[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

[Terry Labonte and his crew celebrating]

Photograph of Terry Labonte and his crew celebrating his win at the PRIMESTAR 500 race held at Texas Motor Speedway. Labonte wears a black hat with the Kellogg's logo and an icon of Tony the Tiger on it, a silver watch on his left wrist, and a jumpsuit whose bottom half is red and top half is white and yellow. Green stripes go down the jumpsuit's arms and across its chest along with white lines. The Kellogg's logo decorates the clothing's collar, chest, and leg. Labonte raises his right arm into the air as red, yellow, and white confetti fills the air. People crowd around his legs to celebrate, two of whom are men in hats and jumpsuits similar to Labonte's. To the right of Labonte, one person raises a green-bottled drink towards him, its cap missing. In the background behind the crowd is a wall with a red and gold stripe of text and a white stripe above it, upon which is the Texas Motor Speedway name and logo.
Date: March 28, 1999
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[The Pronto Auto Parts 400 race]

Photograph of the Pronto Auto Parts 400 race held at Texas Motor Speedway on June 11, 1999. Two long lines of multi-colored cars drive across three lanes as they cross a checkered line on the road. Along the left edge of the road is a tall line of fencing consisting of poles that slightly curve towards the road below them. A small gap in the fencing is occupied by an elevated blue box with the white text "pronto auto parts" on its side and three people standing inside, two dressed in red shirts while a third person in white waves a green flag. On the left side of the fencing is an open area where over half a dozen people in high-visibility vests stand. A label on the back of the photograph identifies the man waving the green flag as heavyweight boxer Butterbean, who had participated in "Friday Night Fights" in The Speedway Club after Dennis Setzer won the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race.
Date: June 11, 1999
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[A horse-drawn carriage at the 13th annual County Seat Saturday in Denton]

Photograph of a horse-drawn carriage at the 13th annual County Seat Saturday in Denton, Texas. The carriage is white with red seats along with large, spoked wheels. The black canopy of the carriage has been left down, revealing the dark hair of the vehicle's single occupant. At the back of the carriage is some text vaguely resembling "Doubieliee Carriages" and "631-4996" along with a red high-visibility triangle. Pulling the carriage is one horse with a brown coat, white feet, a white mane and tail, and black tack. The man driving the carriage has short dark hair and wears a blue and white checker patterned shirt and pale blue jeans. Ahead of the carriage is a wagon with a white covering, dark brown walls, and yellow wheels. There appear to be multiple orange and yellow balloons attached to the wagon. In the background behind the vehicles is a large lawn occupied by tables of objects, a large white brick archway with a soldier statue atop it, a lamppost with a banner hanging from it, and a shish kabob stand shaded by a blue and white tarp. The lamppost's banner is black with the yellow text "County Seat Saturday" and the yellow …
Date: September 12, 1998
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Children dancing at the 13th annual County Seat Saturday in Denton]

Photograph of children dancing at the 13th annual County Seat Saturday in Denton, Texas. The children wear floral-patterned long-sleeved shirts, white pants with decorative bands under the knees and fringe along their sides, strings of beads or quills across their chests, neckerchiefs closed with metal buckles, and flat hats made with fur or feathers. The two kids in the foreground of the photo hold feather fans in one hand and feathered sticks in the other. A person towards the photo's right edge in the background appears to be holding a feathered spear. Towards the center of the background stands a girl with her hair tied back and dressed in a red dress and bead or quill accessories. On the physical back of the photograph is a watermarked pattern of the text "Fujifilm pictro paper" and a handwritten label that appears to say "Audien Dancers at County Seat Saturday"; "Audien" may actually say "Indian".
Date: September 12, 1998
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[A man performing at the 13th annual County Seat Saturday in Denton]

