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[List of 'Heathen Deities' in Johnson's Dictionary]

Description: Photograph of the beginning of a list in "Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language in Miniature" held by UNT Special Collections. It follows the last page of 'z' words and is titled "A Concise Account of the Heathen Deities, and other Fabulous Persons; with the Heroes and Heroines of Antiquity". It begins with 'a' like the dictionary and includes a short description of who the person or deity was. A clear band is holding the pages down and stains are visible on the pages.
Date: October 3, 2014
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Oil painted print of a woman]

Description: A photograph of a picture of a woman from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. She is wearing a light skirt with a green, white, and maroon waist detail. She is also wearing a chain strapped bra with green and maroon flower details on the front. She is partially lying down on a platform and is leaning against an urn.
Date: August 26, 2016
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Byrd Williams IV family album]

Description: Two photographs of a family photo album from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. The first photograph is of two pictures on a page in the album. The second shows the cover of Byrd Williams IV's family album. The words "39 YEARS" is sketched on the cover.
Date: July 20, 2016
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Portrait of a woman]

Description: A photograph of a picture of a woman from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. She is possibly Doris Stiles Williams, Byrd Williams III's wife. It is an oil-painted photo print.
Date: August 26, 2016
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

[Barsanti's dog tags]

Description: Photograph of two silver dog tags that belonged to Major General Olinto Barsanti, connected by a chain, slightly rusted and scratched on the surface. The first dog tag at the top of the photo shows the letters engraved onto it backwards, as does the dog tag on the bottom with the word "Barsanti barely made out.
Date: October 15, 2019
Creator: Gellner, Megan
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

["Flop House-Altar for Mary (not the Virgin)" 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 one compartment. There is a black and white picture of a woman, partially undressed and sitting on a chair by a window, nailed to the box. There is also a preserved gecko pinned to the picture and scribbles on it. The piece was part of The Flop House series by Byrd Williams IV and Elizabeth Mellott.
Date: July 20, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Uncut photo prints on a roll]

Description: Photograph of a roll of photo prints from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. They are uncut and have a white space between each picture. The first is of two people in a work room and the second is of cars outside.
Date: July 20, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Picture in a photo album]

Description: A photograph of a boy in a photo album from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. The picture is printed on a white card in an oval shape and the card is attached to a black rectangle in the middle of the page. The page itself is torn at the top corner.
Date: July 20, 2016
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Rolls of uncut photo prints]

Description: Two photographs of rolls of photo prints from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. They are uncut and have a white space between each picture. The first image is a close up of two prints, one with two people in a work room and the other is of cars outside. The second image is an overhead view of the rolls that are partially unfurled.
Date: July 20, 2016
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph in a wooden case]

Description: A photograph of a picture in a wooden case with velvet and metal details from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. The photo is either a daguerreotype or an ambrotype of a woman holding a baby. The wooden case has a red plush cushion on the inside of the lid with a pattern cut into it. The photo is surrounded by a golden inlay with a similar design. It is an unknown portrait which was brought back from Texas from Tennessee after the Civil War.
Date: July 20, 2016
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Byrd Williams family "Photograph" album]

Description: Three photographs of the family "Photography" album from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. The first photograph is of a page in the album with four pictures in it. Beneath them are the words "Me" and "Mary". The second and third photographs are of the cover of the album.
Date: July 20, 2016
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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