[Hotel Texas in Fort Worth, at night]

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Photograph of Hotel Texas located at 815 Main Street in Fort Worth. The tall hotel building is covered in an 11 by 18 grid of windows, some lit, some not. Each window is a rectangle, and has a line spilling it in half. An extra row of windows lines the top of the building, and these windows are arched, framed, and connected to a shallow balcony. Below the hotel, a courtyard sits with lots of plants and concrete pathways. The photo is taken from on top of a building's roof, and the roof can be seen in the bottom of … continued below

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1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 8 x 10 in.

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Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), IV, 1951- October 23, 1994.

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Photograph of Hotel Texas located at 815 Main Street in Fort Worth. The tall hotel building is covered in an 11 by 18 grid of windows, some lit, some not. Each window is a rectangle, and has a line spilling it in half. An extra row of windows lines the top of the building, and these windows are arched, framed, and connected to a shallow balcony. Below the hotel, a courtyard sits with lots of plants and concrete pathways. The photo is taken from on top of a building's roof, and the roof can be seen in the bottom of the photo. There are various buildings in the background, and the sky is dark.

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1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 8 x 10 in.

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Original Folder: "Hotel Texas 815 Main St Oct 23 1994"

Original Folder: "Amidol W/B 3cycles 4/1 1/2 1/2 f22 25min"

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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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  • October 23, 1994

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  • Jan. 14, 2022, 10:46 a.m.

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  • 32.75238, -97.329417

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Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), IV, 1951-. [Hotel Texas in Fort Worth, at night], photograph, October 23, 1994; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1857541/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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