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[Downtown Fort Worth; 8th Street at Commerce, Looking West]

Description: Photograph of the Metropolitan Hotel and surrounding buildings on 8th Street in Downtown, Fort Worth. There are automobiles parked and traveling along the street. Signs for multiple businesses are visible. The Metropolitan Hotel eventually became the Milner Hotel and then later demolished.
Date: 193X
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Burk Burnett Building, 1930s]

Description: Photograph of the Burk Burnett Building in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. Automobiles are parked in front of the building as well as driving by. People are walking past the building on the sidewalk. A slight double exposure with a photograph of a man in a hat can be seen at the top of the photograph.
Date: 193X
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[East 7th & Commerce Streets in Fort Worth]

Description: Photograph of East 7th Street in downtown Fort Worth, looking west from Commerce street. Large buildings are present on both sides of the street. People can be seen walking in the street below along with parked automobiles. A sign that reads "Hotel Seibold Cafe" is present in the center of the image. It appears that the photo was taken from a window in a building on East 7th Street.
Date: 193X
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Downtown Fort Worth; Houston Street at Sixth Looking Southwest]

Description: Photograph of the Ladd furniture store and surrounding shops on Houston Street in Downtown, Fort Worth. There are automobiles parked along the street in front of the shops. The Star-Telegram building can be seen in the background with a blimp passing by it.
Date: 193X
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[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: 193X
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of a street in downtown Fort Worth]

Description: Photograph of two men walking along a brick street in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. The men walk on the concrete sidewalk between a tall brick building and the street. Both men wear hats and long coats. One holds a package in one hand. Signs advertising Camel cigarettes hang in a window on the wall behind them. Next to the window, a stack of wooden crates sits against the wall. The end of an automobile is partially visible on the right.
Date: [1930..1950]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of the interior of a restaurant]

Description: Photograph of individuals dining inside a restaurant in Fort Worth, Texas. Several individuals sit at tables behind a partial wooden wall inside the restaurant. A woman in a long, patterned dress stands by one of the tables with her back to the camera. Light fixtures hang down from the ceiling. Light shines in through four tall, vertical windows on the wall in the background.
Date: 1937
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of an individual bicycling past a church]

Description: Photograph of an individual bicycling past the priests' residence for Saint Patrick's Cathedral as well as Saint Ignatius Academy, with a portion of the cathedral in downtown Fort Worth, Texas, taken from across the street. The tall stone church stands behind a chainlink fence. It has a steeple with a cross and a statue of a figure on a lower roof in front of it. The building next to the church is obstructed by a tall tree.
Date: [1930..1960]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of a church in downtown Fort Worth]

Description: Photograph of a church in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. A statue of a figure stands on top of the roof of a tower on the front of the large, stone building. A steeple with a cross is centered behind it. Tall, leafy trees grow in front of the church, partially obstructing it.
Date: [1930..1960]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of automobiles in front of the Fort Worth Central Fire Station]

Description: Photograph of the Central Fire Station in Fort Worth, Texas, taken from across the street. In the foreground, two automobiles are parked on the street by parking meters. A tall, round tower rises up from the roof of the large, stone building. Trees and lampposts stand in the lawn in front of the building, partially obstructing it. A powerline stretches across the sky above, which is dotted with a few wispy clouds.
Date: 193X
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of a child in an alley]

Description: Photograph of a boy walking through an alleyway in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. He looks down at an object that he holds up in front of him, wearing a hat, a long-sleeved shirt, and dark pants. Large metal drums and fire escapes sit against the tall brick walls on either side of the alley. Trash and empty boxes litter the ground around the boy.
Date: 1937
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of water under a bridge near the Tarrant County Courthouse]

Description: Photograph of rushing water and a small waterfall, taken from an overpass near the Tarrant County Courthouse in Fort Worth, Texas. Rocks and debris are gathered by the water's shore and around a retaining wall made of concrete and wood bollards. An individual is visible walking around in the grass beyond the water.
Date: [1935..1940]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of a busy street corner in Fort Worth]

Description: Photograph of a busy street corner in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. An elderly man in overalls stands on the sidewalk in the foreground. Behind him, a woman crosses the street behind a flatbed truck with wooden side rails that is hauling wooden barrels. The woman wears a hat, a dress, and hees. An automobile is parked in front of the building across the street. A sign hangs from the building advertising, "General Electric Refrigerators." The Blackstone Hotel stands across this building.
Date: 1937
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of individuals walking down the sidewalk in Fort Worth]

Description: Photograph of individuals walking down the sidewalk in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. A woman looks towards a large display window on one of the storefronts that line the sidewalk. She wears a hat and a long, dark coat. Signs for a book store and a barbershop hang from the shops behind her. Tall buildings are visible in the distance.
Date: [1930..1950]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of a tall brick building]

Description: Photograph of a multistory brick building in Fort Worth, Texas, against a clear sky. The dark brick building has many rows of small, paned windows and a decorative cornice across its top. The windows on the top floor have arched, stone frames.
Date: [1935..1940]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Downtown Fort Worth; Commerce Street at 7th, Looking Northwest]

Description: Photograph of Commerce Street in Fort Worth, Texas in the 1930s. Automobiles are parked along the street as well as driving down it. City buildings stretch the length of the street. The skyscraper in the center of the photograph is the Courtyard Hotel, formerly known as the Blackstone Hotel. The skyscraper to the left and behind the hotel is the Sinclair Building.
Date: 193X
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Original Fort Worth City Hall, Aerial View]

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: 1937
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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