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[Aerial Lift Rescue of a Sky Tram #1]

Photograph of an aerial lift firefighting crane, the bucket of which is positioned next to a Sky Tram car suspended in the night sky. To the right of the yellow, aerial lift firefighting engine is a white, two-story building with palm trees next to it. To the left of engine is a medical tent, a small grey vehicle, a tall flagpole (with a GMC Trucks flag), and two emergency officers (one in a light blue shirt and one in a dark blue shirt). Four people, their faces turned away from the camera, st… more

Date: August 21, 1979

Creator: Spainhouer, Freddie Philmon

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 32.777721 -96.759094

Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Aerial Lift Crane at State Fair of Texas]

Photograph of an aerial lift fire engine parked in the lane of between two rows of red and white striped carnival game booths. The firefighter in the crane's bucket is right beside one of many sky tram cars suspended in the air by two parallel cables, several of which still have people inside. Three firefighters, two police officers and some civilians stand around the yellow fire engine, and further down the lane, a long ladder has been extended up to another tram car. In the background, more o… more

Date: August 21, 1979

Creator: Spainhouer, Freddie Philmon

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 32.777779 -96.760045

Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Dallas Fire Station 1 and Firefighters]

Photograph of six uniformed firefighters standing in front of the side of a fire engine at Dallas Fire Station 1. From left to right, the firefighters are: Fant, Capt. Lee, Chester, ?, Mitchell, and ?. The rear of the fire engine is just in front of one of the station's open garage doors. An American flag is flying above the same garage door, and in the background, part of the town is visible. There is a yellow sticky note on the back of the photograph identifying the fire station, and firefigh… more

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 32.789403 -96.796284

Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Fire Station 8's Assistant Chief's Fire Engine]

Photograph of 4 uniformed firefighters standing in front of the Assistant Chief's fire engine. From left to right, the firefighters are: Clay, Watson, Cody, and Chief Meador. The fire engine is parked in the driveway of Dallas Fire Station 8, a brick building which is just barely visible on the left of the photograph. There are several trees beyond the fire engine, and beyond those, a residential neighborhood is visible. There are two small holes in the top of the photograph, one on the left an… more

Date: 1937

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 32.810168 -96.776728

Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Firefighters and Yellow Fire Engine]

Photograph of four uniformed firefighters, as well as two men in suits, standing in front of a yellow fire engine parked in a showroom. A group of men and women are gathered to the left and right of the engine and a man sits in the driver's seat. Parts of a red fire engine and a yellow car are visible behind and to the right of the yellow engine. There are two stamps on the back of the photograph with identifier information, the date, and information about the photo's printer that has been smud… more

Date: March 14, 1976

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Fighting a Fire at Texaco Refinery]

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: Photograph

Location: 32.775604 -96.888582

Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Dallas Old Fire Station 3 Firefighters and Engine]

Photograph of five uniformed firefighters standing in front of a fire engine at the old Dallas Fire Station 3. From left to right, the firefighters are: Henry, Allen, Bell, Belvins, and Captain Baker. In the background, a residential neighborhood area, a few small businesses, and a traffic stop light are visible. There are two small holes in the top of the photograph, on the top left and the top right. On the back of the photograph is a yellow sticky note with information about the photo.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Fire Engine With Equipment On Top]

Photograph of a fire truck parked on a dirt road in a thinly wooded area. On top of the truck is a platform with two mounted, metal canons, and on the front of the truck, just below the grill, a metal cable is looped between and through two metal rings. In the background, on the right, is a small canal and a sign that says, "Danger, Keep Out."

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Dallas Fire Department 18 Firefighters]

Photograph of the firefighters at Dallas Fire Department 18 standing and kneeling in uniform in front of one of the station's fire engines. The men are arranged in two rows. On the front row, from left to right, the firefighters are: Miguel Gonzalez, Daniel Canter Jr., and Edward Downy Davis. On the back row, from left to right, the firefighters are: George Fletcher, David Villarreal, and Joe C. Guzman. Only a small portion of the front of the fire engine is visible in the photo. On the back of… more

Date: February 17, 1976

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[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

Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Dallas Firefighters and Fire Engine at Station #1]

Photograph of five firefighters in uniform, standing in front of the side of a fire engine. From left to right, the firefighters are: Mitchell, Capt. Lee, Chester, Watts, and Gause. The rear of the fire engine is still barely inside the fire station, which is partially visible on the right of the photograph. In the background, part of the town is visible, including a gas station sign. On the back of the photograph is a yellow sticky note that identifies the fire station and firefighters.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 32.789413 -96.796268

Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Fire Station 4 and Horse-Drawn Fire Engine]

Photograph of a horse-drawn fire engine and eight firefighters in the street in front of a multi-story fire station whose sign reads, "No 4 Engine Company." Two firefighters stand in front of the fire engine, one firefighter sits in the driver's seat, holding the reins to two horses, and five firefighters stand in front of one of two garage doors. The corner of a bed is visible through an open window on the second story of the station. Two buildings are just visible on either side of the statio… more

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Street Outside Dallas Federal Savings & Loan Fire]

