[A child dressed in colonial garb walking through a crowd]

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Photograph of a young boy wearing a colonial costume in a black suit, top hat, and a fake beard for a party. A large crowd of many families watches the young boy passing by with amused looks on their faces. An older woman selling drinks stands next to a tree, behind another young boy sitting on a bench next to another woman wearing a floral printed dress and a white hat.

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1 photograph : b&w ; 28 x 35 cm., on mat 45 x 54 cm.

Creation Information

Harris, Lynn 1976.

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Photograph of a young boy wearing a colonial costume in a black suit, top hat, and a fake beard for a party. A large crowd of many families watches the young boy passing by with amused looks on their faces. An older woman selling drinks stands next to a tree, behind another young boy sitting on a bench next to another woman wearing a floral printed dress and a white hat.

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1 photograph : b&w ; 28 x 35 cm., on mat 45 x 54 cm.

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  • Preferred Citation: Lynn Harris Collection (U0712), University of North Texas Special Collections

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Lynn Harris Collection

Photographs capturing the 1976 United States Bicentennial celebration in Denton, Texas.

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  • 1976

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  • July 14, 2021, 4:56 p.m.

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  • Sept. 22, 2021, 2 p.m.

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Harris, Lynn. [A child dressed in colonial garb walking through a crowd], photograph, 1976; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1823657/: accessed May 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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