[An elderly woman using a ladder to retrieve something from a shelf at Evers Hardware]

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Photograph of an elderly woman using a ladder to retrieve something from a shelf at Evers Hardware in Denton, TX. The woman has short, curly white hair and wears glasses, a blue button-up shirt, an open red shirt, blue pants, and black shoes. She stands near the bottom of her ladder, a green object with two small wheel at its bottom. The ladder extends upwards and off-camera, passing over about twelve shelves of objects. The shelves fill the height and width of the walls visible in the photo and have a wide variety of objects on them. Pots and bowls … continued below

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1 photograph : positive, col. ; 35 mm.

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Creator: Unknown. February 1985.

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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 an elderly woman using a ladder to retrieve something from a shelf at Evers Hardware in Denton, TX. The woman has short, curly white hair and wears glasses, a blue button-up shirt, an open red shirt, blue pants, and black shoes. She stands near the bottom of her ladder, a green object with two small wheel at its bottom. The ladder extends upwards and off-camera, passing over about twelve shelves of objects. The shelves fill the height and width of the walls visible in the photo and have a wide variety of objects on them. Pots and bowls occupy the bottom two shelves while the rest of the shelving holds a wider assortment of objects. The floor of the store is covered by dark wood panels.

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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_AR0845-015-09-037
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc1996973

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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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  • February 1985

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[An elderly woman using a ladder to retrieve something from a shelf at Evers Hardware], photograph, February 1985; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1996973/: accessed June 13, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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