[Denton Fire Department and City Hall] Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title [Denton Fire Department and City Hall]

Date

  • Digitized: 2006-12-11
  • Creation: 1926

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Thirty-one unidentified men and two unidentified women are posing in front of the Denton City Hall and an early Fire Station that was located at the northeast corner of West Oak and Bolivar Streets. Two fire engines are visible with two of the men sitting in one of the engines. A motorcycle is also visible in the foreground. The City Hall and part of the Fire Station are one brick building with a bell steeple on top. A wooden addition to the Fire Station is shown to the left of the building. Many of the men are wearing Western-style clothing with Western hats. Some of the men are wearing three-piece suits with ties or bow ties. Gene Cook is sixth from the left. Billy Woods is behind the steering wheel. Mayor B.W. McKenzie is in front of a truck wearing a striped tie. Chief Clarence Smith is the man with a cane. The men were identified in a photograph in the book "Denton Fire Department Commemorative Album 1874-1988".
  • Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 6 x 9 cm. (2 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.)

Subject

  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Government and Law - Civil Servants - Firefighters
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Government and Law - City Halls
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: People - Groups
  • Keyword: fire houses
  • Named Person: Cook, Gene
  • Named Person: Woods, Billy
  • Named Person: McKenzie, B.W.
  • Named Person: Smith, Clarence

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Denton County - Denton
  • Time Period: mod-tim

Collection

  • Name: From Plowshares to Diplomas: Digitizing Early Denton History
    Code: DG06
  • Name: City of Denton Municipal Collection
    Code: CDMC

Institution

  • Name: Denton Public Library
    Code: DPL

Rights

  • Rights Access: public

Resource Type

  • Photograph

Format

  • Image

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: PF A-201
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth21882

Note

  • Digital Preservation: creationAppName: Adobe Photoshop creationAppVersion: 7 creationHardware: Epson Perfection 4990 Photo
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