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[A stairwell at TCU]
Photograph of a stairwell at TCU in Fort Worth. The concrete steps are edged with strips of grip tape, and are dirty. The handrail is a short wall that lines the stairs, and it has paint peeling off of its edges, and it's dented. The stairs lead up to a landing that has an exit and another set of stairs going up in the opposite direction. The door has a plague over it, and a sign next to it.
[Downtown Dallas]
Photograph of Downtown Dallas at the intersection of N Akard and Elm Street, looking north. On the left of the photo, First National Bank Tower can be seen. Dozens of other buildings of varying heights and sizes crowd the photo. The two closest to the camera are an art-deco building with a rooftop garden, and a taller building with many, many windows. A geometric, glass building with a pointed roofline stands tall in the background, surrounded by smaller buildings. Cars line the streets as they drive along them.
[Gorman's Boxing Club]
Photograph of Gorman's Boxing Club, located at 701 S Main Street in Fort Worth, Texas. The brick building has multiple signs on, and around it, arched windows, and cars parked in front, and on the grass next to it. The signs on the building read "GORMAN'S SUPER PROS," "GORMAN'S BOXING CLUB HOME OF...," "DON CURRY... GENE HATCHER... STEVE CRUZ," and the sign in front of the building says "GORMAN'S... OLD FASHIONED CLUB FIGHTS... TUE AUG 12... 730... COWTOWNCOL AUG 26 ." A street sign near to the camera reads "E Cannon St 100." There are cars parked all along the front of the building, and the street runs in front of it. Other buildings are in the background.
[The Winfeld Place building]
Photograph of the Winfield Place building located at 801 E 8th Street in Fort Worth, Texas. The brick building is three stories tall, and has very tall windows on each floor, nearly covering the two visible sides. Cars are parked along both of these sides. The corner of the building is at the intersection of E 8th Street and Calhoun Street, both streets with stoplights and street name signs at the intersection. The sky is very cloudy, and other buildings stand far in the background.
[The façade of the Bryce building]
Photograph of the façade of the Bryce building at 909 Throckmorton Street in Fort Worth, Texas. The multi-story building is made of brick and has the words "BRYCE BUILDING" written above its second-story windows, centered on the small balcony in front of them. There is a ripped banner attached to two posts in front of the building that reads "hamburg house" in a German-style font. A sign affixed to the building itself, to the left of the front door, reads "th' port Seafood" and has an arrow pointing up and to the left. A small flower bed with scraggly plants sits in front of the windows that are next to the front door.
[Entrance to a shop]
Photograph of an entrance to a shop at 205 S. Main Street in Fort Worth, Texas. The shop is slightly run down, with cracked concrete as the foundation, and peeling paint on the doorframe. The long windows next to the doorway so an array of buttoned shirts hung on a wire for display, with a number of magazines and shoes below them. The door to the shop is wide open, with a string holding it there, revealing the inside of the shop that has checkerboard tile, more clothes, and a mid-century chair. Two metal discs lean against the wall of the store, next to a pipe.
[City Place in Fort Worth]
Photograph of City Place, formerly known as the Tandy Center, located at 100 Throckmorton Street in Fort Worth, Texas. The photo is taken at night, and the street lights of the parking lot near the camera are on, illuminating the many vehicles that are parked there. The building itself is situated behind another, much shorter building. The lights in the windows are off except for one, but the lights on the side of the building are lit up. There are many other buildings, also with lights on, in the background.
[A curved on-ramp to I-30]
Photograph of a curved on-ramp onto I-35 from Henderson Street in Fort Worth, Texas. The long exposure photo captures the light trails of the cars that were driving along the on-ramp at the time the photo was taken. In the background, the city skyline of Fort Worth can be seen up close. All of the buildings are lit up because it is dark outside, and two buildings have lights that spell "TANDY" and "CEN..." on the side of each building respectively. A skyscraper has lights on in a few of the windows, and there is grass on either side of the on-ramp that leads to the left side of the photo.
[Detail shot of the Texas Electric Power Plant]
Photograph of a detail of the Texas Electric Power Plant in Fort Worth. The right side of the photo shows the left corner of a brick building with arched windows on the lowest floor in the photo, and rectangular windows on the top floor. There is a flat area attached to the side of this building, creating an overhang for the ground below it that isn't visible from the angle the photo is taken from. To the left of the photo, tall columns and/or tubes stand taller than the photo, being cut off on the top edge.
