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[Photograph of Moore Paper Co.]

Description: Photograph of a large brick building situated on the left side of a street, possibly in Houston, Texas. Signs for a cafe, "Moore Paper Co." and "Houston Central Warehouse Co" hang from the building. A couple walks along the sidewalk, their backs to the camera. An automobile is partially visible as it drives down the street.
Date: [1949..1955]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of five ship funnels]

Description: Photograph of five ship funnels, protruding from the deck of an unidentified ship, in a Houston port. The funnels or smokestacks on a ship used to expel boiler steam, smoke or engine exhaust.
Date: 1941
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[A city from a rooftop]

Description: Photograph of the city from a rooftop in Houston, Texas. Streets busy with automobiles and pedestrians can be seen between the city's tall buildings. Billboards advertising "Robertson Insurance Agency" and "Taylor Lumber" are posted on the top of the wall of a reservoir.
Date: [1940..1960]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of a street in Houston, Texas]

Description: Photograph of a busy street in Houston, Texas. Automobiles drive down both sides of the street, and two pedestrians walk down the sidewalk. A large, decorative church stands on the left side of the street. Many other tall buildings stand in the distance.
Date: [1940..1960]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of a church in Houston, Texas]

Description: Photograph of Annunciation Catholic Church in Houston, Texas, taken from across the street, looking southeast. A cross sits atop the tall steeple of the stone church. Individuals gather in front of a small restaurant that stands across the street from the church. A truck is parked in a lot next to the restaurant. A sign posted outside of the lot reads, "Park Allright."
Date: [1940..1960]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Location: 29.757060 -95.357700
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Second Ward Merchant's Softball Team, 1944]

Description: Photograph of the Second Ward Merchant's Softball team, with thirteen players in uniform and another four coaches and assistants. The team is posed in front of 2002 Congress Avenue Grocers. A collection of bats and mitts lie in the foreground.
Date: July 23, 1944
Creator: Litterst Commercial Photo Company
Location: 29.757057159078926 -95.35209959999997
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Todd Willis and Friend]

Description: Photograph of John Todd Willis, Jr., left, and a friend, possibly Bill Clark, sitting at a table in a garden. Steps lead off somewhere to the left, and trees grow in the background.
Date: 1940~
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Ship Deck, Houston, Texas, 1941]

Description: Photograph of five ship funnels, protruding from the deck of an unidentified ship, in a Houston port. The funnels or smokestacks on a ship used to expel boiler steam, smoke or engine exhaust.
Date: 1941
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of five ship funnels]

Description: Photograph of five ship funnels, protruding from the deck of an unidentified ship, in a Houston port. The funnels or smokestacks on a ship used to expel boiler steam, smoke or engine exhaust.
Date: 1941
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of a Church in Winter, 1940]

Description: Photograph of a church in La Porte, Texas taken in the winter and appears to empty and covered in snow. The text on the back reads: " La Porte Assembly of God ".
Date: January 1940
Creator: Fox Company
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Soldier in Front of a Large Tent]

Description: Photograph of a uniformed soldier standing in front of a brick house with lattice windows. The soldier, Olin Culloms, is wearing a dress uniform and a peaked cap.
Date: December 25, 1943
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Five Women Sitting in Field]

Description: Photograph of five women sitting in a field outside several buildings. Notes written on the back read, "Bertha Link, Mabel Rawbinson, Evelyn Laesch, 43W3, March 1943, Houston".
Date: March 1943
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Calder Place house]

Description: Photograph of a house on Calder Place that was designed by Steinman and Golemon, Architects. The ornamental steel seen on the windows and patio were designed and provided by John Dollinger Jr., Inc. The back of the photo is stamped "Business Men's Studio 201 Main Street Beaumont, Texas"
Date: [1940..1949]
Partner: Tyrrell Historical Library

[Wendell Tarver and Men in Cow Pen]

Description: Photograph of Wendell Lee Tarver and two unidentified men crouching in a cattle pen filled with straw at the Houston Fat Stock Show in Houston, Texas. Wendell (left) is wearing jeans, a button-down shirt, and a cowboy hat; he is holding a rope attached to a dark-colored calf standing just behind the men with a larger, dark-colored cow. The two men are wearing suits and hats and the one at the left has his hand on the calf. There are other animal pens partially visible in the background.
Date: [1947..1949]
Partner: Private Collection of the Tarver Family

[Ship air ventilators in Houston]

Description: Photograph of five ship funnels, protruding from the deck of an unidentified ship, in a Houston port. The funnels or smokestacks on a ship used to expel boiler steam, smoke or engine exhaust.
Date: 1941
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Christenson in Plane]

Description: Photograph of a woman, earlier identified as Dorothy Christenson, sitting in the cockpit of a plane and wearing a headset while looking off camera to the right. Handwriting on the back of the photo reads, "Dorothy C., Feb 14, 1943, Houston, Texas, WASP".
Date: February 14, 1943
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Large group of men watching a cock fight]

Description: Photograph of a large group of men watching a cock fight. The front row of men is sitting in the grass or squatting down and the others are standing. Six of the men are holding paper plates. Man standing in foreground appears to be supervising the fighting roosters. Trees in background. Back of photograph in pencil: "A. P. George" and stamped in blue: "Clark & Summers Photography 3810 Leeland Fairfax 8373 Houston 3, Texas When Reordering Prints Of This Picture Please Mention Neg. No [in pencil]… more
Date: [1940..1955]
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Albert Peyton George standing next to a man holding the halter of a steer]

Description: Photograph of Albert Peyton George standing next to a man who is holding the halter of a steer. They are in a covered arena, probably at the Houston Fat Stock Show and Livestock Exposition. George is wearing a coat, three-piece suit, print tie, white shirt, and felt cowboy hat. He has his gloved hands in the pockets of his coat. On right in background is hay, a feedbox, and buckets. Partial view of an automobile in left background.
Date: [1940..1950]
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Ofelia Medrano, 1942 Queen of Immaculate Heart of Mary]

Description: Photograph of Ofelia Medrano, wife of Carlos Gonzalez. She is standing at the doorway wearing a white long dress and a beautiful white crown on her head.
Date: 1942
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library
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