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[Tornado Destruction]

Photograph of destruction caused by a tornado in Dallas, Texas. A car in the foreground has been partially destroyed, and is covered with rubble from the building behind it. Debris litters the ground.

Date: April 2, 1957

Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Fire Department.

Item Type: Photograph

[Tornado Destruction in Dallas, Texas]

Photograph of destruction caused by a tornado in Dallas, Texas. A car is pressed up against a wall on the left. Its roof has been ripped off and it is surrounded by debris. Another car is parked to the right, and appears to have sustained less damage.

Date: April 1957

Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Fire Department.

Item Type: Photograph

[Varo Manufacturing Company Fire]

Photograph of civilians wearing white shirts and firemen on the street operating hoses at a stone building with the words "Varo MFG CO" written on the front. Varo Mfg Company was located on West Walnut Lane in Garland, Texas. While the main building burned in 1956, it was subsequently rebuilt.

Date: April 1, 1956

Item Type: Photograph

[Apartment Fire]

Photograph of a firefighter carrying two suitcases down a hallway damaged by fire with two young women.

Date: August 1959

Item Type: Photograph

[Airway Theater Fire]

Photograph of a neon sign reading "Airway" with the words "Now showing Key Largo also The Fuor Poster" below. The theater sits at 8006 Denton Drive.

Date: January 19, 1955

Item Type: Photograph

[4810 East Side House Fire]

Photograph of a five alarm fire at 4810 East Side, with the outside charred and two ladders to the second floor.

Date: March 1, 1958

Item Type: Photograph

[Forest Avenue Bridge]

Photograph of a firefighter standing near the railing on a bridge.

Date: December 25, 1953

Item Type: Photograph

[Travis School Fire]

Photograph of a two story brick building with flames roaring from the rooftop as firemen scale a ladder.

Date: April 21, 1955

Item Type: Photograph

[Varo Mfg. Co. Fire]

Photograph of firemen and civilians on the street level of a stone building fire that has devastated most of the second floor of the building.

Date: April 1, 1956

Item Type: Photograph

[8247 Barbaree Fire]

Photograph of a bedroom with charred sheets and mattress.

Date: May 11, 1959

Item Type: Photograph

[Main and Field Fire]

Photograph of a two story building with stores at the street level and apartments on the second with firemen scaling ladders to reach the second story.

Date: December 5, 1950

Item Type: Photograph

[Clem Lumber Co. Fire]

Photograph of a destroyed brick building on 2500 Live Oak.

Date: November 15, 1959

Item Type: Photograph

[Standford Furniture Warehouse Fire]

Photograph of the two story brick Stanford Furniture Warehouse with smoke pouring from the rooftop and windows, at 316 Olive between Live Oak and Pacific. Ladders reach the second floor and firemen climb to the roof and windows. Lieutenant Crites died in the fire.

Date: June 13, 1953

Item Type: Photograph

[Johnny's Supermarket]

Photograph of a one story supermarket with four ladders leading to the rooftop. The address is 5533 Columbia street.

Date: March 9, 1959

Item Type: Photograph

[Drugstore Fire]

Photograph of a fireman climbing a ladder to the roof of a drug store obscured by a thick film of smoke.

Date: January 15, 1955

Item Type: Photograph

[Older Woman Outside House Fire]

Photograph of an older woman in a nightgown supported by a policeman and man in a suit on either side.

Date: March 1959

Item Type: Photograph

[Wheat Furniture Co.]

Photograph of firemen on a busy street with furniture stores, pawn shops, and department stores.

Date: April 1951

Item Type: Photograph

[8247 Barbaree Couch Fire]

Photograph of a large charred hole in a couch in the living room of a house.

Date: May 11, 1959

Item Type: Photograph

[Charred Powerline]

Photograph of four firemen aiming a hose at a charred powerline.

Date: 1959

Item Type: Photograph

[Fire at 2401 South Harwood]

Photograph of a two story brick commercial building near three train tracks.

Date: November 8, 1953

Item Type: Photograph

[Hay Field Fire]

Photograph of three fire engines fighting a blazing field.

Date: May 21, 1959

Item Type: Photograph

[Adolphus Hotel Fire]

Photograph of a light colored car near the fire engines parked on the side of the street to respond to a fire at Adolphus Hotel on Main east of Akard.

Date: February 11, 1955

Item Type: Photograph

[Burned Furniture]

Photograph of a burned out bedroom with a charred mattress and bed frame in a building at 1321 Grigsby, after a fire.

Date: March 22, 1959

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 32.802116 -96.774555

[University Park Fire]

Photograph of a strip mall half destroyed on the 6200 block of Hillcrest.

Date: February 2, 1958

Item Type: Photograph

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[Tornado Destruction]

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[Varo Manufacturing Company Fire]

[Apartment Fire]

[Airway Theater Fire]

[4810 East Side House Fire]

[Forest Avenue Bridge]

[Travis School Fire]

[Varo Mfg. Co. Fire]

[8247 Barbaree Fire]

[Main and Field Fire]

[Clem Lumber Co. Fire]

[Standford Furniture Warehouse Fire]

[Johnny's Supermarket]

[Drugstore Fire]

[Older Woman Outside House Fire]

[Wheat Furniture Co.]

[8247 Barbaree Couch Fire]

[Charred Powerline]

[Fire at 2401 South Harwood]

[Hay Field Fire]

[Adolphus Hotel Fire]

[Burned Furniture]

[University Park Fire]