Photograph of Byrd Williams Jr. and his wife Irene standing in a backyard. Irene is wearing a white, long sleeve dress and Byrd is wearing a dark suit with a bow tie. She has her arms crossed across her chest and he has his hands around each of her biceps. They are standing in front of a fence and other houses are visible on the other side of this fence.

Photograph of a mountain landscape with numerous tall trees. In the background, a flat landscape can be seen.

Photograph of a boardwalk next to a beach. The boardwalk is paved with cement and there are lamp posts along the edge of pavement by the sand. People are walking in the distance on the boardwalk and there are some people sitting in the sand. There are buildings on the far right of the image and the ocean is visible on the left.

Photograph of either John or Byrd Williams III looking out over a valley. The boy is standing in a sandy area of the mountains and is wearing a white, patterned shirt with light-colored pants and is holding a jacket over his arm. There are mountainsides on the right and left sides of the image and in between these is a valley. The mountainsides are covered in rocks and trees. There is another mountain in the background of the image.

Photograph of Byrd Williams Jr. standing in a desert with one of his sons. He stands turned to the side with one leg propped up and a gun in his lap. The young boy stands near him and looks in his direction. A tall desert plant can be seen next to them.

Photograph of a road being constructed in a desert. Wooden planks have been placed side-by-side in between long stretches of wooden planks that form a road. Mountains are visible in the distance.

Photograph of partially constructed walls on a construction site. These walls are made out of lumber and have large spaces in between their legs and bracing. In front of this structure are piles of lumber and rocks. There are also other types of construction materials, such as saw horses and a wheel barrow, that are sitting in front of the structure. In the background of the image behind the structure, a treeline is visible.

Photograph of a worker standing on a large pipe in a ditch while he pours a liquid into a small container. The man wears trousers, a collared, long-sleeve shirt, a hat, and shoes. He smokes a cigarette and leans over while holding the bucket of liquid he pours. Two metal buckets are visible in the foreground.

Photograph of John and Byrd Williams III standing on a beach. Byrd is turned to the side, holding his wrist and squinting at the camera. John stands facing the camera and smiles. They both wear dark coats, pants, boots, and hats. The ocean tide rolls into the shoreline behind them.

Photograph of a pigeon sitting on a wooden plank. One end of the plank is resting on a wooden barrel. A wooden fence and wall can be seen behind the pigeon with the shadow of chicken wire.

Photograph of a steamship in a harbor near a dock. The steamship has a black hull and the structures on the deck are white. Next to the boat is a flat bottom boat that has a large metal structure made up of triangles and poles on top of it and there is dark steam behind both of the boats. There is a dock in the bottom left corner of the image and there are more boats in the distance on the water. On the opposite shore, buildings and power lines are visible.

Photograph of Byrd III as a young boy, sitting on the front steps of a house.

Photograph of a construction site with a pipe running underground.

Photograph of Irene Williams sitting with her sons John and Byrd III on a porch. Irene sits on the brick knee-wall porch railing and looks at the camera. Baby John sits next to her and also looks towards the camera. Byrd sits next to John and is turned to the side. This photograph was taken at the Williams home in El Paso, Texas.

Photograph of a road that is under construction in the desert. The road is covered in large rocks, and the edge is paved with cement. There is a wheel barrow laying on its side on the right side of the road and there is heavy construction equipment in the background of the image at the end of the road. The desert is flat with no trees and in the background on the left side of the image there are mountains.

Photograph of a steamship on a large body of water.

Photograph of a steamboat on a river. The boat is white with three levels and "U.S." is painted on the side of it. The river it is floating down is very still, and the opposite bank of the river is covered in trees that have no leaves. There is a small building on the river on the left side of the image.

Photograph of a dirt road leading into the mountains. A fence with wooden posts runs alongside one side of the road. On the other side of the fence, a flat field can be seen.

Photograph of a stream in a forest with large rocks amongst it. Multiple branches can be seen in the water. The surrounding area is heavily forested.

Photograph of a construction structure with men working on it. A mound of sand is present next to the structure. A crane can be seen in the background.

Photograph of land taken from a mountainside. The area where the photograph was taken is at a high elevation and is covered in tall grasses and rocks. The land at the lower elevation is barely visible because it is very light but it is flat land with few trees and structures. Another mountain is visible in the background.

Photograph of a stone arch. The arch is made of stacked stones and looks to be part of ruins. There is a large building behind the arch that looks old and abandoned. The land around these structures has very sparse grass.

Photograph of a forest that is covered in snow. There are no trees in the foreground of the image, but in the background of the image there are tall pine trees and some trees that have no leaves. The ground is covered in snow, and there is a trail leading through the trees in the middles of the image. Just before the treeline, there are some stumps and rocks on the ground.

Photograph of people playing on a beach. A young boy can be seen dragging a stick along the sand as he walks down the beach. Multiple individuals are standing in the ocean water. Small buildings are visible in the background.