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[Dallas Firefighter Class 113 #1]

Portrait of the Dallas Fire classmembers from August 1, 1961 to January 31, 1962 posing outside a building in two rows. The recruits are wearing double-breasted jackets with badges on the left breast and slacks.

Date: January 31, 1962

Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Fire Department.

Item Type: Photograph

[Dallas Firefighter Class 114 #1]

Portrait of the Dallas Fire classmembers from October 1, 1961 to March 30, 1962 posing outside a building in two rows. The recruits are wearing double breasted jackets with a badge on the left breast and slacks.

Date: March 30, 1962

Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Fire Department.

Item Type: Photograph

[Dallas Firefighter Class 115 #1]

Portrait of the Dallas Fire classmembers from December 1, 1961 to May 31, 1962 posing outside a building in two rows. The recruits are wearing double breasted jackets with badges on the left breast and slacks.

Date: May 31, 1962

Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Fire Department.

Item Type: Photograph

[Dallas Firefighter Class 116 #1]

Portrait of the Dallas Fire classmembers from February 1, 1962 to July 31, 1962 posing outside a building in two rows. The recruits are wearing double breasted jackets with badges on the left breast and slacks.

Date: July 31, 1962

Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Fire Department.

Item Type: Photograph

[Firefighters Battle Casa Avila Furniture Store Fire]

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: Photograph

Location: 32.794797 -96.805290

[Firefighters Look Up at a Smoking Window]

Photograph of two firefighters (their backs facing the camera) looking up at a ladder extending up a tall brick building. Smoke is coming out of three windows, which are four stories above the firefighters, while people on the second story above the firefighters can be seen through the windows. The top of the fire engine they're standing on is just barely visible at the bottom left of the photograph. On the back of the photograph are two labels, and extensive handwritten notes about the fire.

Date: February 28, 1962

Creator: Kennedy, Eamon

Item Type: Photograph

[Firefighters Climb Ladder Onto Roof of Smoking Building]

Photograph of a firefighter climbing up a ladder onto the roof of a smoking building, where three other firefighters are waiting. Three fire hoses are draped over the side of the building and back down to one of the fire engines parked in the street. The other fire engine is only partially visible on the right. Smoke obscures the sky above the building. On the back of the photograph are two labels and a stamp with information about the photo.

Date: January 30, 1962

Creator: Allen, Willie

Item Type: Photograph

[Two Firefighters Walk Through a Destroyed Store]

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: Photograph

[Firefighters Clean Up Rubble at Cabana Motor Hotel]

Photograph of five firefighters in firefighting suits, facing towards the camera and looking down, walking in dark, wet ash and rubble on a rooftop. Two of the firefighters are spraying water from a fire hose into a small wheelbarrow, and another firefighter is carrying a small ax. One of the other two firefighters is wearing a light-colored firefighting suit. The buildings of the Dallas city-skyline are visible in the background, and a man in plainclothes is visible beyond the firefighter on t… more

Date: June 22, 1962

Creator: Allen, William

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 32.786299 -96.813356

[Man Standing In Rubble of Burned Kessler Theatre]

Photograph of a man standing in the rubble of the Kessler Theatre in Dallas after a fire destroyed it. He is smiling and leaning against a podium-like box. The roof to the theatre is gone, but there are still audience seats left, visible in the far background. A man in a long coat and hat is also visible in the far background. On the back of the photograph are two stamps and handwritten notes giving information about the photograph.

Date: February 23, 1962

Creator: Mazziotta, John

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 32.749338 -96.842650

[Firefighters Extinguishing a Blazing Structure]

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: Photograph