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[A boardwalk along a beach]
Photograph of a boardwalk next to a beach. The boardwalk is paved with cement and there are lamp posts along the edge of pavement by the sand. People are walking in the distance on the boardwalk and there are some people sitting in the sand. There are buildings on the far right of the image and the ocean is visible on the left.
[Buffalo standing in the woods]
Photograph of a buffalo standing in the woods. The buffalo has a short tail and a long nose and is visible only in silhouette. The buffalo is standing in between two wooden poles and the area is surrounded by trees with no leaves.
[A building behind a green]
Photograph of people walking on a green in front of a building. The green is well manicured with close cut grass and no trees or other plants in the area. There are small trees in the background that separate the green from the paved area that is directly in front of the building. There are people in this area as well, and the are is walled off by short, stone walls. The building itself is very long and has a flat roof with large arch windows along the center of the building. The building is made out of a light colored stone and there is another building that was designed in the same style to the left of the image. On the right side of the picture, other buildings are visible.
[A building under construction]
Photograph of a partially constructed building. The frame of the building is up, and there are some bricks on the exterior, but there are no shingles on the roof. Inside of the building are saw horses and other building materials. In front of the building are stacks of pallets, bricks, and lumber and there are other building materials scattered around the ground. There is also a drop off in front of the building that looks to have been excavated during construction and some pieces of lumber have slid down this drop off.
[A busy port]
Photograph of a busy port. There are buildings along the shore and there are ships docked on the other side of the port, visible by their masts which extend above the port. The foreground of the image is the ocean which is very calm with few waves.
[Byrd III, John, and Brownie near Point Fermin in San Pedro, California]
Photograph of Byrd III and brother John Williams with the family dog, Brownie, near Point Fermin in San Pedro, California.
[Byrd Jr. and Irene posing with their sons]
Photograph of Irene and Byrd Williams Jr. posing with their sons John and Charles. John and Byrd Jr. are both wearing white button up shirts with light colored pants and have their hands behind their backs. Byrd is also wearing a bow tie and a hat. Charles is wearing a white button up shirt with dark colored capri pants and he is holding his hands out in front of him. Irene is wearing a dark colored, long sleeve dress and has her hands in front of her. They are standing in a field of tall grass in front of a treeline.
[Byrd Jr. with his sons in the desert]
Photograph of Byrd Williams Jr. in the desert with his sons Byrd III and John. The young boys are sitting on a trunk that is in the back of a car and Byrd Jr. is standing next to the car. Both of the boys are wearing shorts with long sleeve shirts and Byrd Jr. is wearing a pork pie hat with a black jacket and dark pants. The car is sitting in the middle of a desert, and there is sparse brush surrounding the car. In the background of the left side of the image, a tall mountain is visible.
[The Byrd Williams family in El Paso, Texas]
Photograph of Byrd Williams, Jr. standing while his wife Irene and sons, Byrd, III, and John sit on the ground in front of their house at 3119 Aurora Avenue in El Paso, Texas.
[Byrd Williams III crawling outside]
Photograph of Byrd Williams III crawling on the ground in a backyard. Byrd is wearing coveralls with a white shirt underneath them and boots. He is on his hands and knees and is reaching out to pick up a piece of paper. There is a house behind him and more houses are visible on the right side of the image. There are discarded materials on the ground next to a ramp and there is a pile of branches in the foreground of the image.
[Byrd Williams III playing with his brother John on the beach]
Photograph of Byrd Williams III playing on the beach with his brother John. The boys are both wearing white, long sleeve, button up shirt with dark ties and dark colored shorts. One of the boys is crouched down and is drawing in the sand with a stick while the other boy is throwing sand at the ground. There are two other people standing on the beach behind them and there is also a pier in the background of the image. The water is very choppy and there are many waves moving towards the shore.
[Byrd Williams III standing on a rocky shore]
Photograph of Byrd Williams III standing on a rocky seashore. Byrd is wearing a dark colored coat with a tie, short pants, and a cap. He is standing on top of one of the large rocks that is located on the beach. There are more large rocks in the water and there is also a ship sailing in the distance.
[Byrd Williams III standing under a tent with his brother John]
Photograph of Byrd Williams III standing under a tent with his brother John and their dog Brownie. Both of the boys are wearing white button up shirts with rolled up sleeves and short, light colored pants. Byrd III is holding a stick in his right hand and has his other hand resting at his side. John is holding the family's dog Brownie under his front legs so that he is standing up on his hind legs. The tent behind them has two poles in the center with a piece of fabric thrown over them. The edges of this fabric have ropes attached that are staked to the ground. The ground around them is very rocky with sparse grass.
