[Two people on horseback carrying flags at the North Texas State Fair]

Photograph of two people on horseback carrying flags at the North Texas State Fair. The riders move alongside each other towards the camera, both holding flags in their right hands and dressed in white cowboy hats, white long-sleeved shirts, and blue jeans. The person on the right rides of brown horse with a white stripe on its face while the person on the right rides a white horse with a gray and pink nose. The riders move across a dirt ground, moving away from a wall of metal pole fencing with an open gap in its center the riders left from. Through the gap a group of still riders can be seen, all with white cowboy hats and long-sleeved shirts. One riders in the group holds an American flag on a pole. Built above the metal fencing is a small walkway that multiple people stand on to view the riders. Multiple sign hang on the walkway including a white "3" towards the left upper corner of the photo, an ad for a feed store in the photo's upper right corner, and a smokehouse ad in between the two.
Date: 1995
Creator: Reese, Donovan
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Two trucks parked at the North Texas State Fair]

Photograph of two trucks parked at the North Texas State Fair. The truck on the left is dark blue with two dark white stripes across its back end and one large white stripe across its sides. It's license plates reads "JB4 535". The truck on the right is white with a thin red stripe across the middle of its body, a black stripe across its back end, and two brown stripes along the bottom of its sides. This truck's license plate says "BR3 271". Beyond the two trucks are tents with red and yellow stripes set up in rows with a food stand between two of them. A cluster of American and Texas flags occupy a space between the food stand and a tent. Farther in the distance, away from the fairgrounds, are two tall multi-story buildings made of red bricks.
Date: 1995
Creator: Reese, Donovan
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[A girl shearing a sheep at the North Texas State Fair]

Photograph of a girl shearing a sheep at the North Texas State Fair. The girl wears a white t-shirt, dark blue pants, and white sneakers and has her dark hair pulled back into a short pony tail. She is in the process of shearing a sheep she holds still with her left hand as her right hand holds up the shearing tool. The sheep stands alongside the girl, closer to the camera, and has a white body with a black head and legs. It faces towards the right side of the photo as the girl does, its head positioned in a loop of dark blue metal attached to a metal platform resting on the ground. In the right side of the background behind the girl and her sheep is a series of metal barn roofs, providing shade for people seated on chairs under them. One child sits between two white buckets and faces the camera. In the left side of the photo's background is open space where a crowd stands and walks.
Date: 1995
Creator: Reese, Donovan
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Four men in western attire at the North Texas State Fair]

Photograph of four men in western attire at the North Texas State Fair. One man in a black cowboy hat and black short-sleeved shirt stands facing towards the left side of the photo as he lifts his right arm to shoulder height. Facing towards the man with their backs to the left side of the photo are two young men in white cowboy hats, white t-shirts, and blue jeans. One of the t-shirt men stands with his back visible to the camera, revealing the image of a silhouetted cowboy on a horse on his shirt along with the words "Western week" and "Lewisville". The fourth man stands to the right of the t-shirt men, his back to the camera as he faces the man in black clothing. This final man wears a white cowboy hat and a long-sleeved shirt with purple, blue, yellow, and black stripes on it and black pants. To the left of the group of men is a line of fencing constructed from metal poles, part of it set up to form a pathway within the fencing. On the side of the fencing near the men, clothing and gear has been laid of the fence poles including …
Date: 1995
Creator: Reese, Donovan
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[North Texas State Fair in Denton, TX]

Photograph of the North Texas State Fair in Denton, TX. Booths and stalls with red and yellow striped tents shading them have been set up throughout a clearing, currently empty of fairgoers. In the background beyond the stalls and in foreground in between them are two separate trailers with large white signs atop them, both advertising funnel cakes, sausage, and home cooked meals with food like hamburgers and coffee. From the trailer in the foreground, two men exit from a door set in the trailer's back. Parked between two booths in the left side of the photo is a white cargo truck. Farther into photo, behind the stalls and trailers, are three amusement rides. Near the left side of the photo is a roller coaster with a single loop in its shape, while a ride with disc shaped pods at the end of wheel-like spokes sits to the roller coaster's right. Near the right edge of the photo is the third ride, a Ferris wheel. A line of tall, bushy trees sits behind all the amusement rides.
Date: 1995
Creator: Reese, Donovan
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[A child riding a carousel at night at the North Texas State Fair]

Photograph of a child riding a carousel at night at the North Texas State Fair. The carousel has multiple pairs of white horses with saddles and bridles painted in blue and yellow on them, spaced apart at regular intervals and posed as if running. The child sits on a horse in the foreground near the right edge of the photo, dressed in a light pink short-sleeved shirt, dark pink pants, and white sneakers. The carousel appears to be turning counterclockwise as the child and the horses face towards the right side of the image. The floor of the carousel is made of gray metal while its top is yellow and adorned with painted imagery and yellow lights. At the center of the carousel is a column with ovals of lightbulbs decorating each of its sides. In the background beyond the ride are blurry stalls lit up by bright lights.
Date: 1998/1999
Creator: Drawe, Shannon
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Men in western attire at the North Texas State Fair]

