[People sitting on the lawn of the old Denton County Courthouse, on County Seat Saturday]

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Photograph of people sitting on the lawn of the old Denton County Courthouse, on County Seat Saturday. The crowd surrounds a short, simple stage on which a group performs music using a variety of instruments. Pennants of varying colors hang from the stage's edge. Within the crowd watching the performance, some people sit on blankets or chairs. Multiple audience members have blue balloons. Trees planted in the courthouse's lawn provide shade for the majority of the crowd. In the background behind the performers and occupied lawn is a line of shops including "McBride music & pawn". One shop has the … continued below

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1 photograph : positive, col. ; 35 mm.

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Thomas Judd Photography September 28, 1991.

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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. It has been viewed 11 times. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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Photograph of people sitting on the lawn of the old Denton County Courthouse, on County Seat Saturday. The crowd surrounds a short, simple stage on which a group performs music using a variety of instruments. Pennants of varying colors hang from the stage's edge. Within the crowd watching the performance, some people sit on blankets or chairs. Multiple audience members have blue balloons. Trees planted in the courthouse's lawn provide shade for the majority of the crowd. In the background behind the performers and occupied lawn is a line of shops including "McBride music & pawn". One shop has the American and Mexican flags flying atop small poles in front of it.

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  • Accession or Local Control No: UNTA_AR0845-008-097-001
  • Accession or Local Control No: UNTA_AR0845-016-07-006
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc1996987

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  • 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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  • September 28, 1991

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  • Sept. 12, 2022, 12:32 p.m.

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Thomas Judd Photography. [People sitting on the lawn of the old Denton County Courthouse, on County Seat Saturday], photograph, September 28, 1991; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1996987/: accessed May 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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