[Entrance to the U.S. Post Office Central]
Photograph of the entrance to the U.S. Post Office Central located at 251 W Lancaster Avenue in Fort Worth, Texas. The photo is taken from the side of the entryway, focusing on the wall that creates one side of the steps leading up to the doors. Grecian-inspired lampposts sit on top of the borders of the stairs. A sidewalk runs in front of the building, and a large billboard, along with other buildings, is in the background.
[The intersection of W 8th and Houston Streets in Fort Worth]
Photograph of the intersection of W 8th and Houston Streets in Fort Worth, Texas. The photograph focuses on a lamppost on the corner of the intersection. A car is slightly transparent in the background because it drove by while the long exposure photo was being taken. The building that the car drives in front of has an awning that reads "Savings West," and there are many other buildings in the background.
[A building with greenery on the exterior]
Photograph of a parking garage in Fort Worth. A cylindrical section of the building connects to a rectangular section where the cars park. This joining is where a large growth of a climbing plant emerges from. The greenery reaches from one edge of the cylinder to the other. There is a wire fence on the bottom level of the parking garage.
[Heritage Park Plaza, Criminal Courts Building, and Tarrant County Jail]
Photograph of Heritage Park Plaza, Criminal Courts Building and the Tarrant County Jail. The buildings are arranged in stair-steps, with each one getting larger as they get farther away from the camera. Each has multiple stories, and the front building has little waterfalls flowing from it, as it is a fountain of sorts. There are trees growing all around the fountain. The middle building casts a shadow on the one in the background.
[An exterior detail at the Ashton Depot in Fort Worth]
Photograph of an exterior detail at the Ashton Depot, formerly known as Santa Fe Depot and Fort Worth Union Depot, at 1501 Jones Street in Fort Worth, Texas. The focus of the photo is a brick wall with four visible, arched windows. Obscuring the view from said wall is a metal fence that stands very close to the camera. Another wall also obscured the view of the brick one, and it is marked by time with peeling paint and scuffs all over it. A lamppost sits on top of this wall.
[The construction of the overpass for 120 and 35W]
Photograph of the construction of the overpass for 120 and 35W in Fort Worth. Close to the camera is a large concrete pillar in the left 2/3 of the photo with mud and rocks piled up next to it. Beyond the pillar is a marshland of standing water, rocks, construction materials, and more. The background of the photo shows more pillars being built, a bunch of rebar, and a crane lifting a cage.
[A deteriorating building in the Fort Worth Stockyards]
Photograph of a deteriorating building in the Fort Worth Stockyards. Designed in the Spanish/Old West style, this brick building had been plastered over in its time to create a smooth finish. The photo shows how the plaster has started to come off, exposing the brick once more. Each visible window is arched and has pointed arches outlining them. The walls themselves do not appear to be crumbling, it is just the plaster casing that is falling away. A street runs in front of the building, a small lamppost sits on the side of it, and a telephone pole stands tall above the building to the right of the photo.
[Sundance Court]
Photograph of the "Sundance Court" courtyard in Fort Worth. The photo is taken from up high, with the roof of a building taking up the bottom third of the photo. The courtyard is made of a brick-paved alley between buildings with planted trees, and nice light sconces on the walls. The buildings are made of brick and the trees are just about as tall as them. The Fort Worth skyline is in the background, slightly obscured by clouds.
[A tree and gazebo at Trinity Park]
Photograph of a tree and a gazebo at Trinity Park, located at 2401 University Drive in Fort Worth. The tree is very close to the camera, with only the base in frame, as it leans to the left of the photo. The gazebo is made of brick and resembles a house, except it is open air with no doors. Steps lead up to the gazebo, and other trees grow all around it.
[The Public Market building in Fort Worth]
Photograph of the Public Market building located at 1400 Henderson Street in Fort Worth, Texas. The building consists of a tower on the corner of a shorter building. The tower houses the entrance under a large, corbeled arch. The center of the arch reads "PUBLIC MARKET" and the words separate a detailed carving above, and the double doors below. The roof of the rest of the building is covered in Spanish tile, and steps lead up to it from the corner of the road in front of it.
