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[Williams family picnic]

Description: Photograph of Irene Williams setting up for a picnic with her sons Byrd and John. Byrd and John are both wearing hats with black sweaters and have their backs turned to the camera. Irene is standing near them and is also wearing a black sweater with a hat. She is looking down at something that she is holding in her hands. There is a cooler and a glass bottle full of milk on the ground next to the boys. The land around them is covered in brush and is very hilly.
Date: 1923~
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
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[Williams family picnicking]

Description: Photograph of Irene Williams setting up for a picnic with her sons Byrd III, John, and Charles. Byrd and John are both wearing hats with black sweaters and have their backs turned to the camera. Irene is kneeling near them and is also wearing a black sweater with a hat. She is reaching out to grab the item that her son is handing her. There is a cooler and a glass bottle full of milk on the ground next to the boys. Charles stands behind a cooler and is wearing an onesie. The land around them is… more
Date: 1923~
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[The Williams boys on a beach]

Description: Photograph of Charles, Byrd III, and John Williams on a beach in California. John looks at the camera while his hands are placed on a toy construction vehicle. Byrd looks down at the toy truck he is playing with, in the sand. Charles sits next to John and looks at the camera. All three boys are wearing coats and hats.
Date: 1923~
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Byrd and John Williams]

Description: Photograph of Byrd III and John Williams, standing on a rocky shore, looking at the ocean. They stand next to one another with their backs to the camera.
Date: 1923~
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Byrd Williams Jr. on a beach]

Description: Photograph of Byrd Williams Jr. standing on a rocky beach in a suit. He stands with his hands behind his back and looking at the camera. The ocean tide can be seen rolling in, behind him. He wears a mid-tone suit, light-colored shirt, dark tie, and a hat.
Date: 1923~
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Evening coat

Description: Evening coat of ermine. Full length. Wrap-around silhouette with self shawl collar and wide, white fox cuffs. Two large ermine-covered buttons for fastening. Pink velvet lining with row of ermine tails at border.
Date: 1923
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Odalisque Seated with Arms Raised, Green Striped Chair

Description: The painting shows a female wearing only a transparent skirt, seated on a green and yellow striped armchair, with her arms upraised over her head. On the wall to the left of the figure is a blue/gray and gold pattern and to the right is a red and white floral pattern.
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Date: 1923
Creator: Matisse, Henri
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Straw cloche

Description: Cloche hat of burnt sienna-colored straw. The high domed crown of woven straw is decorated with flowers and leaves formed by embroidering and couching using fine brown and cream cloth rather than thread. The brown fabric flowers have beaded centers. The very narrow brim of matching straw is turned up at front, edged with brown fabric, and bound with dark golden yellow threads. Lined in fine black cloth through which can be seen the inner stitching of the "embroidery". No labels. Measurements: … more
Date: 1923
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Felt cloche

Description: Cloche hat of brown felt. The high, domed crown is of brown/mauve felt, pulled and gathered to create texture at top back. The brim of the same felt is narrow, curving down at sides and up at back. Around the base of the crown is a wide band of brown grosgrain ribbon, which passes through slots in the upturned back section of the brim. At the side of the hat, the ribbon is gathered slightly, and has three segments that extend forward around the crown, fanning upwards to partly cover the front o… more
Date: 1923
Creator: Amhat
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Dress ensemble

Description: a) Overdress of green silk chiffon and white lace panels down center front and center back; gold bands around waist and shoulders; armscye extends to waist; rounded neckline; sleeveless. b) Underdress of yellow silk.
Date: 1923
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
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Bibliography of Petroleum and Allied Substances, 1922 and 1923

Description: From Introduction: "This bulletin is the seventh in this series of petroleum bibliographies published by the Bureau of Mines, Bulletins 149, 165, 180, 189, 216, and 220 being complications for the years 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919-20, and 1921, respectively. In this bulletin the same general plan of classification of references has been followed, but several additions have been made."
Date: 1929
Creator: Britton, H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Egyptian Revival earrings

Description: Egyptian Revival ear screws, designed with small "King Tut" head on screw head and larger head hanging from screw loop. Fringe trim hanging from larger head is etched with Egyptian winged sun disk and winged scarab design.
Date: 1923/1924
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Hat

Description: Hat of silver metallic mesh cloth. The hat is formed as a pillbox-style turban. The cylindrical crown has a flattened top, and two long trailing bands hanging from the back. The bands are designed to wrap around the head, and clasp with integral rhinestone-set buckles. The hat is unlined. There are no labels or tags in the hat. Probably from France.
Date: 1923
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Gloves

Description: Pair of gloves. Ivory kid leather gloves with brown and gray embroidery. Hands have inside seaming; 3 darts on top; darts highlighted by rows of gray chain-stitching with ivory dots woven in; wrists have sewn on cuffs; cuffs feature strip of pale off white leather; embellished with geometric and circle embroidery in brown thread; snap under wrist creates keyhole underneath as well. Stamped inside in purple ink: "Made in Belgium / Real Kid".
Date: 1922/1923
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
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Aerial photography : obtaining a true perspective

Description: Report discussing a demonstration was given within the last few days at the British Museum by Mr. J. W. Gordon, author of "Generalized Linear Perspective" (Constable and Co.), a work describing a newly-worked-out system by which photographs can be made available for the purpose of exactly recording the dimensions of the objects photographed even when the objects themselves are presented foreshortened in the photograph.
Date: April 1923
Creator: United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[The Poems of Alice Meynell: Complete Edition, cover]

Description: Photograph of the cover of "The Poems of Alice Meynell" by Alice Meynell, held by UNT Special Collections. The faded blue cover contains the title and author in gold lettering at the top, the words "Complete Edition" in gold at the bottom. There are two small stars on the cover.
Date: September 16, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Metal-Mine Accidents in the United States During the Calendar Year 1923

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines covering accidents that happened in metal mines located in the United States including statistics for injuries, fatalities, kinds and causes of accidents, and operational data, such as number of mine workers and shifts worked.
Date: 1925
Creator: Adams, William W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Problems in the Firing of Refractories

Description: From Introduction: "In large measure the work was an outgrowth of that done by the bureau in the investigation of burning problems for Four Heavy Clay Products Associations."
Date: 1927
Creator: Bole, G. A.; Blizard, John; Rice, W. E.; Ogden, E. P. & Sherman, R. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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