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[Front of the Robot II camera with a strap]

Description: Photograph of the Robot II camera from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. It is the front of the camera, which has a black mottled material as the base and a silver lens casing. There is a silver details around the bottom and the top is also done all in silver. There is a black strap attached to the sides for carrying.
Date: July 20, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Watch with chain wrapped around it]

Description: Photograph of a timepiece from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. It has a bronze casing and attachments at the top. The clock-face has a smaller clock-face with the seconds on it. The chain is wrapped around the turner attachment at the top.
Date: July 20, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Byrd Photo Service pens]

Description: Photograph of a selection of pens advertising the Byrd Photo Service, Inc. from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. They are silver pens with the name and address of the old Byrd Photo Service storefront listed on the side. There is a diamond detail under the clip in red and blue.
Date: July 20, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photos in the Byrd family photo album]

Description: Photograph of pictures in a photo album from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. There are eight pictures on the two pages it is opened to. They are printed in an oval shape and there are slots underneath the cut-out to slide the print into place.
Date: July 20, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Design on an Anheuser-Busch crate]

Description: Photograph of a crate from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. It is an Anheuser-Busch crate with an eagle design on the side. The eagle is coming through a red letter "A" and has a shield and arrows beneath its talons. The lid is slightly opened and there is a metal piece on top.
Date: July 20, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Top view of the Linhof Camera]

Description: Photograph of the Linhof camera from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. It is a top-view of the camera and it has an accordion bellows. The casing for it is a black leather and there is a handle attached on one side.
Date: July 20, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Front of the Robot II camera]

Description: Photograph of the Robot II camera from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. It is the front of the camera, which has a black mottled material as the base and a silver lens casing. There is a silver details around the bottom and the top is also done all in silver. There is a black strap attached to the sides for carrying.
Date: July 20, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Front view of the Hasselblad 500 C]

Description: Photograph of the Hasselblad 500 C camera from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. It is viewed from the front of the camera. The lens is open and the parts to control the camera are visible on the side. The viewfinder housing is on top of the camera.
Date: July 20, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Stereoscope viewer with picture of forest in holder]

Description: Photograph of a stereoscope viewer from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. The face piece is a metal material and there is a wooden piece attached to it that is holding a picture with two images of the same forest in different tones. There is also a wooden barrier between the eye holes so that one eye focuses on each image creating a 3D effect.
Date: August 2, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Surveying transit tool]

Description: A photograph of a desk pen in a marble and gold base from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. The pen was from Byrd Williams III's Studio and Photo Service. The base has an engraved plaque with Williams's name on it.
Date: July 20, 2016
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photographic paper packets]

Description: Three photographs of photographic papers from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. The papers were used in the Byrd Photo Service. The first photo is of the label of Gevaluxe Velours Paper and the second is of the same label but further out. It includes a Kodak box for professional paper used in photography. The third photograph is of folders of the Kodak and Gevaluxe papers.
Date: July 20, 2016
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Two children at table]

Description: A photograph of two children from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. It is an oil painted portrait made from the print photograph. They are wearing matching red and white outfits and have their hands crossed on the table in front of them.
Date: July 20, 2016
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Abacus and paper]

Description: A photograph of an abacus and invoice sheet from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. The abacus is on top of the paper and looks hand-made with wooden pieces, nails, wires strung through it, and white and brown beads separated into seven on each. At the top of the abacus is a paper.
Date: July 20, 2016
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Leica camera and strap]

Description: A photograph of a Leica camera from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. It is a front view of the camera and it has a strap attached to it. It is covered in a black grip-able material and has silver details around the bottom; the top is also done all in silver as well as the lens cap, which also has the Leica name engraved in it.
Date: July 20, 2016
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Leica Manual and Leica camera]

Description: A series of three photographs of the Leica camera and it's companion manual from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. One picture is of the cover book of the book and shows the white and cream stains on it. Another picture is of the Leica camera on top of the cover of the book. The last picture is of the book open to the first page and the camera is set up in the space above it. The pages are separated from the spine but are still bound together.
Date: July 20, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[California and the West photobook]

Description: A photograph of the photograph book California and the West from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. The cover is a black material with fraying edges and finger smudges. Charis Wilson and Edward Weston put the book together and took the photographs.
Date: July 20, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Byrd Williams III design in front cover of Leica Manual]

Description: Two photographs of the inner cover of the Lecia Manual from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. The first picture shows the inner cover and the title page of the book, which also includes a table of contents. The second picture is of the inner cover only and has Byrd M. Williams III's name written above a drawing labeling it as his.
Date: August 26, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Carved bowl of wooden pipe]

Description: A photograph of a carved wooden pipe with a black stem from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. The carvings are in a striped pattern and each chisel mark is visible. There is also a white stripe around the black stem near where it connects to the wooden section of the pipe.
Date: July 20, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Oil painted print of a woman]

Description: A photograph of a picture of a woman from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. She is wearing a light skirt with a green, white, and maroon waist detail. She is also wearing a chain strapped bra with green and maroon flower details on the front. She is partially lying down on a platform and is leaning against an urn.
Date: August 26, 2016
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Interior of a Photo-lab Index]

Description: A photograph of a photo index from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. It is 'The cumulative Formula of Standard Recommended Photographic Procedures" and has a red cloth cover. The book is open on the table and there are tabs between the sections labeled 8-17. There are stains on the inside of the front cover where the metal bracket and rings that are holding the pages together touched the paper.
Date: July 20, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Byrd Williams IV family album]

Description: Two photographs of a family photo album from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. The first photograph is of two pictures on a page in the album. The second shows the cover of Byrd Williams IV's family album. The words "39 YEARS" is sketched on the cover.
Date: July 20, 2016
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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