[The back of the Ashton Depot]
Photograph of the back of Ashton Depot, located at 1501 Jones Street in Fort Worth. Formerly known as both Santa Fe Depot and Fort Worth Union Depot, this building is made of brick. Between the camera and the building are a set of train tracks, a metal fence, and a shorter section of a more run-down building. The depot has arched windows.
[The side of a building in downtown Fort Worth]
Photograph of the side of a building in downtown Fort Worth. The paint on the building is peeling off in many, many places, making the building look old. There are two doors in the wall, connected by a set of fire escape stairs. The top left door has a ladder from its fire escape landing, going up, and the second door's just has more stairs going down and to the right of the photo. Also attached to the building, in the bottom right corner of the photo, is a stop light with a one way sign point to the left. There is another building in the background.
[A construction site in downtown Fort Worth]
Photograph of a construction site on Throckmorton Street in downtown Fort Worth. The main focal point of the photo is a retailing wall that comes from the left side, and extends backwards to the right third. It is made of wood, and stands on a crumbling brick wall. Behind it, tall buildings, one of which with a fire escape, stand in a line. The background of the right shows another crumbling brick wall.
[The intersection of E 2nd and Main Street in Downtown Fort Worth]
Photograph of the intersection of E 2nd and Main Street in downtown Fort Worth, looking south. The road that extends to the background of the photo is make of brick, and the road leading to the left is asphalt. Buildings in the Old West style line both sides of the brick street, and cars park along the sides of it. A tall building in the far background has large letters on top of it that read "CNB."
[The intersection of Throckmorton and W 4th Street]
Photograph of the intersection of Throckmorton and W 4th Street, looking south with Fort Worth National Bank, now known as The Tower Residential, on the right. There are three empty flagpoles in front of the bank building, along with rows of young trees on either visible side. The corner of the intersection has a stoplight with a sign that says "BUSES ONLY" and has an arrow pointing down below it. In the background there are many buildings, two with visible fire escapes. One of them reads "CNB" at the very top.
[The flat iron building in Fort Worth]
Photograph of the flat iron building at 1000 Houston Street in Fort Worth, Texas. The building is older, with sign of age showing on its borders and the style of architecture. Directly behind it, a very modern, all-glass building creates a stark contrast to the flat iron building. A mature tree grows on the left side of the photo, behind a lamppost with four globe-shaped light fixtures on it.
[A prosthetic leg laying in a pile of leaves]
Photograph of a prosthetic leg laying in a pile of leaves. The leg has cloth wrapped all around it that is starting to come off. The attachment section has grommets, as if it would be laced onto the wearer's existing leg. There are two wooden logs at the top of the photo, also sitting in leaves.
[Pillars at the First Christian Church in Fort Worth]
Photograph of the pillars at the First Christian Church located at 612 Throckmorton Street, in Fort Worth. The large columns extend above the photo and sit on an outer portion of a wall. This wall makes up a border for the stairs on the left side of the photo. There are two columns pictured, and they are in the left 2/3 of the image. They are next to a set of stairs that leads to the entrance of the building. There is another building in the background.
[East 4th Street, looking west]
Photograph of East 4th Street in Fort Worth, looking west. The Burk Burnett building is in the background, and a parking garage with an arrow-shaped sign pointing to it, is near the camera, to the left of the photo. The sign reads "PARKING." There are cars parked along the sides of the road, and one is blurry, as it was parking while the long-exposure photo was being taken. The sky is cloudy, and a trio of men are standing at the entrance to the parking garage.
[A woman tending a counter at a bingo parlor]
Photograph of a woman tending a counter at a bingo parlor. The counter is not symmetrical with one edge being slanted, and it has a clear display case in its center. A section of lattice sits on top of it with a small cut out section creating a window for the woman to work through. A variety of bingo advertisements lean against the lattice, a there is a large number of discarded tickets and other bingo paraphernalia on the ground in front of the counter. A sign hanging above the counter reads "Instant Bingo," and folding tables sit to the left of the photo, on linoleum floors.
[An individual tending the concession stand at the Plano Bingo Parlor
Photograph of an individual tending a concession stand at the Plano Bingo Parlor at 2550 14th Street in Plano, Texas. The individual is blurred out of the photo as they stand in a small room with a large, open window area. A bulletin board on the left side of this window has photos of bingo cards pinned to it. A sign on the back wall of the stand advertises prices for bingo sessions, and a t-shirt is tacked to the wall for display. A large pole, from which an old television is suspended from the side, is standing near to the camera, nearly cutting the photo in half.
