[Postcard of a donkey hauling water]

One of 185 items in the series: Proof: Photographs from Four Generations of a Texas Family available on this site.

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Photograph of a donkey pulling a large wooden barrel, standing in the middle of a dirt street near a two-story building; an unidentified man is standing behind the donkey. A handwritten label in the lower-right corner says, "Hauling water at Isabel, Texas." It is attached to a different postcard written by Byrd Williams, Jr. from his home in the Ysleta community in El Paso.

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1 postcard : b&w ; 14 x 9 cm.

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Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Sr. & Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr. 1919.

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This postcard 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 161 times. More information about this postcard can be viewed below.

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Photograph of a donkey pulling a large wooden barrel, standing in the middle of a dirt street near a two-story building; an unidentified man is standing behind the donkey. A handwritten label in the lower-right corner says, "Hauling water at Isabel, Texas." It is attached to a different postcard written by Byrd Williams, Jr. from his home in the Ysleta community in El Paso.

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1 postcard : b&w ; 14 x 9 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.

Text of correspondence: "Don't worry about the 'dinero.' You must be sure to come to [...] before you go away if you have any such intentions. I have been 'poco malo' all this past week. We are to have a prohibition election Sept. 13."

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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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  • 1919

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Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Sr. & Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr. [Postcard of a donkey hauling water], postcard, 1919; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc872950/: accessed June 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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