[Byrd Williams III walking along rocks with his brother John]
Photograph of Byrd Williams III walking along rocks in a stream with his brother John. The boys are both wearing newsboy caps with thick, dark coats and light colored pants. Byrd is looking at the camera while John is looking down at the ground. John is also holding a rectangular shaped, messenger style bag that is slung over his shoulder. The boys are standing on a large rock that is surrounded by shallow water and other large rocks of different shapes and sizes. Behind the boys, there is an elevated dock that has stairs leading down to the deck.
[Byrd Williams IV and his sister Pam posing with kittens]
Photograph of Byrd Williams IV sitting in a front lawn holding kittens with his twin sister Pam. Byrd is wearing a white t-shirt with jeans and tennis shoes and is siting with his legs crossed in front of him. Pam is wearing a headband and a patterned dress and is also sitting with her legs crossed. Both of the kids are holding a kitten in each hand and Byrd is looking down at the kittens while Pam smiles at the camera. The kids are sitting in the grass and behind them is a car that is parked in a driveway and there are multiple houses visible. There are short trees scattered around the front yard and on the right side of the image is a street. On the other side of the street are more houses.
[Byrd Williams IV holding kittens with his sister Pam]
Photograph of Byrd Williams IV sitting in a front lawn holding kittens with his twin sister Pam. Byrd is wearing a white t-shirt with jeans and tennis shoes and is siting with his legs crossed in front of him. Pam is wearing a headband and a patterned dress and is also sitting with her legs crossed. Both of the kids are holding a kitten in each hand and Pam is looking down at the kittens. The kids are sitting in the grass and behind them is a car that is parked in a driveway and there are multiple houses visible. There are short trees scattered around the front yard and on the right side of the image is a street. On the other side of the street are more houses.
[Byrd Williams Jr. holding his sons Byrd III and John]
Photograph of Byrd Williams Jr. sitting on the ground and holding his sons Byrd III and John. Byrd Jr. is sitting on the grass next to a street in his neighborhood and has his legs crossed in front of him with his knees raised. He is holding his son John, who is an infant in this picture, in his lap and has his arm around his older son Byrd III who is sitting in the grass next to him. In the background of the image are houses, a large two-story building, and a horse-drawn covered wagon.
[Byrd Williams Jr. holding his sons John and Byrd III in their neighborhood]
Photograph of Byrd Williams Jr. sitting on the ground in his neighborhood with his sons Byrd III and John. Byrd Jr. is wearing a dark colored suit and is holding his son John in his lap while his other arm is around his son Byrd III who is sitting on the ground next to him. The family is sitting on grass next to the road, and behind them there are buildings and houses visible on the other side of the street.
[Byrd Williams Jr. on the beach with his son John]
Photograph of Byrd Williams Jr. on the beach with his son John. Both of them are wearing white button up shirts with the sleeves rolled up and light colored pants. John's pants are rolled up and tied near his calves and Byrd is wearing a cowboy hat. The beach has some rocks and plants scattered around it and the ocean is visible in the background.
[Byrd Williams Jr. standing in a backyard]
Photograph of Byrd Williams Jr. standing in a backyard. He wears a dark suit with a bowtie and a hat. The photograph is slightly blurred and his facial expression cannot be determined. A wooden fence is visible behind him.
[Charles Williams as a child]
Photograph of Charles Williams posing for a portrait in a backyard. He is wearing a black long sleeve shirt with a peter pan collar and black shorts. He is standing with his hands down at his sides and is smiling at the camera. To his left is a house and the back door and a fence that goes around the yard is visible behind him.
[Charles Williams with a woman in Gainesville]
Photograph of Charles Williams sitting on porch steps with a woman.The steps have no railing and they lead up to a covered porch. Charles is sitting with one of his legs propped up on a higher step than the other and he has his arms around the propped up knee. He is wearing a white hat with a suit and is looking at the woman who is sitting lower down than he is. She is wearing a patterned dress with ribbon details and is looking straight at the camera. There is a rose bush to the right of the steps and there are other plants on the left side of the steps.