[A dorm room at Graceland Hall]
Photograph of a dorm room in Graceland Hall, at A&M Commerce. The door to the dorm is open, allowing the camera to see the decorations on the front of it. The door's paint is peeling, and there are two images, one saying "EAT MORE TOAD" and the other "PLEASE", taped to the door under the image of a person sitting in a chair. The left side of the photo shows another open door that leads to the bathroom, of which a sink and a few towels are visible. The far right of the photo shows the hallway of the dorm.
[Byrd Williams IV's bedroom on Hawthorne Street]
Photograph of Byrd Williams IV's bedroom on Hawthorne Street. The photo has a dark vignette around it, showing only a circle of the image. The room is sparse, the bed unmade, with the covers pushed onto half of it, leaving the other half bare. A nightstand sits on either side of the bed, with woodgrain that matches the bed's headboard, the left one with a small lamp with a tilted shade. The left of the photo shows piles of cardboard boxes used for storage, and the right shows folded clothes in piles in the corner and by the dresser that is partially cut out of the frame. A doorway on the right has an open door.
[A short toilet in a bathroom]
Photograph of a short toilet in a bathroom. The walls and floors of the bathroom are tile, and a matching tile toilet paper holder is attached to the wall on the right side of the photo. The sink to the left of the toilet is small, with one cabinet door. A tissue holder sits on top of the toilet, and towers hang to the left of the sink.
[A bathroom with black and white checkered tile]
Photograph of a bathroom with black and white checkered tile. The walls of the bathroom are shiny, smaller tiles, while the floor is a little bit more faded, with larger square tiles. A wall, also made of the same checkerboard, divides the room into halves. On the left is a urinal, with the edge of one on the very left edge of the photo, and the right has a row of sinks with soap dispensers mounted to the large rectangular mirror. A trashcan sits on the far right of the photo.
[An apartment kitchen]
Photograph of an apartment kitchen on Hawthorne in Allen, Texas. There is a half-circle, dark vignette on the right side of the photo. The edge of a doorframe divides the photo in half, with the left being a storage area with cleaning products, binders, and a trashcan. The right shows the kitchen with patterned linoleum floors, wooden cabinets, and a coffee pot on the counter. The fridge is white and stands next to a doorway that shows a bike in the apartment's entryway.
[Land Title Block building]
Photograph of the Land Title Block Building on the corner of Commerce and E 4th Street, in Fort Worth. The brick building has multiple stories and an uneven roof line, with a variety of windows in all shapes and sizes. A rectangular window on the left side of the building, between two doors, reads "DADDIO'S!." Many other buildings stand behind and around the Land Title Block and a street runs in front of it. The sky is cloudy.
[A wall heater in a bathroom]
Photograph of a wall heater in a bathroom. The heater is mounted on a tile wall, and has a handle on it, with its arrow pointed to the word "OFF." A toilet paper holder, holding toilet paper, is mounted on the wall to the left of the heater. The edge of a toilet bowl is on the left side of the photo.
[People playing bingo at Plano Bingo Parlor]
Photograph of people playing bingo at Plano Bingo Parlor. The people are all blurred out as they sit at long folding tables with multiple bingo cards in front of each of them. Ashtrays, drink cups, and snacks are interspersed among the tables, along with dotting tools. The caller is sat behind a podium with a mic, and an American flag and the Bingo number board hang behind him.
[An interior shot of an apartment in Allen Texas]
Photograph of an apartment on Hawthorn in Allen, Texas. A wall stands slightly to the left, in the middle of the image, dividing it into two sections. The left shows barstools and other furniture, as well as a blurry person who was moving when the long-exposure photo was taken. The right shows a kitchen with patterned linoleum floors and wooden cabinets. Near the camera is dirty carpet and a bike tire.
[Interior of Jake's Barbershop]
Photograph of the interior of Jake's Barbershop in Fort Worth. The shop has dark tile floors with clumps of hair scattered on top of it, large, padded recliners with footrests, and sink stations. The sink stations each have a file cabinet beside them to store materials, mirrors above them with a ring-shaped light in between each one, and they sit up against a wood paneling wall. A broom is in the middle of the photo, leaning to the right on a recliner. A lounge-style chair leans back at a hair-washing sink on the right.
