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

[Portrait of Byrd Sr.]

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]
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Portrait of Byrd Williams Senior]

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.
Date: [1848..1895]
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

[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.
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Interior of Hall, Williams, & Co. Merchants store]

Interior of Byrd Williams' dry goods store in Dyersburg, Tennessee with 5 men standing inside.
Date: [1870..1886]
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

[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
System: The UNT Digital Library

[A family mid-travel 1 of 2]

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.
System: The UNT Digital Library

[A family mid-travel 2 of 2]

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.
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Byrd, Sr., and Mary Alice Williams]

Portrait of Mary Alice Williams and Byrd Williams, Sr., taken by David H. Anderson at 785 Broadway, New York, New York, former home of the Matthew Brady studio.
Date: [1879..1885]
Creator: Anderson, David H.
System: The UNT Digital Library

[The B. M. Williams Hardware Store]

Photograph of many men standing at the back of the B. M. Williams Hardware Store. The shelf are filled with their stock as the men pose around the counters for their portrait.
Date: [1880..]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Sr.
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Byrd Williams, Sr., and wife Mary Alice Johnson Williams]

Photograph of Byrd Williams, Sr. and Mary Alice Johnson Williams, sitting on a river bank.
Date: [1880..1900]
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

[A campsite in a desert]

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.
System: The UNT Digital Library

[A family on their homestead]

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..]
Creator: unknown
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

[The first train at the Gainesville, Texas station, 2]

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

[Inside the hardware store of Byrd Williams in Gainesville, Texas, 2]

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

[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
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph of a young girl on a horse]

Photograph of a very young girl, seated atop of a horse that is tied to a wire fence, with another horse to the left. The young girl is wearing a white dress and riding boots and her hair is swept to the right from the wind.
Date: [1880..]
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph of four men inside a tent]

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.
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Portrait of a young woman]

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.
System: The UNT Digital Library