[Child on the beach]
Photograph of an unidentified child on a beach. The child is wearing a blazer with a bow tie and shorts and his hair is sticking up. The land that he is standing on is very rocky and the ocean is behind him.
[Children standing outside of a house]
Photograph of two children standing outside of a house. It is unclear whether the boy is John or Byrd Williams III. The boy is wearing a light colored button up shirt with shorts and he is smiling at the camera. The little girl is wearing a short white dress with a black bow. There are three buildings behind them, and one is made out of stone while the others are made out of wood. There is a clothesline in front of these buildings with clothes on it and there are other buildings visible around the ones in the background.
[A coastal city]
Photograph of a coastal city. The foreground of the image depicts the sea and the coastline is in the background, but buildings are visible all along this coastline. There are some ships and smaller boats sailing through the sea in front of this city and there is a building in the center of the image that is emitting dark smoke out of a smokestack.
[Construction Equipment]
Photograph of a wooden construction structure. The structure includes a large funnel with a chute underneath it for the material it funnels. A pulley system runs along the height of the stand for the funnel. A pile of wood lays on the ground in front of the structure.
[Construction materials in the desert]
Photograph of construction materials in a desert. The materials consist of cement pipes and various types of machinery and they are all clustered in a small area of the desert. The area surrounding this is made up of flat land with some brush and plants. There are telephone poles on the right side of the image and there are mountains in the background of the image.
[Construction of a dock in a port]
Photograph of construction on a dock in a harbor. The posts of the dock have been placed in the water and are located at even intervals, however there is no material covering these posts to serve as a walkway. To the right of the dock is a ship and a barge that are both stacked with cargo. The opposite shore is visible and it is lined with multi-story buildings that are located at the base of a hill.
[Construction of a pipeline]
Photograph of a pipeline that is being constructed through a field. The pipeline is sitting on top of evenly spaced mounds of dirt and is a curved shape. It is constructed out of what looks like wood and has wires wrapped around it that are evenly spaced from one another. The field that the line is sitting in is covered in tall grasses and there is a small pond in the bottom left corner of the image. In the background of the image, buildings and mountains are visible.
[Construction on a dock]
Photograph of construction on a dock. The dock is being extended, and the extension is partially constructed with all of the legs and braces in place. There is lumber laid on the already constructed dock and there is more lumber stacked on top of the partially constructed portion. There is a building on the right side of the image and the water in the harbor is visible around this building. There are more buildings and structures visible in the background of the image.
[Construction over water]
Photograph of a construction site that is located in a harbor. The structure that is being built looks to be an oil rig and it has two large, hollow structures that are built on opt of a platform. There is also a small building on top of the platform. In the foreground of the image, the dirt of the shore that the picture was taken from is visible. To the right of this, there is a dock visible and on the opposite shoreline there are boats, buildings, and power lines.
[Construction Site]
Photograph of a construction site surrounded by neighboring buildings. It appears that concrete had been placed using metal rods. A wooden ramp runs between the concrete sections.
[A construction site]
Photograph of a construction site. The structure that is under construction looks to be a bridge as there are long legs supporting a cement structure. There is also a walkway running parallel to this cement structure that is located just below the cement. on the other side of the cement there is a grassy area that has power lines scattered around it and there is a treeline in the background.
[A construction site in a ditch]
Photograph of a construction site in a ditch. There is a partially built structure in the ditch that is constructed from lumber and poles. On the edge of the ditch, there is a large wooden building that looks to be a barn. There is also a man sitting on the edge of the ditch and behind him telephone poles are visible.
[A construction site surrounded by rebar frames]
Photograph of a construction site that is surrounded by rebar frames. These frames are made in a grid-like pattern and are surrounding a concrete foundation. In the middle of this foundation are rebar frames that are laying on the ground. There is lumber scattered around the ground and there is a large wood plank that is leaning against the left side of the structure and is connecting the top of the structure to the ground. On the other side of the rebar frame is a tall wooden structure that has planks laying across the top to form walkways. There is another wooden structure that is partially built on the left side of the image. In the background of the image is an area that is covered in lush greenery.
[A construction site with multiple pipelines]
Photograph of a construction site with multiple pipelines. The main area of the site has been excavated so that it is underground, and there are walls in this area that are running parallel to each other. The walls have spaces on top that house pipelines and in between the walls there is a shorter, wider wall that houses a drainage system. There is a pipeline running across these walls and there are walkways in between them. On the other side of the excavated area at ground level, there is a field that has multiple wooden structures and power lines running through it. There are workers standing near the edge of the excavated area and in the background of the image there is a dense treeline.
