Photograph of the interior of the W.T. Waggoner building in Fort Worth, located on W. 8th Street. The ceiling is coffered with ornately carved bands outlining each section. A square column stands at each intersection of these bands. The polished marble floors have darker sections around the bases of these columns and the edges of the room. Short, half-walls create barriers between rooms, and decorative metal creates extra barriers on top of these half-walls. Each doorway in the photo is arched with a wooden arch as the doorframe. Each doorframe is freestanding, and not attached to a ceiling. There are …
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Photograph of the interior of the W.T. Waggoner building in Fort Worth, located on W. 8th Street. The ceiling is coffered with ornately carved bands outlining each section. A square column stands at each intersection of these bands. The polished marble floors have darker sections around the bases of these columns and the edges of the room. Short, half-walls create barriers between rooms, and decorative metal creates extra barriers on top of these half-walls. Each doorway in the photo is arched with a wooden arch as the doorframe. Each doorframe is freestanding, and not attached to a ceiling. There are large bowl pendant lights suspended from each coffered section of the ceiling. A clot is embedded in the railing of a walkway in the background of the picture.
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1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
Notes
Original Folder: "W.T. Waggoner Building 1994 Sept. 24 1 pm"
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.
Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), IV, 1951-.[The interior of the W. T. Waggoner building in Fort Worth],
photograph,
September 24, 1994;
(https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1857510/:
accessed February 13, 2025),
University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu;
crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.