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Firefighters in Abandoned Building in Grapevine

Photograph of firemen putting out a fire in an abandoned building in downtown Grapevine. One man (right) is using a shovel while a firefighter wearing fire gear (left) holds a running hose and flashlight near the area; another man wearing firefighting gear is partially visible in the doorway on the far left.

Date: May 31, 1975

Partner: Tarrant County College NE, Heritage Room

[The Damron Hotel Fire, 12 of 21: Numerous Fire Hoses Lying in Front of the Hotel]

Another view of the front entrance to the Damron Hotel at 109 W. Hubbard during the earlier stages of the fire that completely destroyed it on December 22, 1975. Debris from the burning hotel wafted as far as seven blocks from the burning building. No major injuries were reported. The spectacular Holiday fire that destroyed the hotel received extensive photographic coverage.

Date: December 22, 1975

Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[The Damron Hotel Fire, 11 of 21: Fighting the Fire on W. Hubbard St.]

Shown here is another picture in the series of photographs of the fire that destroyed the Damron Hotel during the holiday season of 1975. This smoke-shrouded scene of W. Hubbard, shows the front entrance to the hotel in the earlier stages of the fire's progress. The Damron was built in 1906, during the days that Mineral Wells was a popular resort spa. It burned completely on December 22,1975. The hotel's name was changed in 1917 when Mr. Holt (who had built the hotel) traded it to Ag… more

Date: December 22, 1975

Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[The Damron Hotel Fire, 10 of 21]

Another in the extensive series of photographs that covered the spectacular holiday fire that completely consumed the Damron Hotel during the 1975 Christmas season is shown here. This picture shows some of the early response to the fire. Note, for example, the electrical utility truck, which has arrived to cut off electrical power to the buildings. The Damron Hotel (which was built during the days when Mineral Wells was a resort) was originally named the Colonial Hotel. It was located a… more

Date: December 22, 1975

Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[The Damron Hotel Fire, 9 of 21: Firemen and a Fire Truck Near the North Side of Budiling]

This photograph shows another view of the early response to the holiday conflagration that consumed the Damron Hotel on December 22, 1975. The Damron was built in 1906, during Mineral Wells' heyday as a popular resort city. Originally named the Colonial Hotel by J. T. Holt, and built for his second wife, the name of the hotel was changed in 1917 when Mr. Holt traded the hotel to Agnew and Bessie Damron. The hotel was located at 109 W. Hubbard, and the spectacular fire received exte… more

Date: December 22, 1975

Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[The Damron Hotel Fire, 8 of 21: An Early Stage of the Fire, Looking North]

This view of the spectacular holiday [Christmas] fire that consumed the Damron Hotel completely on December 22, 1975, was taken from SW 1st Street at the southwest corner of the block in the early stages of the fire. The Damron Hotel was built as the Colonial Hotel in 1906 by J. T. Holt for his second wife. She adamantly refused to live in the country. The name was changed in 1917 when it was traded to Agnew and Bessie Damron. It was located at 109 W. Hubbard. The fire received extensive ph… more

Date: December 22, 1975

Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[The Damron Hotel Fire, 7 of 21: The Parking Lot Behind the Hotel]

This is yet another view of the spectacular fire that consumed the Damron Hotel during the 1975 Christmas Season. The Damron was originally built as the Colonial Hotel in 1906 by rancher J.T. Holt for his second wife. The name was changed in 1917 when the hotel was traded to Agnew and Bessie Damron. The fire was covered extensively by free-lance photographers. The hotel was formerly located on at 109 W. Hubbard Street, on the corner of the block that included SW 1st Avenue and S… more

Date: December 22, 1975

Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[The Damron Hotel Fire, 6 of 21: Bystanders Observing the Fire]

The Damron Hotel was destroyed (on December 22, 1975) in a spectacular fire that received extensive photographic coverage. The hotel was located at 109 W. Hubbard. This is another picture of that immense conflagration. All the firemen answered a call that came in at 9:08 on the morning of the fire. The City of Weatherford also sent men and equipment over to help. Volunteers who were not themselves firemen also helped. Other buildings that suffered damage were Pemberton's (an applian… more

Date: December 22, 1975

Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[The Damron Hotel Fire, 5 of 21: View from the Rear of the Building]

The Damron Hotel was built in 1906 as the Colonial Hotel by J. T. Holt. At one time, both Kiwanis and the Rotary service Clubs met in the dining room that was located on the west side of the main floor. Formerly located at 109 W. Hubbard Street, the hotel burned completely on December 22, 1975 in a spectacular fire that was extensively photographed. Shown here is one of many views of the fire.

Date: December 22, 1975

Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[The Damron Hotel Fire, 3 of 21: Baker Hotel in Background]

The Damron Hotel (very popular in the resort city of Mineral Wells through the periods of the "Roaring Twenties", The Great Depression and World War II) was originally built as The Colonial Hotel in 1906 by J.T. Holt. Mr. Holt also owned a hardware store at the back of the hotel facing S. Oak Avenue, and a one-room buggy showroom between the hardware store and the hotel. The hotel was traded to Agnew and Bessie Damron around 1917 , and the name was changed to reflect the new ownership.… more

Date: December 22, 1975

Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[The Damron Hotel Fire, 2 of 21: View South/Southeast ]

The Colonial Hotel was built in 1906 by Mr. J. T. Holt for his second wife. Mr. Holt also owned a hardware store on S. Oak at the back of the hotel. The name of the hotel was changed to The Damron Hotel around 1917 when Mr. Holt traded it to Agnew and Bessie Damron. A hardware store, hard by, was sold to Mr. Holt's manager, John Davidson. The Damron Hotel, located at 109 W. Hubbbard Street, along with Davidson Hardware, burned completely on December 22, 1975. Please note the Christmas… more

Date: December 22, 1975

Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[The Damron Hotel Fire, 21 of 21: An Early Stage, Looking East, Smoke Billowing]

Here is a view of the Damron Hotel (formerly located at 109 W. Hubbard Street)during the early stages of the fire (on December 22, 1975) that completely destroyed it. It was a popular hotel during the heyday of Mineral Wells--through the "Roaring Twenties", the Great Depression and World War II.

