Photograph of the North Side Coliseum located at 121 E Exchange Avenue, in Fort Worth. The building is now known as the Cowtown Coliseum. The stadium room has a dirt arena with numbered gates on the far end. Striped bunting has been strung across the stadium, high above the stands. The photo was taken as a long exposure, so the fans in the room are all blurry and transparent. The photographer stands at the top of a set of metal stairs, and a trashcan is near the camera, to the right of the photo. A square track of lights hangs …
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Photograph of the North Side Coliseum located at 121 E Exchange Avenue, in Fort Worth. The building is now known as the Cowtown Coliseum. The stadium room has a dirt arena with numbered gates on the far end. Striped bunting has been strung across the stadium, high above the stands. The photo was taken as a long exposure, so the fans in the room are all blurry and transparent. The photographer stands at the top of a set of metal stairs, and a trashcan is near the camera, to the right of the photo. A square track of lights hangs in the center of the ceiling. There are mostly transparent barrels on the dirt arena.
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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.