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[Letter from Sylvanus and Vertie Peterson to Claude D. White and Family, March 24, 1914]

Description: Letter from Sylvanus and Vertie Peterson to Mr. Claude White and family in Fort Worth discussing the White family's recent move from Kansas City to Texas. It also includes a poem. The letter is written on stationary with a photograph at the top captioned "The Old Homestead." There is a man standing with horse in front of a house in the photograph.
Date: March 24, 1914
Creator: Peterson, Sylvanus
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Greater Fort Worth City

Description: Map of Greater Fort Worth, Texas, circa 1920, showing roads, railways, interurban lines, streetcar lines, automobile routes, river levees, buildings, schools, churches and residence street numbers. There is a legend on the right side of the map. Scale 1:12,000
Date: 1920
Creator: Fort Worth (Tex.). Chamber of Commerce.
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 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 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 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

[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

[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

[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 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 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

[Billy Miner's Restaurant]

Description: Photograph of Billy Miner's restaurant in Fort Worth, Texas. It is a large red brick building with rounded windows. There is a road in the foreground of the photograph with a marked bus lane.
Date: [1951..]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), IV, 1951-
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Fort Worth Stock Yards]

Description: Photograph of the Fort Worth Stockyards. The sign for the stockyard is visible above the street, and there is a line of pickup trucks on the far side of the street. There is a Cadillac in the foreground.
Date: [1951..]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), IV, 1951-
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Lobby window for cook books]

Description: Photograph of a lobby window displaying "WBAP-TV What's Cooking?" cook books. The sign in the middle of the display reads "Get 24 WBAP-TV What's Cooking? cook books. A new book each week only 15 cents each." The sign on the left lists several locations to find cook books in Fort Worth, and the sign on the right lists several locations to find cook books in Dallas.
Date: October 2, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of a fall formal]

Description: Photograph of a fall formal at Hotel Texas in Fort Worth, Texas. Many individuals are wearing evening attire and sitting at tables. One man is standing in the center of the room, and the attendees are looking at him.
Date: December 15, 1951
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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