[Port Isabel lighthouse]

One of 185 items in the series: Proof: Photographs from Four Generations of a Texas Family available on this site.

Description

Photograph of the Port Isabel lighthouse near Padre Island in Texas. Byrd Senior photographed the lighthouse to make postcards for his store in Gainesville, Texas.

Physical Description

1 postcard ; b&w ; 9 x 14 cm.

Creation Information

Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Sr. 1890~.

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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 493 times. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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Photograph of the Port Isabel lighthouse near Padre Island in Texas. Byrd Senior photographed the lighthouse to make postcards for his store in Gainesville, Texas.

Physical Description

1 postcard ; b&w ; 9 x 14 cm.

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Image provided by Byrd M. Williams IV for the University of North Texas Press publication, Proof: Photographs from Four Generations of a Texas Family.

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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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  • 1890~

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  • Sept. 17, 2016, 12:44 a.m.

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  • April 27, 2020, 12:53 p.m.

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  • 26.077964, -97.20711

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Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Sr. [Port Isabel lighthouse], photograph, 1890~; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc873043/: accessed April 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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