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[Abilene Hall Fire]

Description: Photograph of firefighters attempting to control the fire at Old Abilene Hall, showing groups of firemen pointing hoses at the second-story windows. A group of helpful students carrying rubble in a wheelbarrow can be seen going down the front entrance steps.
Date: 1947
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.477681 -99.735349
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Photograph of Behrens Chapel Fire]

Description: Photograph of the original Behrens Chapel on fire, showing a large crowd of onlookers watching as firefighters attempt to put out the fire with fire hoses. A car can be seen parked on the street from where the photographer is taken the picture.
Date: 1957
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Photograph of Abilene Hall Fire]

Description: Photograph of the old Abilene Hall fire, showing smoke rising from the roof and a fire engine parked alongside the building. A firefighter can be seen standing at the top of a ladder mounted to the fire engine. A sign on the building reads, “Hardin-Simmons Book Store.” A large crowd of people, most likely evacuated employees, stand across the street from the burning building.
Date: 1947
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Photograph of Abilene Hall Fire]

Description: Photograph of the Abilene Hall fire, showing a crowd of people in the foreground, watching as firefighters attempt to control the blaze. A fireman on a truck ladder can be seen over the building in the upper-left corner.
Date: February 10, 1947
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Photograph of Old Behrens Chapel Fire]

Description: Photograph of the Behrens Chapel fire at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas. Firefighters and a student can be seen shooting a fire hose at one of the building's windows. There are notes on the back of the photo about including the image in the campus newspaper, The Brand.
Date: 1957
Creator: Roberts Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Photograph of Old Behrens Chapel Fire]

Description: Photograph of the original Behrens Chapel on fire, showing a large crowd of onlookers watching as firefighters attempt to put out the fire with fire hoses. A fire truck can be seen parked in to grass, with a firefighter climbing up the ladder to the roof of the building.
Date: Autumn 1957
Creator: Blevins, Stan
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Fighting a Fire at Texaco Refinery]

Description: Wide-shot photograph of firefighters in firefighting suits, on the ground and on a fire engine, spraying large streams of water at a fire just out of shot on the left. The fire engine has a water canon attached to the top of its cab, and there are two men with cameras standing on top of the fire engine. Civilians stand on the side of the scene and on a loading dock on the right, watching the firefighters work. There are circular metal structures, including one with a domed structure, in the bac… more
Date: August 26, 1963
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.775604 -96.888582
Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Firefighter Looks on as Smoke Billows]

Description: Photograph of a Dallas Fire Department firefighter looking on as a tall cloud of smoke billows from the top of the Edson of Texas pillow factory building. The firefighter is wearing a long jacket and standing on a fire engine that is parked facing left. The source of the smoke is somewhere on the roof of the brick building, however, smaller plumes of smoke rise from one of the windows. Partially obscured by the fire engine, another firefighter stands at the bottom of a ladder propped against th… more
Date: August 22, 1960
Creator: McCain, Charles
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.788461 -96.818029
Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Firefighters Use Hoses to Extinguish Burning Barbecue Restaurant]

Description: Photograph of six firefighters using fire hoses to spray water at a barbecue restaurant that is mostly obscured by smoke. The firefighters' names are on the backs of their jackets, and one of the firefighters carries a small tank strapped to his back. The restaurant has a sign that says "Barbecue," and a striped awning with the restaurant's street address on it. In the background are a metal fire-escape and another building. On the back of the photograph are a label and an information stamp fil… more
Date: February 16, 1964
Creator: Douglas
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Firefighters Hosing Down Burning Tires]

Description: Wide-shot photograph of four firefighters in firefighting suits, hosing down burning tires on the left. Two of the firefighters hold one hose while the other two hold another hose, pointed at a spot farther away. A large tree stands just beyond the farthest firefighters, and there are more trees barely visible in the background. There are a few stacks of tires obscuring the closest firefighters and much of the background on the left is obscured by smoke. On the back of the photograph are a labe… more
Date: January 20, 1960
Creator: Flynn, Johnny
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Firefighters Fight Love Field Hangar Fire]

Description: Photograph of three firefighters in firefighting suits and two aircraft mechanics fighting a hangar fire at Love Field Airport in Dallas. One firefighter stands on the left in the foreground, pointing a water hose over the tops of white, charred brick walls in the right middle-ground and blackened debris. The two mechanics (one of whom is shirtless) point another water hose at a wall, and behind them, the two other firefighters point a water hose at the same wall.The air around the men is smoky… more
Date: July 5, 1960
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.848122 -96.851397
Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[News Script: Firefighters see demonstrations]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about training demonstrations of various types of fires and techniques to extinguish them, at an event for firefighters sponsored by the Tarrant County Volunteer Fire Fighters Association.
Date: October 10, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Firefighters see demonstrations]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about training demonstrations of various types of fires and techniques to extinguish them, at an event for firefighters sponsored by the Tarrant County Volunteer Fire Fighters Association.
Date: October 10, 1954
Duration: 2 minutes 12 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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