[Dance school boys]

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Photograph of four boys from a dance school in sequined underwear posing for a photo. Byrd Williams III's studio specialty was ballet. This photo was taken during one of the many $1-per-shot school and event sessions.

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1 photograph : positive film, color ; 9 x 6 cm.

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Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III 1948.

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This photograph is part of the collection entitled: Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection and was provided by the UNT Libraries Special Collections to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 86 times. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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Photograph of four boys from a dance school in sequined underwear posing for a photo. Byrd Williams III's studio specialty was ballet. This photo was taken during one of the many $1-per-shot school and event sessions.

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1 photograph : positive film, color ; 9 x 6 cm.

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Image provided by Byrd M. Williams IV for the University of North Texas Press publication, Proof: Photographs from Four Generations of a Texas Family.

Byrd III studio specialty was ballet. He often entered his best art shots for competition in local and national ‘Salons’ (an Academie des Beaux-Arts term for an exhibition.) He did, however, have to make a living so he served many $1 a shot school and event photographs. Sometimes the charm of this journeyman's work exceeds their tackiness, or maybe that is the source of their allure.

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  • Preferred Citation: Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection (AR0769), University of North Texas Special Collections

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Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection

Four generations of photographers, all named Byrd Williams, documented more than 100 years of North Texas history. These materials, selected from a larger collection of family items. are available in UNT Libraries' Special Collections.

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  • 1948

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Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III. [Dance school boys], photograph, 1948; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc872983/: accessed June 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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