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Description: Book about folklore in Texas, including folk songs, ghost stories, Mexican animal tales, anecdotes about lawyers, folklore about Texas plants, riddles and miscellaneous legends. The index begins on page 225.
Date: 1943
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Press

[Photograph of the San Antonio Japanese Tea Garden]

Description: Photograph of individuals wandering through the San Antonio Japanese Tea Garden. A large pond takes up the foreground, its surface interrupted by reeds and lily pads. Individuals stand behind it on walkways that cut through the dense vegetation of the garden. On the left, a group crouches down, looking at the water's surface. A curving stone staircase leads to a large, open, stone structure with a low-pitched hip roof. Treetops stick out over the rock retaining wall in the background.
Date: [1940..]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 29.460873 -98.476995
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Irene Williams]

Description: Portrait of Irene Biffle Williams sitting on a wicker bench. She is smiling and looking off to the side with her arms and legs crossed. She is wearing a dark-colored skirt with a white mid-sleeve shirt. There is a dresser behind her with a book and a framed photo resting on top. A lamp with a tilted shade rests on a table behind her, to the left. This photo was taken at Byrd III's home in San Antonio on McKinley Avenue, where Irene was visiting.
Date: 1949
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of the sanctuary of a mission in San Antonio]

Description: Photograph of the interior of a mission in San Antonio, Texas, taken from behind the fifth row of wooden pews. The altar is situated on top of three steps at the front of the room under a tall arch. A small statue of the Virgin Mary, a Christian cross, and a row of candles are positioned on top of it. A chancel lamp hangs down from the ceiling in front of it.
Date: 1948
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 29.361157 -98.478431
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of San Antonio in the snow]

Description: Photograph of a street in San Antonio, Texas, covered in snow. Two automobiles are parked on the side of the street in the foreground. Behind them, a dark colored automobile drives down the street towards the left. Trees grow in a landscaped median on the other side of the street. In the background, snow-covered automobiles are parked in front of a row of multi-story buildings.
Date: 1946
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of individuals at the San Antonio Japanese Tea Garden]

Description: Photograph of individuals admiring the San Antonio Japanese Tea Garden. Individuals stand on walkways that run through dense vegetation. A path leads to a stone staircase on the left. A pond is positioned to its right. A group of individuals looks down from the top of the tall rock wall that fills the background.
Date: [1940..]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 29.460873 -98.476995
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of the Alamo in the snow]

Description: Photograph of the Alamo covered in snow, taken from across the street. A man wearing a long coat and a scarf smokes a cigarette as he crosses the street. Automobiles are parked in a lot in front of the Alamo, and some individuals, dressed in winter clothes, walk among them. A large, leafy tree, dusted in snow stands on the right.
Date: 1946
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 29.425967 -98.486142
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of individuals canoeing along the San Antonio River Walk]

Description: Photograph of individuals canoeing down the river along the San Antonio River Walk. They row towards a bridge, which crosses the river. A stone walkway runs along the edge of the river on the left. Tall buildings, including the Bexar County Courthouse, are visible in the background, beyond the bridge.
Date: 1947
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of the San Antonio Japanese Tea Garden]

Description: Photograph of individuals wandering through the San Antonio Japanese Tea Garden. A large pond takes up the foreground, its surface interrupted by reeds and lily pads. Individuals stand behind it on walkways that cut through the dense vegetation of the garden. On the left, a group crouches down, looking at the water's surface. A curving stone staircase leads to a large, open, stone structure with a low-pitched hip roof. Treetops stick out over the rock retaining wall in the background.
Date: [1940..]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 29.460873 -98.476995
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Byrd III at the Villita Gallery]

Description: Photograph of Byrd III standing underneath a sign that reads, "Villita Gallery." He is turned to the side and holding a camera in his hands. Byrd is wearing a suit and tie while looking down at his camera. In the background, other buildings and a "no parking" sign can be seen.
Date: [1940..]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[A couple from San Antonio]

Description: Photograph of a couple sitting on a couch. The woman is sitting on the man's left and she is wearing a long sleeve crochet dress with a beaded necklace and a matching belt. Her short hair is curled and pulled back from her face. The man is wearing a suit with a patterned tie and glasses. He is sitting with his legs crossed at the knee and has his hands in his lap. The couch is velvet and there is a crochet blanket draped across the back. The rood has a floral wallpaper and a shelf that is hung … more
Date: [1940..1960]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Portrait of Doris Stiles Williams]

Description: Portrait of Doris Stiles Williams, wife of Byrd Williams, III, taken by a photography studio named Studer's which locations in San Antonio - Austin. Doris is wearing a dark-colored shirt with a light-colored jacket, a necklace with matching earrings.
Date: [1940..]
Creator: Studer's Photo Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of the San Antonio Japanese Tea Garden]

Description: Photograph of individuals wandering through the San Antonio Japanese Tea Garden. A large pond takes up the foreground, its surface interrupted by reeds and lily pads. Individuals stand behind it on walkways that cut through the dense vegetation of the garden. On the left, a group crouches down, looking at the water's surface. A curving stone staircase leads to a large, open, stone structure with a low-pitched hip roof. Treetops stick out over the rock retaining wall in the background.
Date: [1940..]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 29.460873 -98.476995
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[San Antonio parade audience]

Description: Photograph of a large audience at the San Antonio parade. The audience is split between both sides of the Alamo Cenotaph Monument. The Hipolito F. Garcia Federal Building and the United States Courthouse can be seen behind the monument. In the background, the Medical Arts building is visible.
Date: 1945~
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 29.426150 -98.486693
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of women in uniform at the Japanese Tea Garden]

Description: Photograph of women walking across a bridge at the Japanese Tea Garden in San Antonio. The stone bridge is covered in vegetation and crosses a pond with floating lily pads. Three women in military uniforms stand on the left side of the bridge, eating ice cream. Two other women in long coats walk ahead of them. A structure with tall cobblestone columns stands in the background to the left. The whole area is covered in dense vegetation.
Date: [1940..]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 29.460873 -98.476995
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Three bears in an enclosure at the zoo]

Description: Photograph of three bears in an enclosure at the San Antonio Zoo. The enclosure has rocky flooring and a small pool of water. Two of the bears are looking downwards and the third is looking out in front of them.
Date: [1940..1955]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Exterior of the Alamo]

Description: Photograph of the front exterior of the Alamo building in San Antonio. A group of individuals can be seen standing in front of the Alamo. Bushes are visible in the foreground. Additional buildings are visible in the distance.
Date: [1940..1955]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 29.425891 -98.485927
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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