[The Will Rogers Memorial Complex]

One of 192 photographs in the series: Box 150: 8 x 10 Negatives available on this site.

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Photograph of the Will Rogers Memorial Complex in Fort Worth, including the Pioneer Tower and a statue of Will Rogers and Soapsuds. Pioneer Tower stands tall in the background of the image with one section of it darker than the other due to use of different colors of building materials. The top of the tower tapers down so it is smaller in circumference than the rest. Closer to the camera, a statue of a man, Will Rogers, on a horse, Soapsuds. The man sits on the horse, holding a cowboy hat in his hand, with a lasso attached to the … continued below

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1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 8 x 10 in.

Creation Information

Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), IV, 1951- [1980..].

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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 UNT Digital Library, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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Photograph of the Will Rogers Memorial Complex in Fort Worth, including the Pioneer Tower and a statue of Will Rogers and Soapsuds. Pioneer Tower stands tall in the background of the image with one section of it darker than the other due to use of different colors of building materials. The top of the tower tapers down so it is smaller in circumference than the rest. Closer to the camera, a statue of a man, Will Rogers, on a horse, Soapsuds. The man sits on the horse, holding a cowboy hat in his hand, with a lasso attached to the saddle. The horse is posed in a trot. Small bunches of flowers grow around the large rocks that the statue has been installed on. Spotlights sit on the ground around it, waiting to illuminate the art after dark. A plaque describing the statue sits in the bottom left of the photo, slightly out of frame. Between the statue and the tower, a wide expanse of mown grass and a few strong, mature trees grow.

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1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 8 x 10 in.

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Original Folder: "Will Rogers Complex - Pioneer Tower & Sculpture of Will Rogers"

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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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  • [1980..]

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  • Nov. 15, 2021, 7:56 a.m.

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  • Jan. 14, 2022, 10:47 a.m.

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  • 32.747398, -97.366327

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Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), IV, 1951-. [The Will Rogers Memorial Complex], photograph, [1980..]; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1857538/: accessed February 13, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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