Resource Type

[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
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.
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
System: The UNT Digital Library

[People drinking from a gas can]

Photograph of several people possibly drinking alcohol during prohibition from what appears to be a gasoline can.
Date: [1870..1910]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Sr.
System: The UNT Digital Library

[The first train at the Gainesville, Texas station]

Photograph of men standing on and around the first train to roll through Gainesville, Texas. Several of the men are posing on the ground, standing around the engine; others are standing on the first car behind the engine.
Date: 1880~
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Sr.
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Inside the hardware store of Byrd Williams in Gainesville, Texas]

Photograph of Byrd Williams, Sr.'s dry goods/hardware store on the south side of the square in Gainesville, Texas.
Date: 1880~
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Sr.
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.
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.
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.
System: The UNT Digital Library

[A stove in Byrd Williams' hardware store]

Photograph of a stove in Byrd Williams' dry goods/hardware store in Gainesville, Texas.
Date: 1890~
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Sr.
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Portrait of Mary Alice Williams]

Photograph of Mary Alice Williams, wife of Byrd Williams, Sr.
Date: 1898
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Sr.
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Cliffside and mountainous landscape]

Photograph from atop a mountain, looking down into the cliffside and the trees that fill the landscape below. The landscape below appears to be covered in snow.
Date: [1900..1930]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Lake landscape]

Photograph of a lake that is surrounding a little island, a forest of trees and mountains enclose the space.
Date: [1900..1930]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Man walking along the Rhine River across from Ehrenbreitstein Fortress in Koblenz, Germany]

Photograph of a man in a black coat walking along the Rhine River across from Ehrenbreitstein Fortress in Koblenz, Germany.
Date: [1900..1910]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Man walking on train tracks]

Photograph of a man walking away from the camera down a set of train tracks.
Date: 1900~
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Men preparing a boat for travel]

Photograph of men preparing a fishing boat for an excursion. The boat rests on the beach on two wooden logs, ready to be rolled into the water. Some of the men are inside the boat while others stand next to it.
Date: [1900..1920]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Mountain landscape]

Photograph of mountains in a desert landscape. The mountains are covered in small shrubs. A few clouds can be seen in the sky above.
Date: [1900..1930]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph of the ocean waves]

Photograph of the ocean waves coming in and crashing against the large boulders out into the sea.
Date: [1900..1920]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Portrait of a young man]

Photograph of an unidentified young man standing in front of a fence, with his arms crossed over his overalls and posing for his portrait. The young man's sleeve presumed to be stained with droplets of blood.
Date: [1900..1920]
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Portrait of Irene Biffle]

Photograph of Irene Williams, wife of Byrd Williams, Jr. Mother of Byrd III, John, and Charles Williams. Irene is dressed in a loose-fitting dress that is pinned in the front.
Date: [1900..]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library

[A row of statues overlooking the Pacific Ocean near Point Lobos in California]

Photograph of a row of classical statues overlooking the Pacific Ocean near Point Lobos in California, imported by millionaire Adolph Sutro, from Belgium just before the 20th century. The statues rested on the parapet at Sutro Heights.
Date: 1900~
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Women in wedding gowns]

Photograph of four women standing on a dirt mound that overlooks an empty vast horizon and posing for their portrait to be taken. All four women are wearing white gowns, with flower crowns and veils as their portrait was taken.
Date: [1900..1930]
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Ernest Biffle]

Photograph of Irene Biffle Williams' brother Ernest "Big Ike" Biffle.
Date: 1902
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Sr.
System: The UNT Digital Library

[First day at UT]

Photograph of a large group of students on their first day at the University of Texas in 1902. Byrd Williams Sr. traveled to Austin from Gainesville to photograph his son, Byrd Jr. who is somewhere in the crowd.
Date: 1902
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Sr.
System: The UNT Digital Library