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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, On the occasion of its 50th anniversary in 2017, |
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Gene's Photos in Gainesville has been honored with a Texas Treasure |
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Business Award from the Texas Historical Commission; and |
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WHEREAS, The Texas Treasure Business Award recognizes the |
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contributions of Texas-based enterprises that have created jobs and |
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enriched the state's economy for 50 years or more; and |
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WHEREAS, Founder and owner Gene Brown received a Polaroid |
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Swinger camera on his 10th birthday, sparking a lifelong passion |
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for photography; in college, he won the Texas Collegiate Press |
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Photography Award, and in February 1967, he started Gene's Photos, |
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working as a photographer of weddings, family reunions, and |
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portraits, and handling commercial and aerial photography; in the |
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early years, his father helped with the developing and his mother |
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did the books, and in 1975, his wife, Sherry, joined the business; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, The studio has relocated into larger quarters |
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several times, and since 1987, Gene's Photos has been situated in |
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the old First National Bank building on the Cooke County Courthouse |
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square, where Mr. Brown now works with state-of-the-art digital |
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technology; he has photographed many famous individuals over the |
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years, including radio personality Paul Harvey, President Richard |
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Nixon, movie legend John Wayne, and Miss America 1971, Phyllis |
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George; and |
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WHEREAS, Small businesses play a critical role in meeting the |
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needs of area residents and sustaining the prosperity of the Lone |
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Star State, and over the course of half a century, and more than |
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1,000 weddings, Gene's Photos has contributed to the social and |
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economic fabric of Gainesville; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby congratulate Gene's Photos |
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on its 50th anniversary and its receipt of a 2017 Texas Treasure |
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Business Award and extend to Gene and Sherry Brown sincere best |
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wishes for continued success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. and Mrs. Brown as an expression of high regard by |
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the Texas House of Representatives. |