Downward view photograph of five fire engines, an ambulance, and a police car in the street to the right of the Dallas Federal Savings & Loan building (which is barely visible on the left). There are men in white hard-hats (and some wearing suits) standing on the sidewalk and street between the building and the emergency vehicles. The buildings and crowd of civilians watching the scene from down the street in the background are partially obscured by smoke. On the back of the photograph are two … more

Date: January 7, 1964

Creator: Winfrey, Bill

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 32.781637 -96.799760

Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Dallas Fire Station 1 and Fire Truck]

Photograph of a street view of the front of a two-story, brick fire station with four garage doors. The two garage doors on the right are open and a fire truck is 3/4 of the way out of right-center door. There are two men on the fire truck - one driving and the other on the top of the vehicle. On the front of the building, a fake balcony bears the Dallas Fire Department insignia and the American flag; on the sides of the building, parked cars are visible. The date and some handwritten notes are… more

Date: December 22, 1969

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 32.789406 -96.796295

Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Firefighters and Fire Engines]

Photograph of firefighters out of uniform standing in front of two yellow, Ford fire engines. From left to right, the firefighters are: Clay Miller, Vernon Patterson, J. R. Hancockl, Reed Russell, H. C. McElwee, T. C. Graves, and John Rupe. The fire engine on the left has a lift. Behind the trucks is the one-story, brick station, and beyond the station is a group of trees. On the back of the photograph is a red, handwritten "19."

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Crowd of Firefighters on a Rescue Operation at Business Strip]

Photograph of a large crowd of firefighters in firefighting suits (most of them with their names on the backs of their jackets) facing a brick, multi-level building with smoke coming out of some of the upper-level windows. There are two more multi-level buildings directly to the left of the smoking building, and a fire engine parked in front of the smoking building. In the top left of the photo, on the roof of the building directly to the left of the smoking building, there are two firefighters… more

Date: February 16, 1964

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Firefighters In Front of Fire Engine]

Photograph of six firefighters in uniform stand in a line in front of a fire engine (part of which is obscured). From left to right, the firefighters are: R. Thompson, E. Thompson, Cap. Mullenix, Rutherford, Frith, and Dunford. In the background, are a two Mobilgas signs, many electric poles, and cars parked along a street. There are two holes in the top of the photograph, one on the right and one on the left. There is a yellow sticky note on the back of the photograph giving information about … more

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Firefighter Looks on as Smoke Billows]

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: Photograph

Location: 32.788461 -96.818029

Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Fire Station with Firefighters on a Fire Engine]

Photograph of a brick, two-story fire station with two fire engines parked in the driveway. Four firefighters stand or sit on each engine, while one firefighter stands between the two. There are several brick buildings visible on either side of the station, as well as cars parked on the left. In the bottom left of the photo is an embossed insignia. On the back of the photograph is a label with an identifier.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Smoke Pours From Dallas Federal Savings & Loan Building]

Photograph of a large cloud of dark smoke pouring out from the Dallas Federal Savings & Loan building, visible on the right. In the street in front of the building, to the left, are four small fire engines and a group of fighters in firefighting uniform. There is a man taking a photograph of the smoke in the center middle-ground of the photo. A large white, square clock jutting out from the side of the Savings & Loan building shows the time to be about 3:10 pm. On the back of the photograph are… more

Date: January 7, 1964

Creator: Eamon, Kennedy

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 32.781387 -96.799739

Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Truck Shop Crew Members and Fire Engine]

Photograph of six fire truck shop crew members standing in a line in front of a fire engine. From left to right, the crew members are: Towers, Martin, Redwine, Lattimer, Collier, and Hahnl. The fire engine is parked facing left, in a street in front of an empty, grassy, fenced-in lot with trees and shrubs. In the background, there are buildings and houses surrounding the lot. On the back of the photograph is a yellow sticky note with information about the photo.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Fire Engine and Fire Station]

A street-view photograph of a two-story, brick fire station with two open garage doors and a fire engine parked in its driveway. There is a fire hydrant in the lawn to the left of the station, and another brick building on the right side of the station. There are notes written backwards in green ink in the top left corner of the photo. On the back of the photograph is a label with identifier information, and handwritten notes that are partially obscured by a tear in the paper.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Firefighters Fight Fire at Superior Bowling Lanes]

Photograph of a close-up view of the front of Superior Bowling Lanes as it smokes. In the foreground, the top of a fire engine, with "Dallas Fire Dept." on the side, is visible. On an aerial platform in the right background, two firefighters spray a hose into a window of the building. On the back of the photograph are handwritten notes giving the Superior Bowling Lanes' address and the date.

Date: April 9, 1964

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Row of Firefighters in Front of Smoking Building]

Photograph of a row of uniformed Dallas Fire Department firefighters (two of which are wearing light-colored uniforms and white helmets) facing a row of smoking brick buildings, one of which bears the sign "Prime Steaks - Barbecue." There are metal ladders and fire escape staircases mounted to the front of the buildings. Two fire engines are partially visible on the right and a firefighter on an aerial platform is visible in the top left of the photo. Two men in civilian clothes stand behind th… more

Date: February 16, 1964

Creator: Douglas

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum