[Photograph of Byrd IV with Mildred & Mildred skull on cross artifact]

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Photograph of Byrd Williams IV, holding up his little hamster Mildred. The portrait of Byrd IV and Mildred are next to a photograph of the Mildred skull artifact Byrd made upon his mother digging up Mildred's grave after her death. The little hamster's skull has been fixed to a silver cross.

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Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), IV, 1951- [1980,1990].

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Photograph of Byrd Williams IV, holding up his little hamster Mildred. The portrait of Byrd IV and Mildred are next to a photograph of the Mildred skull artifact Byrd made upon his mother digging up Mildred's grave after her death. The little hamster's skull has been fixed to a silver cross.

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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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  • [1980,1990]

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Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), IV, 1951-. [Photograph of Byrd IV with Mildred & Mildred skull on cross artifact], image, [1980,1990]; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc486960/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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