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[Downtown Fort Worth; Main Street at 7th, Looking North]

Description: Photograph of Main Street at 7th Street in Fort Worth, Texas in the 1930s. Automobiles are parked and driving on the street. Signage for multiple buildings can be seen on both sides of the street. The first skyscraper is the Trans-American Life Building, which is no longer standing. The second skyscraper is the Courtyard Hotel, formerly known as the Blackstone Hotel. The Tarrant County Courthouse can be seen in the background at the end of the street.
Date: [1930..]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III

[Al Hayne monument near the T&P Station]

Description: Photograph of the Al Hayne monument with the T&P Station in the background. The monument was erected in 1893 by the Woman’s Humane Association to commemorate the heroic efforts of Hayne's. Hayne was an English civil engineer who lost his life during the 1890 fire of Texas Spring Palace while rescuing people that were trapped inside the burning building.
Date: [1930..]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Location: 32.746357 -97.326322

[Al Hayne monument near the T&P Station]

Description: Photograph of the Al Hayne monument with the T&P Station in the background. The monument was erected in 1893 by the Woman’s Humane Association to commemorate the heroic efforts of Hayne's. Hayne was an English civil engineer who lost his life during the 1890 fire of Texas Spring Palace while rescuing people that were trapped inside the burning building.
Date: [1930..]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Location: 32.746340 -97.326310

[Original Fort Worth city hall]

Description: Photograph of downtown Fort Worth where Throckmorton and Tenth Street meet. The original Fort Worth City Hall can be seen in the center of the photograph and was built in 1893. The old Fort Worth City Hall was demolished in 1937 and replaced by a new city hall that is now the Public Safety and Courts Building.
Date: [1930..]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III

[Photograph of 4th & Main street]

Description: Photograph of 4th and Main NW street corner, looking towards Hotel Commercial. The photograph was taken behind a few pedestrians whose hats are visible in the foreground looking towards a cafe and eatery.
Date: [1930..]
Location: 32.754509 -97.331178

[Photograph of a street in Fort Worth]

Description: Photograph of a street overlooking downtown Fort Worth, where trolley tracks are leading from the foreground to the sidewalk in front of the Texas Garage.
Date: [1930..]

[Photograph of Blackstone Hotel]

Description: Photograph of Main Street at 7th Street in Fort Worth, Texas in the 1930s. Automobiles are parked and driving on the street. Signage for multiple buildings can be seen on both sides of the street. The first skyscraper is the Trans-American Life Building, which is no longer standing. The second skyscraper is the Courtyard Hotel, formerly known as the Blackstone Hotel. The Tarrant County Courthouse can be seen in the background at the end of the street.
Date: [1930..]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III

[Photograph of bridge leading to the Tarrant County Courthouse]

Description: Photograph of the busy overpass leading to the Tarrant County Courthouse in Fort Worth, Texas. Cars and trucks drive along both sides of the street. Billboards hang from a tall building on the left side of the overpass. Another street, which runs parallel to the courthouse, is lined with cars facing the right. The courthouse is a large granite building with a tall clocktower centered over the entrance. Powerlines stretch across the scene.
Date: [1930..]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Location: 32.757488 -97.333143

[Photograph of Carnegie library]

Description: Photograph of Carnegie Public Library in Fort Worth, Texas. The old city hall and the clock-tower are visible in the background behind the library. There is a singular automobile driving along the road, and many individuals standing on the sidewalk in front of the building.
Date: [1930..]
Location: 32.750894 -97.330214

[Photograph of construction workers]

Description: Photograph of three construction workers dumping dirt into an empty plot of land. The construction site is taking place across the Fort Worth Blue Print Co., the master blue printers and photocopy specialists.
Date: [1930..]

[Photograph of gas station downtown]

Description: Photograph of a gas-station downtown Fort Worth, Texas. The gas-station many of the surrounding buildings are displaying advertisements, advertising Dr. Pepper at a cafe, and Coca-Cola at the building over. In the background, one building as an advertisement for the Majestic Theatre.
Date: [1930..]

[Photograph of gas station downtown, 2]

Description: Photograph of a gas-station downtown Fort Worth, Texas. The gas-station many of the surrounding buildings are displaying advertisements, advertising Dr. Pepper at a cafe, and Coca-Cola at the building over. In the background, one building as an advertisement for the Majestic Theatre.
Date: [1930..]

[Photograph of pedestrians along the sidewalk]

Description: Photograph of pedestrians walking on the sidewalk by the windows of different stores. The old clock tower of the former city hall of Fort Worth, as well as the W. T. Waggoner fire station, is visible along the horizon. Parked automobiles line up the streets in front of a store called Bruum's.
Date: [1930..]

[Photograph of police officer]

Description: Photograph of a police officer writing up a ticket for a vehicle whose parking meter had expired.
Date: [1930..]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III

[Photograph of St. Patrick's Cathedral]

Description: Photograph of St. Patrick's Cathedral in Fort Worth, Texas. A few automobiles are seen parked on the side of the street, and a few of them are driving across the intersection in front of the church. A small cafe sign can be seen poking out from the left building.
Date: [1930..]

[Photograph of the Fort Worth horizon]

Description: Photograph of the Fort Worth horizon, taken from the side of a road. An unidentified man can be seen running across the street as many vehicles drive towards the city.
Date: [1930..]

[Photograph of the Renfro Drug Co. building]

Description: Photograph of the Renfro Drug Company building located in Fort Worth, Texas. These string of drugstores were opened by Elza Tillman Renfro, who wanted to serve the needs of the Fort Worth community. This building is shared with a Dr. Guthrie, a dentist.
Date: [1930..]
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