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Photo looking up the hill towards the water tower at the top of McKenna Park.

Photo of the Girl Scouts building in Civic Center Park taken in 1997. The view is looking south. There are trees and shrubbery. The building is painted brick red.

Photograph of someone measuring the length of this Beaumont Mood pendant lamp at the Emily Fowler Library. It is 25" tall.
Terracotta pendant lamp with a reddish glaze and bands with various patterns such as fluted lines, seamless ovals, and an atomic starburst. The holes were hand-pierced using a dowel. Measures 24 3/4" x 10 1/2".

It was fashioned by the Beaumont…

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Globe on south pergola
Five ceramic lamps hang from a wooden pergola on the south exterior side of the Emily Fowler Central Library.

The lamps were made by Beaumont Mood and commissioned by architect O'Neil Ford for the library in 1968. The Beaumont Mood Lighting…

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Photograph of the Goldfield Tennis Center at North Lakes Park in Denton, Texas, facing South with the tennis courts on the right side, trees and bleachers in the middle, and a small structure on the right.
Photograph of the Goldfield Tennis Center at North Lakes Park in Denton, Texas, facing South with the tennis courts on the right side, trees and bleachers in the middle, and a small structure on the right.

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Photo of the Goldfield Tennis Center and sign

Photograph of the entrance to the finished Goldfield Tennis Pro Center. A Coke machine can be seen inside the glass windows on the left, along with chairs inside and one outside.

The mural is an enlarged and colored edition of a map created by Sena Mounts Wright and painted by Denton artist Irene Grady. She added the border, illustrating the first cattle brands registered in Denton County. The original map was painted in 1949 and covered the entire wall behind the front desk of the library. A second smaller map was completed for the 1969 renovation of the building.<br /> <br /> A custom-made fireplace screen was commissioned by local stained glass artisan, Christie Wood, in 2006.<br /> <br /> Two peacock chairs designed by Hans J. Wegner flank the fireplace; they were given to the library in memory of Luke Wilson by his friends in 1981.
The mural is an enlarged and colored edition of a map created by Sena Mounts Wright and painted by Denton artist, Irene Grady. She added the border, illustrating the first cattle brands registered in Denton County. The original map was painted in…

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This is a sign for the Holiday Lodge motel offering "free wi-fi and microfridge." <br /> The photo was taken by librarian Chuck Voellinger. The sign has since been replaced with a new one.
Photo taken of the sign for Holiday Lodge hotel, located 1112 E. University Drive in Denton, Texas.

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Plat map of the Holiday Park Subdivision of the City of Denton.

Oversized Howard Miller clock at the Emily Fowler Library. 42" diameter x 3" deep. A brass plate says:<br /> "In Memory of Joe Skiles, From His Friends. 1981"
Oversized Howard Miller clock at the Emily Fowler Library. 42" diameter x 3" deep. A brass plate says:
"In Memory of Joe Skiles, From His Friends. 1981"
The library was given three clocks of two different sizes. The smaller clocks are 26" in…

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Picture of the old Howdy Doody sign in Denton, Texas. At the top of the sign, a faceless man in black tips his tophat. Below is a red sign with white letters that spell 'Howdy Doody.'
Old neon Howdy Doody sign in Denton, Texas. The convenience store is located on Scripture Street. The sign was replaced a year later.

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