Photograph of a man performing at the 13th annual County Seat Saturday in Denton, Texas. The man faces towards the right side of the photo as he stands in front of a microphone stand while holding a guitar. The man has short black hair and a mustache and is dressed in a striped, white shirt along with an off-white cowboy hat. Additionally, the man has metal wires extending from his shoulders to hold a harmonica in front of his mouth as he performs. Foliage fills the background behind the man as large trees grow in the distance. On the physical back of the photograph is a watermarked pattern of the text "Fujifilm pictro paper" and a label that says "13th annual County Seat Saturday", "September 12, 1998 Denton, TX", "9 a.m. - 5 p.m.", "Downtown Courthouse Square", and "For more information, call (940)349-8529".
Date: September 12, 1998
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[A child dancing at the 13th annual County Seat Saturday in Denton]

Photograph of a child dancing at the 13th annual County Seat Saturday in Denton, Texas. The child wears a red top lined in yellow at the edges along with strips of red, yellow, and white cloth that hang off the garment. The child wears matching pants that have been tucked into white accessories on the kid's legs. These accessories include white cloth and what may be metal bells on their top half, plus white fur on the accessories' bottom half. The kid also wears white socks and red shoes that have yellow geometric designs on them and tan ties fastening the shoes on. Other parts of the child's clothing include a white belt decorated with re geometric shapes, a yellow necklace with a geometric design on it, white bracelets, a white headband with strings hanging off it, and a cluster of feathers or fur around two upright feathers standing up from the child's head. On the kid's back is a large yellow, red, and while object with dozens of cloth strings extending from it like the kid's clothes. The child holds in each of their hands a red stick with three white and red feathers attached to them. The Denton …
Date: September 12, 1998
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[A longhorn eating grass in a Denton field]

Photograph of a longhorn eating grass in a Denton field. The longhorn has a white torso dappled with orange splotches, pale tan legs, and an orange-brown neck and head. Its horns are a dark gray and a tag hangs from its left ear. The animal stands facing towards the left edge of the photo as it grazes. Standing in front of the animal in the right side of the photo is a second longhorn, its rear end facing the camera. The grass the longhorns eat is short and a mixture of yellow and green in color. In the distance beyond the longhorns is a blurry white fence. On the back of the physical photograph is a watermarked pattern of the text "Fujifilm pictro paper". There is also a label that reads "Texas longhorns within Denton city limits".
Date: November 21, 1997
Creator: Moss, Debbie
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Two people inside Evers Hardware]

Photograph of two people inside Evers Hardware in Denton, TX. An elderly man with white hair wearing a white shirt with red stripes and tan pants stands in front of a counter, facing towards the left side of the camera. Behind the counter and turned towards the man is a second person with dark hair and wearing a white shirt with red stripes, their back to the camera. The counter between the two people extends towards the camera as it forms a rectangle around the second person, its walls glass to display a variety of objects within. Hanging off the corner closest to the camera is a bag of two lawn flamingos while on top of the counter are multiple lamps, a pitcher, and a cup of small American flags. A blurry stand of flower seeds sits in the bottom left corner of the photo in front of the counter. A line of signs hanging from the ceiling extends across the width of the rooms while a line of thin lights hangs across the length of the room. The signs say "Trustworthy" and "We're the problem solvers!". Shelves lien the left and rights walls of the room and contains a …
Date: 1994
Creator: Reese, Donovan
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[A dirt road and a farmhouse in Rayzor Ranch]

Photograph of a dirt road and a farmhouse in Rayzor Ranch, Denton, TX. The dirt road winds away from the camera towards the right, disappearing between lines of white fencing and tall, tufted plants. Grass fills the space on either side of the dirt road, trimmed to a short height. Straight ahead from the camera are two dark horses, contained within a portion of white fencing. In the background beyond the grass and fences are two buildings, the one on the right twice the size of the other. Both buildings have light-colored roofs and red walls. The larger building has two windows in its roof and a yellow light illuminating its front porch, a feature the smaller building appears to lack. Tall bushy trees fill the area behind the buildings, covering the horizon.
Date: 1994
Creator: Reese, Donovan
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Fenced land in Rayzor Ranch]

