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[Keepsake and letter]

Description: Scan of a keepsake next to a letter, the letter reads "I made this little keepsake from a counter---- which was woven by my grandmother from home --- thread and given to my mother on her wedding day May 15, 1834. Mother, December 25, 1915. Two negro women with a child were given her also - wouldn't they make queer bridal presents for this century? Who can say Christianity is not making ----!"
Date: 1843/1915
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Portrait of Byrd Sr.]

Description: Portrait of Byrd Williams Senior with a blank expression on his face. He is wearing a suit with a bowtie and has a walrus style mustache. Byrd is standing with one arm resting on the back of a chair.
Date: [1848..1895]
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Ambrotype of an unknown woman and child]

Description: Photograph of an ambrotype photograph of an unknown woman and a child in an case. It was in the belongings of Byrd Moore Williams upon moving to Texas from Tennessee, and only has the word "Johnson" on it.
Date: 1850/1870
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Sr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Rio Grande Railroad]

Description: Photograph of a group of men gathered on a wooden platform, looking at the camera. A locomotive is stopped on the tracks next to them, with railcars attached to it. The railroad was built in 1868 in Isabel, Texas.
Date: [1868..]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Main Street, Dyersburg, Tennessee]

Description: Photograph of an old street scene in Dyersburg, Tennessee with men standing in front of and hanging out of the windows of buildings. One of the named businesses James D. McClerkin's Drug Store. To the right of the drug store is Hall, Williams, & Co. Merchants, where Byrd Williams, Sr. would soon become the sole proprietor.
Date: [1874..1886]
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[A family mid-travel 1 of 2]

Description: Photograph of a family or a group of people mid-travel. There are people of all ages standing in the photo, and they are standing around logs that are laying on the ground. On the left side of the image there are horses and mules that are pulling a wagon that two people are sitting on. In the background of the image, there is a vehicle of some sort that is surrounded by smoke and there are trees behind the family.
Date: [1877..1930]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III & Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[A family mid-travel 2 of 2]

Description: Photograph of a family or a group of people mid-travel. There are people of all ages standing in the photo, and they are standing around logs that are laying on the ground. On the left side of the image there are horses and mules that are pulling a wagon that two people are sitting on. In the background of the image, there is a vehicle of some sort that is surrounded by smoke and there are trees behind the family.
Date: [1877..1930]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III & Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[A campsite in a desert]

Description: Photograph of a campsite in the desert with multiple large tents scattered amongst the landscape. A group of horses stand in the foreground of the image and appear to be grazing. A mountain is visible in the background of the image.
Date: [1880..1930]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[A family on their homestead]

Description: Photograph of two women, leaning against a wooden-post fence in front of their home and barn, watching a little girl in a white dress walking towards the camera. The little girl's dress is swept upwards with the wind.
Date: [1880..]
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of four men inside a tent]

Description: Photograph of four unidentified men sitting inside a large tent, the man on the farthest left is turned away from having his picture taken. The man in the center is standing against a wooden table and staring straight ahead. The two men on the right are seated on the bed, with the man on the farthest right holding onto a lute and playing a tune while the other man watches.
Date: [1880..1920]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Portrait of a young woman]

Description: Photograph of a young woman posing for a portrait. The woman has light colored hair that is pulled back and away from her face and she has a bow at the back of her hair. She is wearing a white, high neck blouse with a striped, double breasted jacket. The room around her is very dark and does not have any discernible details and she is slightly out of focus.
Date: [1880..1910]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Sr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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