Photograph of Irene Williams with her sons Byrd Williams III and John Williams sitting on a porch. Irene sits on a ledge while holding baby John. Byrd peers over the brick wall and smiles at the camera. The front exterior of a brick house is visible.

Photograph of railroad car on a train bridge that runs over a body of water. The bridge has a large structure above it that appears to be made of metal. A wooden structure next to the railroad car holds what appears to be a gravel-like mixture.

Photograph of ships in a harbor. There are many different types of ships, from barges to military style ships to sailboats, and they are all sailing on the left side of the harbor. The water is split by a stone wall that is running in a diagonal across the image. There are some buildings built around this wall on the shore and the foreground of the image is covered in tall grasses.

Photograph of Irene Williams sitting on the ground and holding her son Charles, who is crying. Charles is wearing a light colored shirt with a peter pan collar and black tights. Irene is wearing a white patterned dress. Neither of them are looking at the camera, and they are both turned to the right side of the image. The area around them is covered in various types of plants and there is a wall behind them.

Photograph of a construction site that is surrounded by rebar frames. These frames are made in a grid-like pattern and are surrounding a concrete foundation. In the middle of this foundation are rebar frames that are laying on the ground. The image was taken from inside of the site at a low angle.There is lumber scattered around the ground and there is a large wood plank that is leaning against the left side of the structure and is connecting the top of the structure to the ground. On the other side of the rebar frame is a tall wooden structure that has planks laying across the top to form walkways. A worker is standing on the left side of the image and is spraying the concrete with water from a hose.

Photograph of Charles Williams as a toddler standing in a front yard. He is wearing a white tank top that is tied around his stomach with shorts and is standing with his arms out to his sides. Behind him is a flower bed that is full of short bushes and that is in front of a house. The exterior of the house is a light-colored brick and there is another house on the right side of the image that is made of the same brick and there is a short brick wall in front of the house.

Photograph of men working on a construction site using mules to pull a truck. The truck rests at the top of a dirt hill. One man can be seen dragging a shovel as he walks past the truck. All of the workers are wearing hats.

Photograph of the Williams boys with their dog Brownie. Byrd III is standing on the left side of the image and is looking at the camera. He is crouching down and has his arms through Charles's armpits. Charles is standing in front of him and is wearing a black sweater and looking at the camera. John is wearing coveralls and is looking over at his brothers. Brownie is standing in front of the boys and is visible in profile. They are standing in a field and there is a tree behind them. In the background of the image, a treeline is visible behind the field.

Photograph of Byrd Williams Jr. standing in a yard with his hands behind his back. He is wearing a suit with a bowtie and a hat. A fence and a house can be seen behind him.

Photograph of a ditch at a construction site. The ditch is nearly filled with dirt. Railroad tracks run across the ditch.

Photograph of a worker using heavy machinery on a construction site. The worker is standing on a ladder that is attached to the barrel of one of the machines and has his back turned to the camera. He is holding a shovel and looking down at the machine. The equipment consists of a metal barrel that has a funnel structure hanging over it and this machine is located in front of a tower. Behind the tower, there are large pipes laid out on the ground and there is black smoke in the air.

Photograph of Byrd Williams Jr. standing in a backyard. He wears a dark suit with a bowtie and a hat. The photograph is slightly blurred and his facial expression cannot be determined. A wooden fence is visible behind him.

Photograph of the beach at the end of Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, taken from Point Lobos, with the Great Highway and both Dutch windmills in view.

Photograph of the Pioneer Monument at Donner Memorial State Park in Truckee, California.

Photograph of Byrd III and John Williams, standing on a rocky shore, looking at the ocean. They stand next to one another with their backs to the camera.

Photograph of Irene Williams posing with her sons and their dog Brownie in a field near a lake. All of the family members are wearing dark coats with hats and all of them except for Byrd III, who is on the far left, are looking at the camera. Byrd has his hat pulled down so that his eyes are not visible and he is holding Brownie's leash. John is holding another leash in his left hand.

Photograph of three ships sailing in the ocean. The ships are very far away from where the image is being taken, and the foreground is completely taken up by slightly choppy, open water. The ships are very large and all have two towers on their decks. The vessel of the left looks to be at a further distance than the other two ships.

Photograph of John and brother Byrd Williams, III, standing in the water on a beach.

Photograph of Charles Williams standing near his mother, Irene who is sitting down in the sand in front of a Cafe. Charles holds a shovel that's pushed into the sand while looking over at his mother. Irene is looking at the camera and sitting criss-cross. She wears a hat, sunglasses, a large coat with a dress underneath.

Photograph of a young John Williams and his brother Charles with their dog Brownie. Charles is wearing a knit cap with a black sweater and has his legs crossed in front of him. John is wearing coveralls that are unbuttoned over a white shirt. Both of the boys are looking at the camera and smiling. Brownie is sitting in between them and is looking off to the right of the camera. The boys are sitting in a backyard and there is a chicken coop behind them that has discarded materials next to it. There are also newspapers on the ground behind Charles and two houses are visible in the background.

Photograph of a construction site in a ditch. There is a partially built structure in the ditch that is constructed from lumber and poles. On the edge of the ditch, there is a large wooden building that looks to be a barn. There is also a man sitting on the edge of the ditch and behind him telephone poles are visible.

Photograph of a construction site. A field of rows of short pipes is situated before a tall, partial wall. Other building materials and construction machinery can be seen in the background.

Photograph of an excavator dumping dirt into a truck bed. There are two workers in the cab of the excavator and the arm of the machine has the word "Erie" on it. The ground around the excavator and the truck is very uneven and there is no grass. In the background behind the machine, a treeline is visible.

Photograph of men working on the construction of either railroad tracks or a road. Men can be seen carrying shovels and shoveling dirt. Two wooden planks of wood are placed parallel to one another forming a pathway for their construction. A large piece of equipment can be seen in the background with men standing around it. A fenceline is visible on the left and two rows of utility poles are visible in the background.