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[Bank Day]

Description: This home movie documents an unknown event in the city of Denton. It appears that there was a contest to win $300. Seen in the footage are crowds of people on the Denton County Courthouse lawn and businesses of downtown Denton, Texas as well as cars with signage advertising a rodeo in Ponder, Texaco gas, and the Jinx Show Plaza.
Date: 1940
Duration: 5 minutes 10 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

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

Description: 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… more
Date: 1998/1999
Creator: Drawe, Shannon
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

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

Description: 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 toward… more
Date: 1998/1999
Creator: Drawe, Shannon
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[North Texas State Fair in Denton, TX]

Description: 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 traile… more
Date: 1995
Creator: Reese, Donovan
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

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

Description: 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 s… more
Date: 1995
Creator: Reese, Donovan
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

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

Description: 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 p… more
Date: 1995
Creator: Reese, Donovan
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Two trucks parked at the North Texas State Fair]

Description: 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 s… more
Date: 1995
Creator: Reese, Donovan
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

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

Description: 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 wit… more
Date: 1995
Creator: Reese, Donovan
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[People in the audience at the North Texas State Fair]

Description: Photograph of people in the audience at the North Texas State Fair. A set of stands with six rows of benches, each about a foot higher than the first one, fills the photograph. On a low pole in front of the stands' base a line of circular, plated American flags have been hung up. Within the stands a crowd of people of differing ages have sat down, dressed in a variety of clothing. Some wear cowboy hats while others wear ballcaps or no hats, many shirts with patterns or decorations, and multiple… more
Date: 1995
Creator: Reese, Donovan
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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