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[Carnival Booths on the Verge of Collapse]

Photograph of a line of carnival booths under a red and white striped tent that is ripped, sagging and on the verge of collapse. Several support posts are are tilting at odd angles. Debris litters the ground in front of the tent.

Date: October 21, 1979

Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Fire Department.

Item Type: Photograph

[Dallas Firefighter Class 183 #1]

Portrait of the Dallas Fire classmembers from September 25, 1978 to January 25, 1979 posing outside a building in two rows. The recruits are all wearing dark blue uniforms that include slacks, a jacket with two rows of silver buttons and a Dallas Fire patch on the left sleeve, a silver shield over the left breast, and a name tag near the right lapel. They are all holding flat-topped caps in front of them with their right hands.

Date: January 5, 1979

Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Fire Department.

Item Type: Photograph

[Dallas Firefighter Class 183 #2]

Portrait of the Dallas Fire classmembers from September 25, 1978 to January 25, 1979 posing outside a building in two rows. The recruits are all wearing dark blue uniforms that include slacks, a jacket with two rows of silver buttons and a Dallas Fire patch on the left sleeve, a silver shield over the left breast, and a name tag near the right lapel. They are all holding flat-topped caps in front of them with their right hands.

Date: January 5, 1979

Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Fire Department.

Item Type: Photograph

[Dallas Firefighter Class 184 #1]

Portrait of the Dallas Fire classmembers from November 6, 1978 to March 9, 1979 posing outside a building in three rows. The recruits are wearing light blue shirts with navy blue slacks and name tags on the right side of the shirt.

Date: February 14, 1979

Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Fire Department.

Item Type: Photograph

[Dallas Firefighter Class 184 #2]

Portrait of the Dallas Fire classmembers from November 6, 1978 to March 9, 1979 posing outside a building in three rows. The recruits are wearing light blue shirts with navy blue slacks and name tags on the right side of the shirt.

Date: February 14, 1979

Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Fire Department.

Item Type: Photograph

[Dallas Firefighter Class 185 #1]

Portrait of the Dallas Fire classmembers from January 15, 1979 to May 18, 1979 posing outside a building in two rows. The recruits are wearing light blue shirts with name tags on the right side of the shirt and navy blue slacks, and the front row is sitting on a wooden bench.

Date: April 13, 1979

Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Fire Department.

Item Type: Photograph

[Dallas Firefighter Class 185 #2]

Portrait of the Dallas Fire classmembers from January 15, 1979 to May 18, 1979 posing outside a building in two rows. The recruits are wearing light blue shirts with name tags on the right side of the shirt and navy blue slacks, and the front row is sitting on a wooden bench.

Date: April 13, 1979

Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Fire Department.

Item Type: Photograph

[Dallas Firefighter Class 186 #1]

Portrait of the Dallas Fire classmembers from March 5, 1979 to July 6, 1979 posing outside a building in two rows. The recruits are wearing light blue shirts, navy blue slacks, and the front row is sitting on a wooden bench. They are holding black baseball caps with a red and yellow patch on the front.

Date: June 1, 1979

Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Fire Department.

Item Type: Photograph

[Dallas Firefighter Class 186 #2]

Portrait of the Dallas Fire classmembers from March 5, 1979 to July 6, 1979 posing outside a building in two rows. The recruits are wearing light blue shirts, navy blue slacks, and the front row is sitting on a wooden bench. They are holding black baseball caps with a red and yellow patch on the front.

Date: June 1, 1979

Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Fire Department.

Item Type: Photograph

[Dallas Firefighter Class 187 #1]

Portrait of the Dallas Fire classmembers from May 29, 1979 to October 12, 1979 posing outside a building in two rows. The recruits are wearing short-sleeved light blue shirts and blue jeans or darker blue slacks. The people in the front row are holding black baseball caps with a red, white, and yellow logo; the people in the back row have white ropes looped around their waists.

Date: September 12, 1979

Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Fire Department.

Item Type: Photograph

[Dallas Firefighter Class 187 #2]

Portrait of the Dallas Fire classmembers from May 29, 1979 to October 12, 1979 posing outside a building in two rows. The recruits are wearing short-sleeved light blue shirts and blue jeans or darker blue slacks. The people in the front row are holding black baseball caps in their laps, which have the fire logo patches on the front, facing out.

Date: September 12, 1979

Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Fire Department.

Item Type: Photograph

[Dallas Firefighter Class 188 #1]

Portrait of the Dallas Fire classmembers from July 16, 1979 to December 14, 1979 posing outside a building in two rows. The recruits are wearing light blue shirts, navy blue slacks, and the front row is sitting on a wooden bench.

Date: November 9, 1979

Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Fire Department.

Item Type: Photograph

[Dallas Firefighter Class 188 #2]

Portrait of the Dallas Fire classmembers from July 16, 1979 to December 14, 1979 posing outside a building in two rows. The recruits are wearing light blue shirts, navy blue slacks, and the front row is sitting on a wooden bench.

Date: November 9, 1979

Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Fire Department.

