[Trucks Moving Bayless-Selby House]

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Photograph of the Bayless-Selby house, a two-story house with a wrap-around porch, being moved on a red truck along Carroll Boulevard. There are various City of Denton utility trucks and a cherry-picker in the foreground and background (ready to move power lines out of the way and reinstall them once the house has passed by) and trees are visible on both sides of the road and on the median in the background.

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1 photograph : col. ; 35 mm.

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Glover, Julie June 1998.

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This photograph is part of the collection entitled: Rescuing Texas History, 2017 and was provided by the Denton Public Library to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 17 times. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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Photograph of the Bayless-Selby house, a two-story house with a wrap-around porch, being moved on a red truck along Carroll Boulevard. There are various City of Denton utility trucks and a cherry-picker in the foreground and background (ready to move power lines out of the way and reinstall them once the house has passed by) and trees are visible on both sides of the road and on the median in the background.

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1 photograph : col. ; 35 mm.

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Accompanying material: "The house was moved by the Denton County House Movers."

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Rescuing Texas History, 2017

This compilation of newspapers, photographs, and other materials gives a glimpse into the diverse people and fascinating places that have contributed to the growth of Texas over the past two centuries.

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  • June 1998

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  • April 22, 2019, 8:57 a.m.

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  • July 18, 2019, 1:23 p.m.

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Glover, Julie. [Trucks Moving Bayless-Selby House], photograph, June 1998; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1138688/: accessed June 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Denton Public Library.

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