 1980s the fire service started transitioning their bunker gear to add more protection. Until then the rubber boots came up above the knees and were referred to as "three-quarter boots" for covering 3/4 of the leg. The bunker coat was long and came down close to the knees to provide some overlap. To store and step into the boots, the person kept the upper part folded halfway down like in the picture; or more often folded in thirds so the top could more easily be pulled back when needed. Adding bunker pants to the ensemble gave more protection to the legs and also allowed the user to shorten the bunker coats to allow for a little more flexibility. The yellow bunker coat was made out of Nomex fire resistant fabric. Prior to that the coats were made out of black …

Photograph of workers who have been cleaning out the old power plant station in Denton, Texas and are transferring items to freight cars. Workers stand between two trucks. Cars are parked around the lot. The old MKT and Texas & Pacific Depot is in the background right. The depot was built in 1881 and the office was closed in 1983. The building was torn down in 1999.