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[Firefighters Battle Casa Avila Furniture Store Fire]

Description: Photograph of firefighters trying to extinguish a long, light-colored brick building with large front windows that is on fire. Three firefighters are crouched on the left, spraying water into the far left window, three are standing inside the building, spraying water into center window of the building, while four more firefighters spray two hoses at the building. Three firefighters on the right are also spraying the fire and the others are standing around on the right. There is a sign on top of… more
Date: November 14, 1962
Creator: Flynn, Johnny
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.794797 -96.805290
Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Two Firefighters Walk Through a Destroyed Store]

Description: Photograph of two firefighters in firefighting suits walk through debris in a W. T. Grant store, towards a large hole in the back wall. The closest of the firefighters is holding a pole in his right hand, which is partially obscured by the firefighter. The roof of the store is starting to cave in at the back of the store. Some of the merchandise on the right is still intact and dirty sheets cover some large, unidentified items. On the back of the photograph are a label, a stamp, and handwritten… more
Date: November 13, 1962
Creator: Kennedy, Eamon
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Boys Play On Fire Engine Inside Fire Station]

Description: Photograph of three boys wearing different parts of a firefighting suit and climbing on the back of a fire engine that sits inside a fire station. A firefighter also stands on the back of the truck, watching the boys as they play with a fire hose. The bottom of the photograph has text that reads, "Dallas Fire Department." There is information about the photograph on the back.
Date: November 11, 1971
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Firefighters Extinguishing a Blazing Structure]

Description: Photograph of three firefighters in front of a burning, smoking structure. Several poles are still standing within the structure, while the rest of structure crumbles inward. One firefighter (wearing a firefighting suit with a 'G' on the back) is kneeling in the front-center, while the other two firefighters are crouched beyond a stack of wooden pallets on the right, spraying water from a fire hose at the structure. There are stacks of bricks and wooden planks on either side of the firefighter … more
Date: November 10, 1962
Creator: Hanson, Andy
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Referendum Ballot on Consolidation]

Description: Text of a referendum ballot documenting a unanimous vote of the firemen to consolidate the 11th and 12th districts of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company, signed by 10 men.
Date: November 1, 1915
Creator: Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company. 12th District.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Smithville Heritage Society

[Postcard from J. P. Eagan to George Pendexter, November 30, 1911]

Description: Postcard from J. P. Eagan to George Pendexter with a note describing the picture on the reverse side: "This shows Truck 8-13-6 at work on Essex Fire 821 Washington Ave. April 15-1911." The photograph shows three different fire trucks with long ladders pointed up towards a burning building; Eagan says "#8 truck is at #32 house. That is first one with two men on the aerial ladder."
Date: November 30, 1911
Creator: Eagan, J. P.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard from J. P. Eagan to George Pendexter, November 18, 1911]

Description: Postcard with a photograph of "Engine Co. 32 Wagon" in St. Louis, Missouri. Eagan writes in his note on the back that "the driver made a special run" for him as he took the picture. The wagon is running down a street in the city with two firemen hanging off of the back end and two others sitting in the driver's seat. Eagan also asks Pendexter if he knows Chief van Toor in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Date: November 18, 1911
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard from J. P. Eagan to George Pendexter, November 1, 1911]

Description: Postcard from J. P. Eagan to George Pendexter regarding the status of Eagan, he is out of the #32 apparatus, and it is he who is seated in the photographed car on the reverse side. The photograph shows Eagan sitting in the driver's seat of a Webb car with an engine from Calgary, Canada; he says that the car is parked in front of the Webb factory.
Date: November 1, 1911
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard from J. P. Eagan to George Pendexter, November 12, 1911]

Description: Postcard from J. P. Eagan to George Pendexter describing the truck in the photo on the reverse side and its location. The photo shows a Webb Engine fire truck belonging to the St. Louis Fire Department in St. Louis, Missouri; the truck is parked outside of Station 43 in the city. Five firemen are also in the picture, four are on the truck and one is sitting in the garage entrance.
Date: November 12, 1911
Creator: Eagan, J. P.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas
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[News Clip: Explosion]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about an explosion and fire at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mach. The home is completely destroyed.
Date: November 22, 1956
Duration: 52 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Grain Blast]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about an explosion at the Southland Feed Mills elevator. Two people go missing in the fire.
Date: November 24, 1956
Duration: 6 minutes 19 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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