[Southern Hotel, Denton, Texas postcard]

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Postcard contains color artwork of the Southern Hotel in Denton, Texas. The hotel possesses a fully air conditioned coffee shop, Dixie Belle and Starlight dining rooms, and free parking. In 1956, the Southern Hotel was listed in Duncan Hines "Lodging for a Night and Adventures in Good Eating," and according to the December 1956 issue of Doings in Denton, the "Hines organization inspected the rooms, room service, the food and dining-room service recently."

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1 postcard : color , 5.4 in. x 3.4 in.

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This postcard is part of the collection entitled: From Plowshares to Diplomas: Digitizing Early Denton History 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 962 times. More information about this postcard can be viewed below.

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  • MWM Color Press
    Publisher Info: Southwestern Representative, Vernon L. Barbay
    Place of Publication: P. O. Box 467, Mt. Pleasant, Texas

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Denton Public Library

Denton's first public library opened on June 6, 1937, in Denton County Courthouse. It quickly outgrew the space and in 1949, the City of Denton donated a tract of land on Oakland Street for a new library.

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Postcard contains color artwork of the Southern Hotel in Denton, Texas. The hotel possesses a fully air conditioned coffee shop, Dixie Belle and Starlight dining rooms, and free parking. In 1956, the Southern Hotel was listed in Duncan Hines "Lodging for a Night and Adventures in Good Eating," and according to the December 1956 issue of Doings in Denton, the "Hines organization inspected the rooms, room service, the food and dining-room service recently."

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1 postcard : color , 5.4 in. x 3.4 in.

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From Plowshares to Diplomas: Digitizing Early Denton History

These materials include historic photographs, books, maps, city directories, and records from numerous Denton women's clubs. Funding for this project was provided by the Forrest C. Lattner Foundation.

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  • Oct. 31, 2007, 12:39 a.m.

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  • Aug. 10, 2023, 1:36 p.m.

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  • N:33.212562, E:-97.132334, S: 33.212198, W:-97.133244

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[Southern Hotel, Denton, Texas postcard], postcard, Date Unknown; P. O. Box 467, Mt. Pleasant, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29670/: accessed June 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Denton Public Library.

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