Item Type: Photograph

[Aerial Lift Crane at State Fair of Texas]

Photograph of an aerial lift fire engine parked in the lane of between two rows of red and white striped carnival game booths. The firefighter in the crane's bucket is right beside one of many sky tram cars suspended in the air by two parallel cables, several of which still have people inside. Three firefighters, two police officers and some civilians stand around the yellow fire engine, and further down the lane, a long ladder has been extended up to another tram car. In the background, more o… more

Date: August 21, 1979

Creator: Spainhouer, Freddie Philmon

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 32.777779 -96.760045

[Aerial Lift Crane Reaching Towards Sky Tram Car]

Upward angle photograph of a firefighter (in casual uniform) standing in the bucket of a firefighting aerial lift crane that has been extended into the air. The bucket is just beneath and to the side of an orange and white sky tram car, still attached to the tram cable. Another sky tram car hangs on the right, attached to a parallel cable. The top of a tree can be partially seen just below the crane, and in the background, a large white cloud covers most of a blue sky. On the back of the photog… more

Date: August 21, 1979

Creator: Spainhouer, Freddie Philmon

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 32.777447 -96.758866

[Aerial Lift Crane Rescue at State Fair of Texas]

Photograph of an aerial lift fire engine parked in the lane of between two rows of red and white striped carnival game booths. The firefighter in the crane's bucket is right beside one of many sky tram cars suspended in the air by two parallel cables, several of which still have people inside. Three firefighters, two police officers and some civilians stand around the yellow fire engine, and further down the lane, a long ladder has been extended up to another tram car. In the background, more o… more

Date: August 21, 1979

Creator: Spainhouer, Freddie Philmon

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 32.778020 -96.760314

[Aerial Lift Crane Used to Reach Sky Tram Car]

Upward angle photograph of a firefighter (in casual uniform) standing in the bucket of a firefighting aerial lift crane that has been extended into the air. The bucket is just beneath and to the side of an orange and white sky tram car, still attached to the tram cable. Another sky tram car hangs on the right, attached to a parallel cable. The top of a tree can be partially seen just below the crane, and in the background, a large white cloud covers most of a blue sky. On the back of the photog… more

Date: August 21, 1979

Creator: Spainhouer, Freddie Philmon

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 32.777721 -96.759094

[Aerial Lift Rescue at a Sky Tram #2]

Photograph of an aerial lift firefighting crane, the bucket of which is positioned next to a Sky Tram car suspended in the night sky. To the right of the yellow, aerial lift firefighting engine is a white, two-story building with palm trees next to it. To the left of engine is a medical tent, a small grey vehicle, a tall flagpole (with a GMC Trucks flag), and two emergency officers (one in a light blue shirt and one in a dark blue shirt). Four people, their faces turned away from the camera, st… more

Date: August 21, 1979

Creator: Spainhouer, Freddie Philmon

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 32.777721 -96.759094

[Aerial Lift Rescue of a Sky Tram #1]

Photograph of an aerial lift firefighting crane, the bucket of which is positioned next to a Sky Tram car suspended in the night sky. To the right of the yellow, aerial lift firefighting engine is a white, two-story building with palm trees next to it. To the left of engine is a medical tent, a small grey vehicle, a tall flagpole (with a GMC Trucks flag), and two emergency officers (one in a light blue shirt and one in a dark blue shirt). Four people, their faces turned away from the camera, st… more

Date: August 21, 1979

Creator: Spainhouer, Freddie Philmon

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 32.777721 -96.759094

[Broken Sky Tram Car On Top of Carnival Tent]

Photograph of a scraped sky tram car on top of a red and white striped awning of a carnival booth. Four men stand in front of the booth's tent, and in the distant background, a helicopter can be seen in the sky. One of the men is holding a thin coil of rope and there is a yellow ladder beyond the group. There are two separate carnival booths in the tent., both of which have various toy prizes (including large, smiling, stuffed bananas). On the back of the photograph is a red ink stamp giving in… more

Date: August 21, 1979

Creator: Spainhouer, Freddie Philmon

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 32.777947 -96.760231

[Cable Car Rescue at Night]

Photograph of individuals working their way down a crane after being rescued from a stopped cable car over a row of red and white striped carnival booths. An empty cable car hangs in the background overhead, sporting the same red and white stripes as the booths below. The sky above is pitch black.

Date: October 21, 1979

Creator: Spainhouer, Freddie Philmon

Item Type: Photograph

[Cable Car Rescue with Crane #2]

Photograph of a fireman in a bucket attached to a crane working to access a stopped cable car. In the center of the bottom of the frame, the top of a mature tree is visible. Fluffy white clouds fill the sky above.

Date: October 21, 1979

Creator: Spainhouer, Freddie Philmon

Item Type: Photograph

[Cable Car Rescue With Ladder]

Photograph of firefighters using a long ladder and working to rescue people trapped on a cable car.

Date: October 21, 1979

Creator: Spainhouer, Freddie Philmon

Item Type: Photograph

[Close-up of Cable Car in Carnival Booth]

Photograph of a fallen cable car in a carnival skee-ball booth. The walls of the booth are covered in red and white stripes and stuffed prizes hang from the ceiling. Strips of the booth's roof hang down into the frame. The ground in front of the booth is littered with debris.

Date: October 21, 1979

Creator: Spainhouer, Freddie Philmon

Item Type: Photograph

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