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[Front of the Robot II camera with a strap]

Description: Photograph of the Robot II camera from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. It is the front of the camera, which has a black mottled material as the base and a silver lens casing. There is a silver details around the bottom and the top is also done all in silver. There is a black strap attached to the sides for carrying.
Date: July 20, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Watch with chain wrapped around it]

Description: Photograph of a timepiece from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. It has a bronze casing and attachments at the top. The clock-face has a smaller clock-face with the seconds on it. The chain is wrapped around the turner attachment at the top.
Date: July 20, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Byrd Photo Service pens]

Description: Photograph of a selection of pens advertising the Byrd Photo Service, Inc. from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. They are silver pens with the name and address of the old Byrd Photo Service storefront listed on the side. There is a diamond detail under the clip in red and blue.
Date: July 20, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Top view of the Linhof Camera]

Description: Photograph of the Linhof camera from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. It is a top-view of the camera and it has an accordion bellows. The casing for it is a black leather and there is a handle attached on one side.
Date: July 20, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Front of the Robot II camera]

Description: Photograph of the Robot II camera from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. It is the front of the camera, which has a black mottled material as the base and a silver lens casing. There is a silver details around the bottom and the top is also done all in silver. There is a black strap attached to the sides for carrying.
Date: July 20, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Front view of the Hasselblad 500 C]

Description: Photograph of the Hasselblad 500 C camera from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. It is viewed from the front of the camera. The lens is open and the parts to control the camera are visible on the side. The viewfinder housing is on top of the camera.
Date: July 20, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Stereoscope viewer with picture of forest in holder]

Description: Photograph of a stereoscope viewer from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. The face piece is a metal material and there is a wooden piece attached to it that is holding a picture with two images of the same forest in different tones. There is also a wooden barrier between the eye holes so that one eye focuses on each image creating a 3D effect.
Date: August 2, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Leica Manual and Leica camera]

Description: A series of three photographs of the Leica camera and it's companion manual from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. One picture is of the cover book of the book and shows the white and cream stains on it. Another picture is of the Leica camera on top of the cover of the book. The last picture is of the book open to the first page and the camera is set up in the space above it. The pages are separated from the spine but are still bound together.
Date: July 20, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[California and the West photobook]

Description: A photograph of the photograph book California and the West from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. The cover is a black material with fraying edges and finger smudges. Charis Wilson and Edward Weston put the book together and took the photographs.
Date: July 20, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Byrd Williams III design in front cover of Leica Manual]

Description: Two photographs of the inner cover of the Lecia Manual from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. The first picture shows the inner cover and the title page of the book, which also includes a table of contents. The second picture is of the inner cover only and has Byrd M. Williams III's name written above a drawing labeling it as his.
Date: August 26, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Carved bowl of wooden pipe]

Description: A photograph of a carved wooden pipe with a black stem from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. The carvings are in a striped pattern and each chisel mark is visible. There is also a white stripe around the black stem near where it connects to the wooden section of the pipe.
Date: July 20, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Interior of a Photo-lab Index]

Description: A photograph of a photo index from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. It is 'The cumulative Formula of Standard Recommended Photographic Procedures" and has a red cloth cover. The book is open on the table and there are tabs between the sections labeled 8-17. There are stains on the inside of the front cover where the metal bracket and rings that are holding the pages together touched the paper.
Date: July 20, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Cross holding Mildred the Hamster's skull]

Description: Photograph of Mildred the hamster's skull inside of a box in a metal cross from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. The cross is stamped with circular and crescent designs making flowers and borders. In the center is a glass top on a box with the skull of a hamster inside.
Date: July 20, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Back of Argus A or AF camera]

Description: Photograph of either an Argus AF or Argus A camera from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. It is the back of the casing on the camera, which is silver and has a black striped design in three row on the top and bottom of the back. There is also a design of three tiered rectangles with two lines forming the shapes. The viewfinder is in the center and there are two silver parts on the top of the camera.
Date: July 20, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Back of a Kodak Jr. No. 2C Autographic Camera]

Description: Photograph of a Kodak Jr. No. 2C Autographic camera from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. It is the back of the casing on the camera, which appears to be in a leather style. There are bright silver metal parts on it and a paper tag is attached to the side with white string. A piece attached to the back labels the camera as a "No. 2C Autographic Kodak Jr." and the final line is too blurred to make out clearly.
Date: July 20, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Kodak Verichrome film]

Description: Photograph of a rolled film cartridge from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. It is a Kodak Verichrome roll with a paper casing.
Date: July 20, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Lens on the Linhof Camera]

Description: Photograph of the Linhof camera from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. It is focused on the lens on the front of the camera and the section holding it is all silver and has a border around it. The lens has numbered settings and the words "Copal - No.o" on it. It also has
Date: July 20, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

["Flop House" shadow box]

Description: Photograph of a shadow box art piece from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. It is framed in a gray painted wooden box with five compartments. The first has a black and white picture of two dead people lying in a bed, photographed in the style of death portraiture. The middle three each have a small square sepia toned picture inside. The last has dead branches crossed over each other.
Date: July 20, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Kodak pocket camera and Kodak Monitor Six-16 camera angled together]

Description: Photograph of the Kodak Pocket Camera and the Kodak Monitor Six-16 camera from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. They are resting on the side of the casing and have their bellows extended. There is a little kick-stand beneath the front cover to help hold them up. The Monitor Six-16 also has a handle on its casing.
Date: July 20, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Byrd notebook that has construction measurements]

Description: Photograph of a notebook with a message and measurements from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. The message reads "P.S. If you think this is a special case just remember that a little circle just has a smaller radius than a big circle and that old Dioginese was more than half cracked." On the next page are measurements and math for building a cantilever retaining wall.
Date: July 20, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Leica camera]

Description: Photograph of the Leica camera from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. It is a front view of the camera and it has a strap attached to it. It is covered in a black grip-able material and has silver details around the bottom; the top is also done all in silver as well as the lens cap, which also has the Leica name engraved in it.
Date: July 20, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Argus pin, lenses, and cloth at angle]

Description: Photograph of an Argus pin with a photo of Byrd Williams III and two lenses from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. One of the lenses is propped up and the pin is visible through it. The pieces are resting on top of a folded cloth that has stains and smudges. The pin is engraved at the top with "ARGUS INCORPORATED" and at the bottom with "ANN ARBOR MICH". A small paper section beneath the photograph reads "866".
Date: July 20, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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