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Call Number:

PH-02387

Collection Name:

Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection

Creator:

Williams, Byrd

No. of Items:

4 photographs

Span Dates:

circa 1905-2011

Description:

The collection consists of four gold toned gelatin silver prints taken by four generations of photographers from the Williams family of Fort Worth, Texas. Titles follow:

2011:0007:0001 -- Young Engineer, Gainsville, Texas, photographed 1906 by Byrd Williiams Sr., printed late 1970s to early 1980s by Byrd Willimas IV, gold toned in 2011 by Byrd William IV;
2011:0007:0002 -- B Hall, Austin, Texas, photographed circa 1905 by Byrd Williams Jr., printed 2005 by Byrd Williams the IV;
2011:0007:0003 -- Woman Downtown, Fort Worth, Texas, photographed 1937 by Byrd Williams III, printed 1980s by Byrd Williams IV;
2011:0007:0004 -- Mary’s Room above the Diaches', Fort Worth, Texas, photographed and printed 2011 by Byrd Williiams IV and Elizabeth Mellott.

Accession No(s):

2011:0007:0001-0004; Gift, 2011 (11-11-010-G)

Location(s):

W Box, Extra Large (2011:0007:0001-0004)
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