Date: December 22, 1975

Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[The Damron Hotel Fire, 19 of 21, Two People Looking South from North]

The Damron Hotel was built as the Colonial Hotel in 1906 during the heyday of Mineral Wells as a popular resort city. It burned completely on December 22, 1975. This picture shows the front entrance under a dark plume of black smoke, with flames breaking through the upper floors of the front wall. Two people (one with a hard hat, and one without)stand observing the proceedings.

Date: December 22, 1975

Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[The Damron Hotel Fire, 18 of 21: Individual in Front of the Burning Hotel]

The Damron Hotel, built as the Colonial Hotel in 1906 during the days that Mineral Wells was a popular resort, burned completely on December 22, 1975. Shown here is another view of the front entrance to the hotel as flames burst through the front wall of the building. The gesturing individual with the hard hat has not been identified.

Date: December 22, 1975

Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[The Damron Hotel Fire, 17 of 21: Two Individuals on the Street Northwest of the Fire]

Shown here is another view of the plume of thick black smoke at the height of the fire that completely destroyed the Damron Hotel December 22, 1975, along with two hard-hatted individuals (presumably fire-fighters) standing in the street. It was a very popular hotel during the mineral water industry's heyday through the "Roaring Twenties", Great Depression and World War II. By the time of the fire, however, an informant remarked--verbally--that no respectable lady permitted herself t… more

Date: December 22, 1975

Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[The Damron Hotel Fire, 16 of 21: Black Smoke Billowing Over Businesses]

This picture illustrates the photograph of the huge column of black smoke accompanying the Damron Hotel fire that completely destroyed the hotel on December 22, 1975 in Mineral Wells. It is viewed from a narrow street or alleyway that has buildings lining either side; a Chevrolet truck is parked on the right side of the image.

Date: December 22, 1975

Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[The Damron Hotel Fire, 15 of 21: Passenger Cars on a Back Street]

The Damron Hotel, built in 1906 during the days that Mineral Wells was a popular resort spa, burned completely on December 22, 1975. It was located at 109 W. Hubbard Street. This picture shows the dense cloud of smoke that resulted from the holiday catastrophe. Westbound traffic on .S. Highway 180 had to be re-routed in order to avoid the clutter of debris that littered the street.

Date: December 22, 1975

Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[The Mineral Wells Fire Department in 1975]

Photograph of a group of firefighters posing in front of a firetruck. Shown in the top row are: Rene James, Weldon Hood, Jerry Kidwell, Walter Carter, Jerry Loftis. In the middle row: Eddie Bell, Eldred Fryer, Horace Roe, Bud Smith, Joe Knight, Kenneth Kinder. In the front row: B.H. "Tiny" Gilstrap, Eddie Fryer, Melton Brewton (Chief), Jerry Van Natta, Allen Fryer, Rickey Epperson, Larry Clutts, Louis Clutts, Butch Clutts, Gene Knerr, Davis Light, John Gilbert, Byron Kizziah, Bazil Wright, R.… more

Date: 1975

Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[Dallas Firefighter Class 168 #2]

Portrait of the Dallas Fire classmembers from January 6, 1975 to April 3, 1975 posing outside a building in two rows. The recruits are wearing uniforms of navy blue slacks, double-breasted jackets, and flat-topped caps.

Date: March 21, 1975

Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Fire Department.

Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Oak Cliff Chamber of Commerce Breaks Ground]

Photograph of eight men in suits, coats, and hard hats at a ground breaking ceremony on an empty dirt lot. The men are standing on a long platform of wooden planks, and one of the men is standing at a short podium on a small table covered by a red tablecloth. Two small speakers sit on either end of the platform There are nine shovels propped up against the table. In the background, leafless trees, power lines, and the tops of buildings are partially visible. On the back of the photograph is an … more

Date: January 24, 1975

Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Presentation of Transportable Incubator]

Photograph of five people standing around a portable incubator, alongside a brick building. From left to right they are: a man wearing a fire chief's uniform, holding a file; an older man in a medium-colored suit, also holding a file; a man in a light-colored suit, in the middle of speaking; a man in a plaid suit, standing on the edge of a small ambulance dock; and a woman with short hair, a skirt suit, and a scarf around her neck, also standing on the ambulance dock. The portable incubator is … more

Date: January 16, 1975

Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Donation of Portable Incubator]

Photograph of five people standing around a portable incubator, alongside a brick building. From left to right they are: a man wearing a fire chief's uniform, holding a file; an older man in a medium-colored suit, also holding a file; a man in a light-colored suit, looking downwards; a woman with short hair, a skirt suit, and a scarf around her neck, in the middle of speaking; a man in a plaid suit, standing on the edge of a small ambulance dock with his arms crossed; and a man in a light-color… more

Date: January 16, 1975

Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Dallas Firefighter Class 169 #2]

Portrait of the Dallas Fire classmembers from May 19, 1975 to August 22, 1975 posing outside a building in two rows. The recruits are wearing uniforms of navy blue slacks, double-breasted jackets, and flat-topped caps.

Date: August 1, 1975

Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Fire Department.

Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Chief Hendrix Speaking to Reporters]

Photograph of the fire department Chief Hendrix speaking to a male reporter who holds an audio recorder to his mouth, while a female reporter in a coat waits on the other side.

Date: February 7, 1975

Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

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