[Nomai Family Video No. 1 - The 2014 State Fair of Texas]

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This home movie documents Afsheen Nomai and Laura Treat's trip to the 2014 State Fair of Texas at Fair Park in Dallas. The footage begins with a close up of Big Tex and includes footage of Laura buying a Fletcher's Corny Dog, a performance by Rockin' Rick, sales demonstrations of knives and vacuums in an exhibit hall, the World on a String puppet show, Hendrick's Racing Pigs, and Big Tex speaking. Treat and Nomai watch a parade including floats featuring Ronald McDonald, the Fletcher's Corny Dog mascot, and a 1931 Greyhound bus. The movie concludes with a walk through the … continued below

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1 video (9 min., 50 sec.) : sd., col. ; digital

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Nomai, Afsheen & Treat, Laura October 4, 2014.

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This video is part of the collection entitled: Spotlight on North Texas and was provided by the UNT Media Library to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 323 times. More information about this video can be viewed below.

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This home movie documents Afsheen Nomai and Laura Treat's trip to the 2014 State Fair of Texas at Fair Park in Dallas. The footage begins with a close up of Big Tex and includes footage of Laura buying a Fletcher's Corny Dog, a performance by Rockin' Rick, sales demonstrations of knives and vacuums in an exhibit hall, the World on a String puppet show, Hendrick's Racing Pigs, and Big Tex speaking. Treat and Nomai watch a parade including floats featuring Ronald McDonald, the Fletcher's Corny Dog mascot, and a 1931 Greyhound bus. The movie concludes with a walk through the Midway and views of the fairgrounds shot from the Texas Star Ferris Wheel.

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1 video (9 min., 50 sec.) : sd., col. ; digital

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Spotlight on North Texas

Digitized materials from "Spotlight on North Texas," a community history and regional media preservation project, include home movies, television news footage, and photographs that document activities in the state of Texas and beyond. This project was funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities Common Heritage grant program.

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  • October 4, 2014

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  • Dec. 16, 2016, 7:14 p.m.

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  • Aug. 3, 2017, 4:13 p.m.

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Nomai, Afsheen & Treat, Laura. [Nomai Family Video No. 1 - The 2014 State Fair of Texas], video, October 4, 2014; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc942610/: accessed June 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Media Library.

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