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Texas Digital Newspaper Program
16,179
Denton County Newspapers Collection
16,089
Denton Record-Chronicle
15,861
From Plowshares to Diplomas: Digitizing Early Denton History
1,635
City of Denton Municipal Collection
414
Rescuing Texas History, 2017
279
Rescuing Texas History, 2016
188
Rescuing Texas History, 2014
124
Rescuing Texas History, 2018
91
Rescuing Texas History, 2019
78
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Exterior View of Two Houses
Exterior view of two white, derelict houses on the Nike Missile Base. The closest house is up on cement blocks and is missing its front door. Trees mark the edge of the frame on the right side.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Bennett, Doug
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
A. H. Gee's Home in Pilot Point
Unidentified girls in school uniforms are playing basketball in the foreground while a group of unidentified adults look on from behind. In the background, center-frame, A. H. Gee's house rises up. On the right side of the frame a windmill is visible above the treeline in the background. Note on the front of the photograph, "Lumber was hauled from Jefferson, Texas." On the back of the photographs is written, "Earl Selz, 1899."
Date:
1899
Creator:
Bennett, Doug
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Interior of a House
Interior of a house showing a corner where the ceiling has fallen down in a house on the Nike Missile Base.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Bennett, Doug
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Interior of a House
Interior view of a house on the Nike Missile Base. Pieces of wood are visible on the ground and the floral print wallpaper is partially torn down on the left side of the image. A window is on the right and a door can be seen to the far left.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Bennett, Doug
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Interior of a House
Interior view of a house on the Nike Missile Base showing a dirty interior including trash and a dresser drawer on the floor.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Bennett, Doug
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Interior shot of roof rafters]
View of a ridge board and rafters in the attic of an unknown house that was possibly located on the Nike Missile Base.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Bennett, Doug
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Interior View of the Ceiling of a House
Interior view of the ceiling of a house on the Nike Missile Base. The wooden frame of the ceiling is visible and on the bottom edge of the image a large hole is in the dry wall.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Bennett, Doug
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Interior View of the Ceiling of a House
Interior view of the ceiling of a house on the Nike Missile Base. The wooden frame of the ceiling is visible as are the wooden slat walls of the building..
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Bennett, Doug
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Interior View Through A Doorway
Interior view of a room full of trash as seen through a doorway without a door on it in a house on the Nike Missile Base.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Bennett, Doug
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Interior View With Graffiti
Interior view of the kitchen of a house on the Nike Missile Base. There is graffiti all over the white walls and ceiling and a light bulb socket without a bulb is visible in the center top.The words, groovy, love me, peace and love.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Bennett, Doug
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Interior View With Two Rooms
A sink without any plumbing hookups is visible in a room to the right and an open door into a different room is visible on the left side of the image inside of a house on the Nike Missile Base. Center frame the dry wall is on the floor in front of the wall where it used to be.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Bennett, Doug
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Landing in the Interior of a House
Interior view of the second-story landing of a house on the Nike Missile Base. The floor is dirty and the white paint on the wood of the railing on the stairs is chipped.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Bennett, Doug
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Room Without Sheetrock
Along the right side of the image most of the sheet rock is missing from the wall and on the far wall there is a hole in the wall that allows a small glimpse into the room beyond in a house on the Nike Missile Base.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Bennett, Doug
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Room Without Sheetrock
Along the left side of the image most of the sheet rock is missing from the wall and on the far wall there is a hole in the wall that allows a small glimpse into the room beyond in a house on the Nike Missile Base.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Bennett, Doug
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sink in a Missile Base Residence
A sink without any plumbing hookups is in the center of the image in the middle of a section of countertop. A battered cardboard box is beneath the sink. On the wall behind the sink two "X's", a flower, and the phrase "Please Love Me Baby" have been scrawled on the wall.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Bennett, Doug
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Underside of a House
Underside of a house showing a wooden foundation that is deteriorating and how the house is up on concrete blocks. The house is on the Nike Missile Base.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Bennett, Doug
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Underside of a House
View underneath a pier and beam house on the Nike Missile Base showing plumbing and electrical wiring.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Bennett, Doug
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Underside of a House
View underneath a house on the Nike Missile Base showing a wooden frame and one of the concrete blocks the house is sitting on.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Bennett, Doug
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Underside of a Sink
View of the plumbing in the cabinet underneath a sink in an unknown house on the Nike Missile Base.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Bennett, Doug
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Window in a derelict house]
View of an interior window in a derelict house on the Nike Missile Base. The paint is chipped and the window has been broken. The window blinds have been removed, except for two strings hanging on either side. The house has wood paneling.
Date:
1970~
Creator:
Bennett, Doug
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wooden Ceiling
View of a vaulted wooden ceiling inside of a home on the Nike Missile Base.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Bennett, Doug
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wooden Ceiling and Window
The beams of a wooden ceiling take up the top half of the image while the bottom half is comprised of a white window with no screen or glass and door off of its hinges laying next to the entry-way in an unknown house.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Bennett, Doug
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wooden Wall and Doorway
A dirty wooden wall has trash on the floor in front of it in an unknown derelict house. On the left side of the image is a doorway into another room that was painted white, but the paint is now peeling and cracking. The house is one of many moved by Denton County House Movers around 1970. They (DCHM) think that it could have come from one of two area: near the University of North Texas campus, or from Pacific Street, which was moved to make way for the expansion of South Carroll Boulevard.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Bennett, Doug
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wooden Wall and Doorway
A dirty wooden wall has trash on the floor in front of it in an unknown derelict house. On the right side of the image is a doorway into another room that was painted white, but the paint is now peeling and cracking.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Bennett, Doug
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History