UNT Libraries Special Collections - 8,348 Matching Results

Search Results

Results: 1 - 24 next

[Berry Street Construction]

Description: Photograph of men working in a ditch. They are working on constructing Berry Street in Fort Worth, Texas. The men are holding shovels and are digging the ditch deeper. There is a large mound of dirt on top of the left side of the ditch. On top of the right side of the ditch, there is a row of cement pipes laying on the ground. At the far end of the ditch, there is a machine that is creating smoke. In the background of the image is a field and a treeline.
Date: [1900..1930]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.

[Photograph of the Fort Worth sewage department]

Description: Photograph of the original Fort Worth sewage department, where many automobiles and horse-drawn buggies are parked outside the department's building. Handwriting on the back of the photograph reads, "Original Ft. Worth Sewage." As a civil engineer, Byrd Williams Jr. documented construction projects happening around the cities he worked.
Date: [1907..1920]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.

[Men working on a sewage disposal]

Description: Photograph of men working on a sewage disposal system in Fort Worth. The construction site has ditches that are dug down the center and there are pipes scattered around the site. The workers are standing around one of the ditches and are two of them are shoveling dirt from the ditch. There is a small building at the back of the site and there are a few trees on the right side of the image. In the background of the image there is a small hill and behind this the tops of trees are visible.
Date: [1910..1940]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.

[Construction near Purina plant]

Description: Photograph of me working construction near the Purina plant in Fort Worth, Texas. There are men seated at the edge of the dug out section while three men are working down in the ditch. There is a truck parked next to a machine billowing black smoke.
Date: 1920
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Location: 32.759198 -97.321043

[Fort Worth Construction]

Description: Photograph of three men working in a dug out area, home are visible in the background at the top of the ditch. An old truck can be seen on the right side opposite of the two men.
Date: 1920
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Location: 32.759081 -97.321354

[Fort Worth construction]

Description: Photograph of three men working in a dug out area, home are visible in the background at the top of the ditch. An old truck can be seen on the right side opposite of the two men.
Date: 1920
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.

[Fort Worth sewage department]

Description: Photograph of a water / waste disposal project from the Fort Worth sewage department. Many automobiles are parked on a hill in the distance next to the sewage department. Two men are visible near the water / waste disposal on the job.
Date: [1920..1935]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.

[Installation of sewage lines]

Description: Photograph of construction workers digging a trench in an unidentified street to install sewage lines in Fort Worth. The men are using mules for their labor by having them pull plows to dig up the ground. There are many buildings of the city visible on the horizon of the site they are working at.
Date: [1920..1935]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.

Laying bricks on Berry Street

Description: Photograph of men and horses working to lay bricks on what will become Berry Street in Fort Worth, Texas.
Date: 1920~
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.

[Portrait of woman]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified woman from TCU posing for her portrait in front of a white sheet, the lighting creating a dramatic shadow over her figure.
Date: [1920..]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III

[A sewage disposal plant]

Description: Photograph of a sewage disposal plant located in Fort Worth, Texas. Two men and their horses can be seen on the left-hand side of the photograph, one man is seated on some metal pipes on the slope. Handwriting on the bottom of the photograph reads, "Sewage Disposal Plant, 1920s. Byrd Jr."
Date: [1920..1929]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.

[A street in downtown Fort Worth]

Description: Photograph of people walking along 7th Street in Fort Worth, taken from the corner of 7th and Main, with the old Fort Worth National Bank building on the right.
Date: [1920..1940]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Location: 32.752658 -97.329933

[Studio in Westcliff]

Description: Photograph from inside the studio of Byrd Williams, III, in Westcliff, Texas. The graphic on the window reads, "Byrd Williams Photographer, Custom Framing." An automobile is parked outside the studio and houses are visible in the background.
Date: [1920..]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Location: 32.692159 -97.369213

[Three boys at Trinity Park]

Description: Photograph of three boys, possibly the Williams brothers, at Trinity Park in Fort Worth. They are standing in three different spots, creating a triangular shape with their backs to the camera. Trees are present throughout the park and leaves cover the ground. A train bridge is visible in the background.
Date: 1926
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Location: 32.738334 -97.359074

[The Blackstone Hotel]

Description: Photograph of the Blackstone Hotel in Fort Worth, Texas. This building was also known as the Hilton Hotel and is currently known as the Courtyard by Marriott Fort Worth.
Date: [1930..]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Location: 32.753422 -97.330255

[Building in downtown Fort Worth]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified building in downtown Fort Worth, Texas that was taken behind an automobile parked on the side of the street.
Date: [1930..]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III

[Downtown Fort Worth; Main Street at 7th, Looking North]

Description: Photograph of Main Street at 7th Street in Fort Worth, Texas in the 1930s. Automobiles are parked and driving on the street. Signage for multiple buildings can be seen on both sides of the street. The first skyscraper is the Trans-American Life Building, which is no longer standing. The second skyscraper is the Courtyard Hotel, formerly known as the Blackstone Hotel. The Tarrant County Courthouse can be seen in the background at the end of the street.
Date: [1930..]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III

[A girl with her prize-winning sheep]

Description: Photograph of a young girl with her prize-winning sheep at a livestock show. The young girl is holding the sheep by the neck to keep it in place so that its photograph would be taken with its prized ribbon.
Date: [1930..1950]
Creator: Stryker, John A.

[Al Hayne monument near the T&P Station]

Description: Photograph of the Al Hayne monument with the T&P Station in the background. The monument was erected in 1893 by the Woman’s Humane Association to commemorate the heroic efforts of Hayne's. Hayne was an English civil engineer who lost his life during the 1890 fire of Texas Spring Palace while rescuing people that were trapped inside the burning building.
Date: [1930..]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Location: 32.746357 -97.326322
Back to Top of Screen