[Cowboy boots and a pitcher on the floor]
Photograph of cowboy boots and a pitcher on the floor at Daddio's Jazz Café, located at 149 E 4th Street, in Fort Worth. The worn boots and tipped, dusty pitcher sit on a dirty, braided rug. A tall, rectangular section of wood stands upright to the left of the photo, and an electrical outlet is affixed to the grimy wall. A piece of trash is at the mouth of the pitcher.
[The uniform of William Jenkins Worth]
Photograph of the uniform of William Jenkins Worth in a museum. The uniform is in a glass case on top of a pyramidal display stand. The hat is elevated above the jacket by sitting on top of a profile-shaped wire. A portable writing desk and other memorabilia sit on the display pyramid, and various pictures and writings cover the walls of the case.
[Clothes hanging in the Turner and Dingee Food Store]
Photograph of clothes hanging in the Turner and Dingee Food Store in Fort Worth. The clothes are on hangers, and are hanging on a line that bows in the middle due to the weight of the clothes. Behind the clothes are wooden crates stacked on top of each other, with boxes of products in them, labeled in Spanish. A leaflet of folded papers hangs from the top box, and a written list is tacked to it. The background is dark.
[A building at 1540 North Main Street, Fort Worth]
Photograph of a building at 1540 North Main Street in Fort Worth, Texas. The brick building is two stories with stone arch tops in the middle section of the walls, over each window, door, and indention area. The front windows are barred, and there are awnings over every visible door. Concrete steps lead up to the entrance, and a stone boundary separates a small section of landscaping from the sidewalk and road in front of the building. A sign on the side of the building reads "BAIL BONDS..." as the building is being used as a jail in the photo.
[The 777 Main Street skyscraper in Fort Worth]
Photograph of the 777 Main Street skyscraper in Fort Worth at the corner of E 7th and Main. The glass building has multiple levels with an uneven roof line. Each section of the building, going away from the corner facing the camera gets higher and wider, creating a pyramid effect. It reflects the buildings that are across the street, ad a stoplight sits on the corner of the sidewalk in front of it.
[A historic house in Fort Worth]
Photograph of a multi-story house in Fort Worth. The grand house features two large balconies, a full front porch, and large, ornate columns holding up the upper balcony. A shining black vehicle is parked in the grassy lawn that is in front of the house and its flower beds with topiary. A concrete path leads to the right of the photo, and large tree trunk covers a majority of the left half of the photo.
[A bed in the upstairs portion of Daddio's Jazz Café]
Photograph of a bed in the upstairs portion of Daddio's Jazz Café located at 149 E 4th Street in Fort Worth, Texas. The unmade bed has a striped sheet on a striped mattress, with one pillow and a dark blanket. A pair of slippers and an ashtray with cigarette buts laying around it sit on the floor next to the bed. The headboard abuts a cracking plaster wall that is next to a door. Another door, looking identical to the other, is on the right side of the photo.
[A stairwell at the U.S. Post Office Central]
Photograph of a staircase going down, on the west side of the U.S. Post Office Central that is located at 251 W. Lancaster Avenue in Fort Worth, Texas. The concrete stairs have a metal railing on the right and a wall as the railing on the left. In the upper center of the photo, a lamppost sits on the front wall of the stairwell. There is an overpass in the background.
[The staircase entrance to the Armour and Swift meatpacking plant]
Photograph of the staircase entrance to the Armour and Swift meatpacking plant on E. Exchange Street in Fort Worth. A brick road leads up to the concrete stairs that are on the right side of the photo. The left side of the photo shows a hill of grass with the word "ARMOUR" in white in a mown oval on the side of the hill. A fire hydrant rests at the bottom of the hill, and mature trees grow at the top of it.
[The interior of KC Barbeque]
Photograph of the interior of KC Barbeque in Fort Worth. The cluttered entry to the establishment has a door on the right side of the photo, in the background, and paraphernalia, knickknacks, and farm equipment hang all over the walls and ceiling. A cabinet with large windows houses items for sale by the cash register. Another room is barely visible to the left of the photo, and a large metal pipe extends from its wall. There is a stand by the door, displaying the chips for sale in the restaurant.
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