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[Blanket and Hydraulic Fill]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 306) is of a dirt slope with trees at its base. The first image (numbered 307) is of a trench with some shallow pools of water. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam South from Sta. 13 Pumping Blanket on Down. Slope" taken on 03-22-27 and (bottom) "Garza Dam Looking North from Sta. 25 Hydraulic Fill" taken on 04-21-27.
Date: 1927
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Upstream Slope and Blanket Pumping]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 317) is of a dirt plateau with a dredge in a lake in the background. The second image (numbered 318) is of a dirt slope with a forest at the bottom, and a car at the top. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Upstream Slope of Dam from Sta. 14 South" taken on 06-28-27, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Pumping Blanket on downstream Slope Sta. 31" taken on 07-08-27.
Date: 1927
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Irene Williams sitting in front of a forest with her sons]

Description: Photograph of Irene Williams posing in front of a body of water with her sons Charles, Byrd III, and John Williams. A forest and a mountain are visible beyond the body of water.
Date: [1921..1930]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), IV, 1951-; Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III; Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr. & Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Sr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[The Williams family sitting next to a stream]

Description: Photograph of Irene Biffle Williams posing for a portrait next to a stream with her sons. Irene is sitting on a rock with her legs crossed at the knee and her arms folded in her lap. Her sons are all sitting on rocks of different heights and John and Byrd III are both wearing overalls. Byrd III is sitting on a rock that is in the stream and he has his left elbow resting on a rock in front of him and his head resting in his hand. John is sitting on a rock behind his mother and is in shadow. Char… more
Date: [1923..1927]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[The side of a mountain]

Description: Photograph of a large mountainside, where a wooden planked road goes across the horizon to the center of the cliff, were barely visible is a wooden shed, possibly for bird watching.
Date: [1920..1939]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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