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Crowd Waited For Flash--'War Over'

Description: Denton Record-Chronicle newspaper clipping describing the celebration of Denton's citizens after the news of the signed armistice that ended World War I on November 11, 1918. The clipping includes a photograph of fireworks lighting up the Denton County Courthouse.
Date: unknown
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Sgt. George V. Huffmon standing in front of the Monument to the Eight Medical Students in Old Havana]

Description: Sgt. George V. Huffmon, nurse in the U. S. Army Medical Corps is pictured in front of the Memorial to the Eight Medicine Students in Old Havana, Cuba. The back of this picture postcard is stamped May 29, 1907, Guanajay, Cuba and it arrived in Denton on June 4th, 1907. The postcard is addressed to Miss Hallie Thurmon, of Denton, Texas. Sgt. Huffmon was stationed during the Second Occupation of Cuba, which lasted from September 1906 to February of 1909. On the right front of the postcard Sgt. Huf… more
Date: 1907~
Partner: Denton Public Library
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[News Clip: WWI planes]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: June 5, 1985, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 43 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Lee Preston in Uniform

Description: Lee Preston, in uniform, standing between two unidentified boys in front of a white building. We believe this photograph was taken sometime around 1918-1919 because Lee studied in the Army Training Corps while at the North Texas State College.
Date: [1918,1919]
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Tank on Streets of Denton Square]

Description: This photograph was taken after the announcement of the end of World War I. Unidentified onlookers admire a tank on the east side of the Square square. The building in the background is the southeast corner of the Square. It housed the First State Bank. This building was torn down circa 1959-1960.
Date: unknown
Partner: Denton Public Library

Retrospect, Special Edition, November 2018

Description: Special edition of the Denton County Historical Commission newsletter focusing on the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. It includes a chronology of events and information about important people and activities in Denton County during that time period.
Date: November 2018
Creator: Denton County Historical Commission (Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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