[City of Denton utility workers at power lines]

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.
Date: October 1984
Creator: Denton (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fire Chief Jack Gentry receiving a service award]

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.
Date: February 3, 1983
Creator: Denton (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Lineman standing by a truck on Bell Avenue]

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.
Date: 1985~
Creator: Denton (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Linemen working on electrical poles]

Photograph of three linemen working on electrical poles. One of the workers stands in a cherry picker. Electrical lines criss-cross the frame.
Date: 1984
Creator: Denton (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fallen telephone pole on truck]

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.
Date: 1987~
Creator: Denton (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Equipment at old power plant station]

Photograph of equipment at the old power plant station in Denton, Texas.
Date: December 1984
Creator: Denton (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[City of Denton utility workers on the job]

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.
Date: 1984~
Creator: Denton (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The City Limits, December 1983 (open access)

The City Limits, December 1983

Monthly newsletter published for city employees of Denton, Texas containing work-related information, updates about employees, and other news.
Date: December 1983
Creator: Denton (Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Solid Waste Department employees picking up trash]

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.
Date: February 2, 1988
Creator: Denton (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The City Limits, August 1983 (open access)

The City Limits, August 1983

Monthly newsletter published for city employees of Denton, Texas containing work-related information, updates about employees, and other news.
Date: August 26, 1983
Creator: Denton (Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Linemen working along Interstate 35E]

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.
Date: October 1984
Creator: Denton (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Yard behind the old City of Denton municipal power plant]

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.
Date: December 1984
Creator: Denton (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[City of Denton employees playing volleyball in the park]

Photograph of a group of City of Denton employees playing volleyball at the annual employee appreciation cookout at Civic Center Park (now Quakertown Park) in Denton, Texas. The Emily Fowler Library is the building in the background. Trees provide a shady area in the front.
Date: 1980
Creator: Denton (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crane placing old power plant equipment on truck]

Photograph of a crane placing old equipment on a flatbed truck after its removal from the old City municipal power plant in Denton, Texas. Workers help its placement on the truck and beside the crane truck on the right. A truck drives down the road on the left beside traffic cones.
Date: December 1984
Creator: Denton (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[City of Denton employees working on Bell Avenue]

Photograph of City of Denton employees working on Bell Avenue, across from the Civic Center swimming pool in Denton, Texas. Two men stand at the bed of a truck full of coiled power lines. Two other men walk away from them down the lot. Cars drive down the street in the background. The back end of a white car is in partial view in the front right. The entrance to the Municipal Swimming Pool can be seen in the background. It was designed by O'Neil Ford, Roland Laney and Carolyn Peterson in 1965. It was demolished in 1992 and replaced by another structure.
Date: 1985~
Creator: Denton (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Train running along Mingo Road]

Photograph of passenger train running along Mingo Road by the City Service Center in Denton, Texas. Dark, billowing smoke fills the top of the frame. Trucks and equipment sit in the City Service Center lot in front.
Date: 1985
Creator: Denton (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Men attaching cranes at old power plant]

Photograph of workers attaching two cranes to equipment for removal at the old power plant in Denton, Texas. A worker on the left directs the cranes, while two men in center handle with a bundle of yellow material.
Date: December 1984
Creator: Denton (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Workers removing equipment with crane from old power plant]

Photograph of workers removing equipment with a crane from the old power in Denton, Texas. Two workers stand below the crane, while another directs it into place.
Date: December 1984
Creator: Denton (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The City Limits, May 1983 (open access)

The City Limits, May 1983

Monthly newsletter published for city employees of Denton, Texas containing work-related information, updates about employees, and other news.
Date: May 16, 1983
Creator: Denton (Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two linemen on an electrical pole]

Photograph of two linemen at work atop an electrical pole in Denton, Texas. They wear hard hats and tool belts.
Date: 1987~
Creator: Denton (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Utility workers in front of the Denton Dairy Co-Op]

Photograph of utility workers in front of the Denton Dairy Co-op at the corner of Bell Avenue and McKinney Street in Denton, Texas. Two of the workers handle a power line on the side of the street. A car drives down the middle of the road.
Date: 1985~
Creator: Denton (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[View from truck of intersection at W. University Drive and Malone St.]

Photograph of the intersection at W. University Drive and Malone Street in Denton, Texas taken from inside a car. University Center is across in the background with cars parked in the lot. A car and a truck cross paths on the highway.
Date: February 2, 1988
Creator: Denton (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Workers removing equipment from old power plant]

Photograph of workers removing equipment from the old City municipal power plant on the southeast corner of Bell Avenue and Hickory Street in Denton, Texas. A worker stands to the left by a ladder.
Date: December 1984
Creator: Denton (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crane blocking Bell Avenue]

Photograph of a crane blocking Bell Avenue across from the old power plant in Denton, Texas. Street traffic is stopped on either side of the crane.
Date: December 1984
Creator: Denton (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History