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[Keepsake and letter]

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
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Ambrotype of an unknown woman and child]

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.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[One-Thousand dollar note]

A one-thousand dollar note made out from the Confederate States of American, willing to pay to bearer one-thousand dollars with interest of ten cents per day --- 28th, 1961.
Date: 1861
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Rio Grande Railroad]

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.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Main Street, Dyersburg, Tennessee]

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]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[People at the Merchant Hotel and Restaurant]

Photograph of a group of people standing outside a hotel called "Merchant Hotel."
Date: [1880..1895]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Wagon purported to be Sam Houston's stagecoach]

Photograph of a stagecoach purported to belong to the late General Sam Houston, photographed by Byrd Williams to make post cards for his store in Gainesville.
Date: 1880~
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Sr.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Johnson, Byrd Jr., and Charles Williams]

Portrait of Johnson, Byrd Jr., and Charles Williams, as young boys.
Date: [1886..1891]
Creator: Manderfeld, Hubert
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Page 8 of Byrd Williams Sr. album, 1886-1902]

Scrapbook page featuring a portrait of Johnson Williams wearing a suit and bow tie.
Date: 1886/1892
Creator: Ingle, Elizabeth
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Chestnut Bluff - June 12, 1887] (open access)

[Letter from Chestnut Bluff - June 12, 1887]

Letter to and from unnamed individuals, in which the writer discusses the prevalence of scarlet fever in their hometown of Dyersburg. It also includes an account of the possible sickness of the writer's son, and ends with her calling for the doctor.
Date: June 12, 1887
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Page 1 of Byrd Williams Sr. album, 1886-1902]

Scrapbook page featuring a portrait of Mary Alice Williams standing at a chair.
Date: 1888/1895
Creator: Goben, James L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Page 2 of Byrd Williams Sr. album, 1886-1902]

Scrapbook page featuring a portrait of Byrd Williams Jr. in a suit.
Date: 1888/1895
Creator: Goben, James L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photo of Charles Williams from the Byrd Williams Sr. album, 1886-1902]

Photograph of Charles Williams as a baby.
Date: 1888/1889
Creator: Boyd, Frank
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photo of Mary Alice Williams from the Byrd Williams Sr. album, 1886-1902]

Photograph of Mary Alice Johnson Williams.
Date: 1888/1895
Creator: Goben, James L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Page 7 of Byrd Williams Sr. album, 1886-1902]

Scrapbook page featuring a portrait of Charles Williams.
Date: 1889/1891
Creator: Manderfeld, Hubert
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Man driving a car]

School book cover belonging to Byrd Williams, Jr., on which he sketched a man driving a car.
Date: [1890..1930]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Page 5 of Byrd Williams Sr. album, 1886-1902]

Scrapbook page featuring a portrait of Charles Williams holding a riding crop.
Date: 1890/1895
Creator: Manderfeld, Hubert
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Page 6 of Byrd Williams Sr. album, 1886-1902]

Scrapbook page featuring a portrait of Byrd Williams Jr. holding a riding crop.
Date: 1890/1895
Creator: Manderfeld, Hubert
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Port Isabel lighthouse]

Photograph of the Port Isabel lighthouse near Padre Island in Texas. Byrd Senior photographed the lighthouse to make postcards for his store in Gainesville, Texas.
Date: 1890~
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Sr.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Port Isabel lighthouse, 2]

Photograph of the Port Isabel lighthouse near Padre Island in Texas. Byrd Senior photographed the lighthouse to make postcards for his store in Gainesville, Texas.
Date: 1890~
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Sr.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Page 4 of Byrd Williams Sr. album, 1886-1902]

Scrapbook page featuring a portrait of Charles Williams.
Date: 1892/1895
Creator: Goben, James L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photo of Byrd Jr. from the Byrd Williams Sr. album, 1886-1902]

Photograph of Byrd Williams Jr. in a three-piece suit.
Date: 1897/1902
Creator: Ingle, Elizabeth
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[U.S.C.G. Algonquin, 2]

Photograph of the U.S.C.G. Algonquin
Date: [1898..1951]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Bay Prairie Irrigation Company system]

Photograph of irrigation equipment belonging to the Bay Prairie Irrigation Company. The equipment has multiple small doors that are arranged in rows on the wall and there is a strip of space in the center of the wall that is open. There are three white ladders leaned against the wall and there are pipes running in front of the wall. The image has been torn and the bottom edge is jagged. This room was possibly a part of a water pumping plant.
Date: [1900..1930]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Sr.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library