[Original Fort Worth city hall]

One of 109 photographs in the series: Box 12: Cityscapes and Street Portraits, Pt. 1, n.d. available on this site.
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Photograph of downtown Fort Worth where Throckmorton and Tenth Street meet. The original Fort Worth City Hall can be seen in the center of the photograph and was built in 1893. The old Fort Worth City Hall was demolished in 1937 and replaced by a new city hall that is now the Public Safety and Courts Building.

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Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III [1930..].

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Photograph of downtown Fort Worth where Throckmorton and Tenth Street meet. The original Fort Worth City Hall can be seen in the center of the photograph and was built in 1893. The old Fort Worth City Hall was demolished in 1937 and replaced by a new city hall that is now the Public Safety and Courts Building.

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1 photograph : sepia ; 3.5 x 5 in.

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  • Preferred Citation: Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection (AR0769), University of North Texas Special Collections

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Four generations of photographers, all named Byrd Williams, documented more than 100 years of North Texas history. These materials, selected from a larger collection of family items. are available in UNT Libraries' Special Collections.

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[Original Fort Worth City Hall, Aerial View]

Photograph of downtown Fort Worth where Throckmorton and Tenth Street meet. The original Fort Worth City Hall can be seen in the center of the photograph and was built in 1893. The old Fort Worth City Hall was demolished in 1937 and replaced by a new city hall that is now the Public Safety and Courts Building.

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Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III. [Original Fort Worth city hall], photograph, [1930..]; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc851464/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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