[Greenville, Texas welcome sign]

One of 741 photographs in the series: Box 32: 120 to Negatives (1940-1960) available on this site.

Description

Photograph of a welcome sign hanging over a street in Greenville, Texas. The sign is black with white letters and reads "Greenville Welcome, The Blackest Land, The Whitest People" and is hanging on a wire. The image is looking straight down a street that has businesses such as a grocery store and an auto loan shop lining the sides of the road. There are cars driving on the street and there are some parallel parked along the sidewalk.

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1 photograph : acetate, negative, col ; 11 x 6 cm.

Creation Information

Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), IV, 1951- [1940..1960].

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This photograph is part of the collection entitled: Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection and was provided by the UNT Libraries Special Collections to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 4943 times, with 169 in the last month. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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Photograph of a welcome sign hanging over a street in Greenville, Texas. The sign is black with white letters and reads "Greenville Welcome, The Blackest Land, The Whitest People" and is hanging on a wire. The image is looking straight down a street that has businesses such as a grocery store and an auto loan shop lining the sides of the road. There are cars driving on the street and there are some parallel parked along the sidewalk.

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1 photograph : acetate, negative, col ; 11 x 6 cm.

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

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Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection

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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  • [1940..1960]

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  • March 12, 2019, 10:09 a.m.

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  • Dec. 10, 2020, 9:11 p.m.

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Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), IV, 1951-. [Greenville, Texas welcome sign], photograph, [1940..1960]; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1458137/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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