[DeLuxe Diner Building Fire]

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Photograph of a long, smoking, multi-story, brick building. On the ground, a fire engine is parked with its ladder extended towards the building and two firefighters stand next to a smaller ladder propped against the building. Streams of water spray the building from an unknown source behind the fire engine. There are several advertisement signs on the fence in front of the building. There is a handwritten note along the left border of the photo that reads, "See Over." On the back of the photograph are two stamps and extensive handwritten notes about the fire shown in the photo.

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1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 25 cm.

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Winfrey, Bill July 23, 1961.

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This photograph is part of the collection entitled: Rescuing Texas History, 2015 and was provided by the Dallas Firefighters Museum to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 99 times. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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Dallas Firefighters Museum

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Photograph of a long, smoking, multi-story, brick building. On the ground, a fire engine is parked with its ladder extended towards the building and two firefighters stand next to a smaller ladder propped against the building. Streams of water spray the building from an unknown source behind the fire engine. There are several advertisement signs on the fence in front of the building. There is a handwritten note along the left border of the photo that reads, "See Over." On the back of the photograph are two stamps and extensive handwritten notes about the fire shown in the photo.

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1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 25 cm.

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Rescuing Texas History, 2015

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  • July 23, 1961

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  • Nov. 3, 2016, 5:57 p.m.

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  • Nov. 18, 2016, 5:43 p.m.

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Winfrey, Bill. [DeLuxe Diner Building Fire], photograph, July 23, 1961; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth803866/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Firefighters Museum.

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