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Ford Crawford stands on the covered front porch of his grocery store. The building is a two-story wooden structure. Two young boys stand near him. A picket fence surrounds the building. There are numerous advertisements on the fence and walls. <br /> <br /> Crawford's store was located in Quakertown, an African American community in Denton, Texas.

Members of the Hill family: Ida Spikes, Will Hill, and Ada Hill stand in front of a home in Quakertown, Denton, Texas. The photo appears to have been taken in winter because all three are wearing hats and coats, and the trees are bare. The man is holding a book in his right hand.

Joseph and Alice Skinner stand on a sidewalk on Bell Avenue in the Quakertown Community in Denton, Texas. In the background is the administration building for the College of Industrial Arts (now TWU). There is a picket fence on the right.

This is a map of the newly proposed City Park in Denton, Texas. The map was drawn by C. F. Ballard; if you enlarge the image, you can see that it is printed on fabric. The engineer was H. T. Brewster. <br /> There are two creeks, named Cottonwood and Pecan, which flow across the park. There are spots for a tennis court, the Women's Club building, a play field, an "island", a municipal bathing pool with changing rooms, a children's playground, and a wading pool.

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This map is "Sheet 16" of the 1921 Denton Sanborn Map. The map is nine blocks wide by 4 blocks long. It is bordered by the College of Industrial Arts (now TWU) to the north and the city to the south. The streets are labeled. The homes and buildings are labeled with names or street numbers. The map scale is 100 ft. to an inch.

Photograph of the front of the Davis Building on North Elm Street. It was taken while the sun was setting. The businesses inside were closed.<br /> <br /> The building was designed by the Mount Miller Architects for Joe Alvord Florist in 1965. It now houses three different shops.
Photos of the Davis Office Building. It was designed by the Mount-Miller Architects in 1965. The structure is bordered by North Elm Street and Congress Street.

From the Denton Record-Chronicle:

The building was designed for Bruce Davis and…

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This aerial photo of North Lakes Park was taken in 2012 for the City to illustrate where floodwaters would run if either of the dams at North Lakes were to fail.

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Voertman's on Oakland Street
Photograph by Alec Williams of Voertman's College Store on Oakland Street taken around 1977-78.

Other photos were taken in 2023 by Leslie Couture of the Special Collections Department for the Denton Public Library.

This building was designed…

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This watercolor of the Denton County Courthouse was painted by Martha Robbins. It was matted, framed, and then gifted to the library.
This is a framed print of a painting by Denton artist Martha Robbins entitled "The Old Denton County Courthouse."

Watercolor by Larry Bridges of the Denton County Courthouse-on-the-Square. It has a triple mat of green, orange, and gold. The wide wooden frame has ornamental decorations on the corners and edges.
Pen-and-ink drawing of the Denton County Courthouse done by Larry Bridges. In a wooden frame measuring 25 3/8" x 29 3/8".

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Photo of an official poster for the 1986 Denton Jazz Fest held at the Civic Center Park on September 9 in Denton, Texas. There are three musicians: a trombone player, a drummer, and a saxophone player. They are playing on the grass, while stars are coming out of the saxophone and filling up the sky.
Photograph of a framed poster that was the official festival motif for the 1986 Denton Jazz Fest.

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The official poster for the 1987 Jazz Fest by artist Ann Strange. A person kneels in front of a picnic basket on a blanket. There is a bottle of wine and grapes nearby.
Official Denton Jazz Fest poster from September 27, 1987

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Official poster for the 1988 Jazz Fest.
Official poster for the 1988 Jazz Fest by artist Ann Strange. This color print features a man playing a trumpet. A music staff appears to stream from his back with colorful confetti on the lines, instead of notes.

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This official poster for the 19xx Denton Jazz Fest by Savage Art features a woman sitting in a lawn chair while listening to music. She has her hat over her face.

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Red clay planter with bands of dark matte brown and glazed blue and brown. The planter measures 18 1/4" x 12" x 3/4" . There are three large drain holes that are 1/2" in diameter. <br /> <br /> This planter was made by Beaumont Mood at the request of architect O'Neil Ford. We do not know if it was originally in City Hall or the Emily Fowler Library which would make its creation date anywhere from 1965 to 1968.
These Beaumont Mood planters were retrieved from a city storage unit and taken to the Denton Public Library's Special Collections department to be cleaned.

Red clay planter with bands of dark matte brown and glazed blue and brown. The planter…

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