[Construction Site with Workers]
Photograph of a construction structure with men working on it. A mound of sand is present next to the structure. A crane can be seen in the background.
[Construction supplies at a train yard]
Photograph of construction equipment at a train yard. There are stacks of lumber and circular pipes, along with other construction equipment, in the yard. In front of this, there is a covered area where large construction equipment is housed and where a man is standing. On the other side of the train yard, there is a train with three cars that have the words "OCK ISLAND" on them.
[Construction workers]
Photograph of construction workers directing a wagon that is being pulled by mules. The land that the wagon on is at a slightly higher elevation than the land in the foreground of the image and it looks soft and well-trodden. There are two workers standing near the wagon and there is another worker who is riding a horse in the bottom left corner of the image.
[Construction workers in a ditch]
Photograph of construction workers in a deep, narrow ditch. There are piles of dirt on either side of the ditch and on the right side there are pipes laid out. To the left of the ditch there are two small fountains that are filled with water, one of which is next to the dirt pile and the other is in a grassy area. There is also a small building on the left side of the ditch that is surrounded by short trees. On the right side of the ditch is a road and there are cars driving and parked on the side of the road. The surrounding area also has a great deal of power lines and the area behind the ditch is covered in tall grass and brush.
[Couple standing outside of a house]
Photograph of a couple standing outside of a house on Denton Street in Gainesville, Texas. The couple is unidentified, but the man is possibly Charles Rowland Williams. He is wearing a white hat with a three piece suit and the woman is wearing a lace patterned dress with ribbon details. The woman is holding onto the man's elbow and her body is turned towards his, although both are smiling at the camera. They are standing in front of the side of a house and the side of the covered porch is visible behind them. There is another house across the street that has a fence running around it.
[A crane on a construction site]
Photograph of a crane on a construction site. The crane has the word "Haverty" on the sides of the cab and it is sitting next to piles of dirt. In the foreground of the image, cement pipes that have been lain are visible. On the left side of the image, there are workers standing near other construction equipment.
[A curve in a mountain road]
Photograph of a road that is curving around a mountain. The road has a short concrete lip on the edge and on the other side of this is a rocky drop-off. On the left side of the road is the mountainside which is rocky with some sparse grass. The land below the mountain is desert with few to no trees and some buildings scattered around.
[Denton St. house in Gainesville]
Photograph of a house on Denton Street in Gainesville, Texas. The house is designed in the Craftsman style and is two stories. There are porches on both stories of the house that wrap around from the front to the side. The bottom porch is covered and has white pillars while the top porch is not covered and has a white railing. The house is covered in a light colored siding and the bottom of the first story porch is covered in brick. The porch of another house is visible on the left side of the image and another house is visible through the trees on the right side of the image.
[A desert construction site]
Photograph of a construction site in the desert. The main area of the site is empty with no grass and some debris and lumber scattered across the ground. At the back of the site, there is a tall wall that has unevenly spaced posts sitting on its edge. There are also power lines running over the wall and each of the posts for these lines has a ladder underneath it.
[A desert landscape]
Photograph of a desert landscape. The ground is very uneven and is covered in sparse brush. In the background of the image, there are hills and the peak of a mountain is visible. There are two towers in the center of the image in between the ranges. The image has a dark shadow over the center of it.
[Desert landscape, 2]
Photograph of a desert that is covered in small bushes. The desert has dips in the land and in the background of the image there are hills and a mountain peak.
[A dirt road]
Photograph of a dirt road leading into the mountains. A fence with wooden posts runs alongside one side of the road. On the other side of the fence, a flat field can be seen.
[A docked barge]
Photograph of a docked barge, or a flat-bottomed boat. The deck of the vessel is littered with various objects such as ladders, life preservers, and ropes and there is a rope on a hitch at the back of the boat that is tied to the dock. There are also various structures that are built onto the deck of the boat, including a tower and a small wooden building. There is another ship visible on the far left of the image that is sailing through the harbor. In the background of the image, the shore is visible and it is lined with buildings and trees.
[Docked cargo ships]
Photograph of docked cargo ships. There are three large cargo ships visible in the image that are docked at the port. In the background of the image, a mountain is visible and the foreground of the image is just still water.
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