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[Postcard of a Safety Carriage]

Description: Postcard of a group of uniformed men with a horse-drawn vehicle, helping an injured man. The injured man is strapped to a wooden stretcher, with bandages around his head.
Date: unknown
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard with a Photograph of Fire Wagons on a Street]

Description: Postcard with a photograph of a line of horse-drawn fire wagons traveling down a city street; there is a crowd of people standing on the side of the street. All three wagons have the same metal apparatus loaded in the back; these are steamer engines used by the local fire department.
Date: [1909..1912]
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard of Romanian Firemen]

Description: Postcard of uniformed Romanian firemen aboard a horse-drawn fire engine. On the left, there is a man in an officer's uniform, playing a bugle.
Date: unknown
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard of a Burning Oil Field, Humble, Texas]

Description: Postcard of a burning oil field near Houston, Texas. A large wall of smoke covers the background behind a fenced area. In the distance, people are observing the scene near the fence
Date: July 13, 1909
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard of Firemen in Berlin, Germany]

Description: Postcard of firemen operating a horse-drawn fire engine near a building. The firemen are facing away from the camera and towards the upper, unseen stories of the building.
Date: 1918?
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard of a Fire Truck a Part of the Centralia Fire Department]

Description: Postcard with a photograph of an old fire truck loaded with ladders in the back and there are people walking on the sidewalk behind the truck. The truck is parked in front of a building with an advertisement for "Pabst Blue Ribbon" beer; the truck also has a label on the side of it that says "Centralia Fire Dept."
Date: [1909..1912]
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard with a Photograph of Firemen in a Parade]

Description: Postcard with a photograph of a group of firemen riding on a horse-drawn vehicle through a parade in New York. The fireman in the front of the vehicle is holding the reigns of the horses, and two are standing behind him while the rest of the men are standing on either side of the ladders on the back. The crowd of people are lining both sides of the street as the parade goes through; the back of the photo says: "Truck Co. #80 Fire Dept. New York."
Date: [1909..1912]
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard of Firefighters Evacuating a Building, Berlin, Germany]

Description: Postcard of Berlin's fire department evacuating a three-story building, with ladders set up to access its windows and rooftop. A few firemen are seen holding ropes taut to and from one of the windows, allowing someone to zip-line from the window to the ground.
Date: June 21, 1909
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard of the Equitable Life Building, New York, January 9th, 1912]

Description: Postcard of men in a snowy street in New York, standing by a snow-covered vehicle. Smoke obscures the view ahead of the vehicle. A note at the foot of the postcard says, "Equitable Life Building, New York, destroyed by fire January 9th, 1912."
Date: January 9, 1912
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard with a Photograph of a Dallas House Fire]

Description: Postcard with a photograph of a group of firefighters working to put out a "fire on Bryan Street" in Dallas, Texas. There are a number of people around the home watching the firemen do their work; two of the firemen are standing on the roof of the home.
Date: [1909..1912]
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard of a Fire at the Delaware Hotel, Mineral Wells, Texas]

Description: Postcard of the burning of the Delaware Hotel. The town's fire department is trying to extinguish the flames, as seen by the hose leading from the wagons in the bottom right corner of the image. A large crowd is watching the event unfold from the left. Despite the image being black and white, the smoke has a slight red tint to it. The back of the photograph has a handwritten note from the sender that says, "[...] This is the nearest thing to a fire wagon here, so I sent it. [...]"
Date: June 20, 1908
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard of Firemen and a Ladder, Paris, France]

Description: Postcard of three firemen on a horse-drawn vehicle parked at a fire station, with a ladder mounted on the vehicle's top. A single fireman is watching from the fire station's front door on the right.
Date: unknown
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas
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