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

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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 … continued below

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1 photograph : positive, col. ; 35 mm.

Creation Information

Reese, Donovan 1995.

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This photograph is part of the collection entitled: Denton Chamber of Commerce Collection and was provided by the UNT Libraries Special Collections to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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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.

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1 photograph : positive, col. ; 35 mm.

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  • Accession or Local Control No: UNTA_AR0845-008-097-001
  • Accession or Local Control No: UNTA_AR0845-016-04-118
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc1996984

Publication Information

  • Preferred Citation: Denton Chamber of Commerce Collection (AR0845), University of North Texas Special Collections

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Denton Chamber of Commerce Collection

These materials document Chamber activities from 1938-1998, with emphasis on an advertising campaign developed in 1967 to attract new businesses to the city.

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  • 1995

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  • Sept. 12, 2022, 12:32 p.m.

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  • Jan. 23, 2023, 12:21 p.m.

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Reese, Donovan. [Two people on horseback carrying flags at the North Texas State Fair], photograph, 1995; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1996984/: accessed May 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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