Photograph of men in western attire at the North Texas State Fair. The photo captures a view from above the men, leaving most of their faces hidden. Five men sit above the wet dirt ground on metal fencing while two stand in front of them. All seven men looks towards the left side of the photo and wear white cowboy hats and blue jeans. The two men standing both wear dark blue button-up shirts while the men sitting wear a variety of patterned button-up shirts. Along the right edge of the image, a metal rail extends over the heads of the men sitting. To the right of those men, at the top of the image is a yellow set of stairs leading upwards to the top right corner of the photo. A sign for a canned drink hands on the side of the railing that some of the men sit on. In the top left corner of the photo more seated people can be seen, one of whom is wearing a white cowboy hat.
Date: 1998/1999
Creator: Drawe, Shannon
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Denton County Confederate Soldier Monument]

Photograph of the Denton County Confederate Soldier Monument. The monument consists of a small, standalone archway with a confederate soldier statue on its top, a small sphere sitting on either side of the statue. Words around the archway's inner curve read "Our confederate soldiers". Above these words. under the top edge of the archway, is a motif of the letters "C", "S", and "A" as one icon. Rectangular piers support the archway's top section, each with words engraved on them. On each of the piers, near the ground, are singular cone-shaped attachments that both have "1861" engraved on them. Beyond the archway, the walkway it sits on extends into the distance a short way before splitting into three paths that all lead up to the Denton County Courthouse. Large green trees occupy grass growing around the paths. The courthouse itself is a large multi-floor building with rows of rectangular windows, stone bricks walls, and vaulted domes at each of its corners and atop the clocktower on its roof.
Date: June 1990
Creator: Judd, Tom
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[The Evers Hardware storefront]

Photograph of the Evers Hardware storefront in Denton, TX. The front of the building is made of dark red bricks and includes a windowed first floor, shaded by a flat overhang, and a second floor with a large multi-paned window. Through the first-floor's windows, a wide variety of items can be seen stacked inside the store. A mostly legible sign in the far right window says "Extra parking at rear of...Walnut St." A brick mailbox sits on the sidewalk in front of the center window, near the store's entrance. A red Dodge truck sits parked in the photo's bottom left corner while a white car occupies the opposite corner. A line of small rectangular windows sits above the overhang that shade the store's first floor. The second floor has one large window made up by multiple rectangular panes, through which a yellow wheelbarrow can be seen. A white poster has been placed near the window's center and advertises a "special" for "7.97". Above the second-floor window is a rectangle of white stone with "1885. Evers Hardware Co. 1913" in dark letters written on it, partially shaded by a ledge that tops the stone rectangle.
Date: June 1990
Creator: Judd, Tom
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Texas Special Olympics athletes on awards stands]

Photograph of Texas Special Olympics athletes on awards stands. The stands are made up by blue blocks of varying heights, with the center block being the highest, and have white numbers on them denoting first place, second place, and so on. From left to right the blocks are numbered 7,5,3,1,2,4,6, and then 8. The stands in the foreground have female athletes standing on them while the stands to the left in the background have male athletes. The female athletes in first through third place are all wearing blue shirts with orange text, black shorts, and white sneakers and have cards worn around their necks. The girl in 5th place is dressed in yellow clothing and is extending her right hand towards an older man to accept an object as another man stands behind them clapping. Standing in the foreground at the right side of the photo is a third man who faces away from the camera to view the stands. On the male athletes' stands at the left side of the photo stand two boys on the first and second place blocks while a third boy stans behind the stands, in front of a camera on a tall stand. The …
Date: May 13, 1992
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Honoring Our Heritage and other Denton Chamber of Commerce Productions] captions transcript

[Honoring Our Heritage and other Denton Chamber of Commerce Productions]

This video contains four segments that concern the Denton Chamber of Commerce. The first segment, "Honoring Our Heritage," covers the history of the Chamber of Commerce. The story is presented by an actor portraying A.C. Owsley (President, 1909-1913). The production includes interviews with past Chamber of Commerce Presidents (in order of appearance) Tom Harpool, Jr. (1953), R.L. Selby, Jr. (1958), Marvin Ramey (1957), Bill Utter (1959), John Moellinger (1974), Roy Appleton, Jr. (1961), Fred W. Patterson (1979), Bob Crouch (1984), and Barbara Russell (1991). The second segment (beginning at 00:12:52) contains footage of unidentified men and women at what appears to be a reception. The third segment (beginning at 00:14:21) is news footage by reporter Mike Anderson (ca. 1996) about pollution in the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex and actions taken by the North Texas Clean Air Coalition, Sammons Communication, and the Denton Chamber of Commerce to help Denton meet its air quality goals. An unidentified woman and Chamber of Commerce representative Chuck Patterson are interviewed. The fourth segment (beginning at 00:18:49) features an unidentified woman paying tribute to Chamber of Commerce volunteer James Wood of Lake Dallas Flowers and Balloons.
Date: 1992
Creator: Sammons Communications
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library