Photograph of fenced land in Rayzor Ranch, Denton, TX. White fencing extends across the photo's foreground before turning away to move into the background, twisting to the right in the distance before turning to extend across the width of the photo again. A few yards from the camera, part of the fence line splits off into a second line of fencing to divide the enclosed space into two. The two resulting areas are both empty except for green grass and a large tree sitting towards the photo's right edge. Across from the farthest line of white fencing is another grassy area enclosed by black fencing, within which are three dark horses. Beyond the horses' enclosure are multiple large trees and about half a dozen small white buildings.
Date: 1994
Creator: Reese, Donovan
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[The interior of Evers Hardware, 1]

Photograph of the interior of Evers Hardware in Denton, TX. A wide variety of objects fill shelves that sit in the center of the room and line the store's back wall. The shelves at the wall contain pots, bowls, cups, tins, and packaged goods. The shelf standing in the middle of the room has lamps on its top, plus an assortment of objects on its shelves. Above the shelf hands a thin, rectangular light hanging from the ceiling. At the right side of the photo is the entrance to the store, its windows blocked out by stacks of objects and signs that say "Trustworthy" and "We're the problem solvers". Two young men stand near the entrance of the store, facing one another as if conversating. At the bottom left corner of the photo is the edge of an additional shelf of objects, this one containing tools and silverware. Towards the botto mrigth corner of the image is a counter with a scale and register on its top, among other objects.
Date: 1994
Creator: Reese, Donovan
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Shelves of colorful fabric products at Evers Hardware]

Photograph of shelves of colorful fabric products at Evers Hardware in Denton, TX. Filling the right half of the photo are five shelves, extending across the width of the wall and containing over a dozen colors of fabric. At the left edge of the photo are free-standing shelves with more colorful fabrics folded up and layered in piles. Between these shelves and the wall shelves is a small gap. Along the top of the walls of the shop room are shelves holding of plastic-wrapped fabrics that have been stacked a short distance up to the ceiling. The walls themselves are painted a light teal color, while the floor is covered by flat gray carpeting. At the back of the room stand two people, one in red and one in pink, who appear to be in mid-conversation.
Date: 1994
Creator: Reese, Donovan
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[The interior of Evers Hardware, 2]

Photograph of the interior of Evers Hardware in Denton, TX. At the right edge of the photo, gray stairs extend upwards off-camera. To the left of the stairs is a wood wall with stand of metals objects and signs affixed to the wall. A few feet to the left of the stand are multiple shelves containing a variety of objects, filling the space from the foreground into the background and right up to the front entrance of the store farther into the photo. The wares of the shop appear to primarily be tools and utility objects. Signs hang from the ceiling and say "Sale", "We're the problem solvers!", and "Trustworthy".
Date: 1994
Creator: Reese, Donovan
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[A man working inside Evers Hardware]

Photograph of a man working inside Evers Hardware in Denton, TX. The man sits behind a black desk, facing towards the right side of the photo, and wears a white button-up shirt, blue pants, and glasses. He appears to be elderly and has a paper folded up in his pocket and looks down to read a newspaper held open in his hand on the desk. Other objects including a telephone and a spray bottle sit around the man on the desk. At the left edge of the photo, on a wooden post in front of the desk, a calendar opened to September hangs with something written on the 9th day. Below the calendar is a small rectangular box affixed to the wall with a number pad on it. To the right of the seated man is the end of a shelf with boxed items sitting at the top on a shelf while other objects hang on the shelf wall below. The objects appear to mostly be tools and utility items. Behind the man, short shelves extend across the wall and disappear from view. Cabinets and dozens of small brown boxes occupy the shelves, along with a fan and open book, …
Date: 1994
Creator: Reese, Donovan
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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[A wooden card catalog cabinet inside Evers Hardware]

Photograph of a wooden card catalog cabinet inside Evers Hardware in Denton, TX. The cabinet fills the left wall of the shop visible in the photo, extending from floor to ceiling and from the foreground to the front of the store. Dozens of small, square drawers fill the cabinet, each with a written label. A box and sprayer bottle sit on the edge of a ledge extending over the lower section of the cabinet. Opposite the cabinet is a register on a tall counter, at the base of which sits a trashcan. Wood paneling covers the floor of the store. At the front of the store, the wall is occupied by two multi-paned windows. A ceiling fans hangs down in front of the upper window.
Date: 1994
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

[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

[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