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[Photograph of Firemen and Steamer]

Description: Photograph of firemen and a steamer from the Orange Fire Department posing in front of a clapboard building. The steamer and the men's faces have been colored.
Date: [1840..1850]
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Hume F. Worsham Driving Waco Fire Engine No. 1]

Description: Photograph of Hume F. Worsham (1861-1898) driving Waco Fire Engine Co., No. 1, a horse-drawn carriage. A large hose is attached to the back. Four men ride on the back of the carriage.
Date: 1861/1898
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Portrait of an Austin Fire Fighter]

Description: Photograph of the chief of the Austin Fire Department in 1884. Inscription on the back reads "Compliments of F. W. [Stowe ?], to Aug. Ziller, Chief Austin Fire Department, Austin, Texas, Aug. 5th 84." Photograph is cabinet card format.
Date: 1884
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[1885 Fire Wagon]

Description: Photograph and description of Orange's volunteer firemen standing by a fire wagon in 1885. This is the oldest known picture of an Orange scene.
Date: 1885
Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Longview Volunteer Fire Company]

Description: Photograph of the first Longview Volunteer Fire Company in Longview, Texas. The fire company was organized in 1885 using horse drawn fire carts. The fire company was located on the south side of Tyler Street between Fredonia and Center streets. City Hall was located upstairs. There are three horse-drawn fire carts parked outside the station.
Date: 1885
Location: 32.495135 -94.739764
Partner: Longview Public Library

[Longview Volunteer Fire Company]

Description: Photograph of nineteen members of the Longview Volunteer Fire Company in Longview, Texas. The men are lined up outside a building in Longview, and there are four men seated on a horse-drawn carriage behind the line of firemen. The octagon shaped building on the right is the fire station. The building in the background on the left is the Texas & Pacific Railroad station. There is a newspaper clipping on the back of the photograph with a handwritten note. From left to right, the members of the ph… more
Date: 1885
Location: 32.494925 -94.739487
Partner: Longview Public Library

[Old Portrait of the Dallas Fire Department]

Description: Composite portrait of members of the Dallas Fire Department, all of whom are men wearing their uniforms.
Date: 1890~/1899~
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Fire Department.
Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Photograph of Two Horse-Drawn Fire Wagons]

Description: Photograph of two teams of horses pulling two fire wagons, one driven by Pearcy Adams and one by George T. Rexes from the Orange Fire Department. Buildings are visible in the background.
Date: [1890..1910]
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Fire Wagon]

Description: Photograph of a horse-drawn fire wagon stopped in the middle of an un-paved main street in front of a row of storefronts; a sign on the wagon says "Colorado No. 2, A Unit for the Dam, 44 Members - Strong." Other carriages are visible in the background and people are standing in the windows and on the first-floor roofs of the stores. The stores include Gammel's Used Books, J.O.Buaas, Phil Bruckmann Painter and Decorator, and a drug store.
Date: 1892~
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Firemen of 1895]

Description: Photograph of seven men wearing fireman uniforms, three sitting and four standing, with two young boys bookending the line of firemen.
Date: 1895
Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

"Old Dismal" Substitute Hook and Ladder Wagon

Description: Photograph of the Substitute Hook and Ladder Wagon and firemen outside of Texas State Capitol building taken from 11th Street and Colorado Street looking east. The Hook and Ladder Wagon is drawn by two horses.
Date: June 7, 1895
Creator: Brooks
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Horsedrawn Fire Engine]

Description: Photograph of three men behind the reigns of a horse-drawn buggy with a water engine at the rear, and a young boy in overalls standing nearby. John Clark sits on the left, notable for his figure immortalized on the Firemen's Monument in Fair Park. At the center is Dutch Herman, a civilian, and on the right is Al Kaufman. The boy in overalls is known as W. J. "Bill" Cox.
Date: 1897
Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[A Portrait of Arthur Howard]

Description: Photograph of Arthur Howard, who is dressed in a uniform, including a hat that identifies him as Assistant Chief. He is only visible from the chest up.
Date: 1898~
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[Temporary Texas Capitol Building Fire]

Description: Photograph of the fire that destroyed the building that had temporarily served as the capitol building for the state of Texas while the new capitol building was being constructed. Firefighters can be seen spraying water in to the upper floors while a large number of spectators look on.
Date: August 30, 1899
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Dallas Police and Fire Department Band]

Description: Photograph of four rows of men ready to play marching band instruments on the steps of an administrative building.
Date: 1900~
Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[East Fire House - Palestine]

Description: Photo of the East Fire House, home of the Hope Hook and Ladder Company, Palestine.
Date: 1900~
Partner: Anderson County Historical Commission

[Horse Drawn Fire Wagon]

Description: Photograph of Pearcy Adams and George Rexes driving the new horse-drawn fire wagon in Orange, Texas around 1900.
Date: 1900~
Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Photograph of McKinney Volunteer Fire Department]

Description: Photograph of three rows of men from the McKinney Fire Department, dressed in uniforms and caps, posing in front of a building. A small boy stands on the far left of the front row. The men in the back row, standing from left to right, are Erwin Fergeston, Charles Carrington, Corn Oats, John Hill, Will Abernathy, Bob Kitchen, Alfred Allen, Robert Ware, John McKinney, Bob Maneden, Wiley McKinney, Polk Oats, and Charles Phelps. Those in the second row are Jim Sims, Wade Carrington, Jim Moore, Robe… more
Date: [1900..1910]
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Two Men on Fire Truck]

Description: Photograph of two firemen, identified as George T. Rexes and Grover Caldwell, sitting on a fire truck in front of the Orange Fire Station.
Date: 1900~
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Photograph of McKinney Fire Department]

Description: Photograph of several men standing on and around a McKinney Fire Department wagon drawn by a horse, in front of a building. The men are identified as Tom Floyd, Otie Saunders, Tom Cambliss, unidentified, Walter D. Howell, Lou B. Furr, Van O'Neal, Rodger Abernathy, Robert Goastree, Lennie McCawn, and Fred Burke.
Date: 1904~
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Mineral Wells Firemen , About 1907]

Description: Photograph of a group of men posing for a photograph on a firetruck. Front Row: Guy Croft, Henry Russell, J W (Buck) Thomas, Jube Warren, Holland Cogdell, Bill Deck (mask on), Bob Bozzell, Oscar Bish -Chief- , John Moore. Top Row - John Gill, Ben McGowen, D.E. Odell, Henry Briley, Arthur Ford, Arthur Howard, C.H. Alexander, Henry Hester, J.W. Birdwell, Ernest Wallace, Reginald Cogdell (driver). 18 are known to be deceased." Then, in Mr. Weaver's handwriting again, "All but three deceased."
Date: 1907~
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[Round Rock Hook & Ladder Co. with wagon]

Description: Black and white photograph of the Round Rock Hook and Ladder Co.; 18 men in pant and shirt uniforms with bibs labeled "1"; military-style flat, short brimmed caps; some of the men hold tall hooks, buckets and an ax; they stand in front of or on or sit in a long wooden wagon
Date: 1907~
Creator: Henington Publishing Co.
Partner: The Williamson Museum

[Round Rock Hook & Ladder Co. with wagon]

Description: Photograph of the Round Rock Hook and Ladder Co.; 18 men in pant and shirt uniforms with bibs labeled "1"; military-style flat, short brimmed caps; some of the men hold tall hooks, buckets and an ax; they stand in front of or on or sit in a long wooden wagon
Date: 1907~
Partner: The Williamson Museum

[Firemen Banquet]

Description: Photograph of a large group of men seated around a table set with dishes and flowers. These are the firemen of Central Station during 1906 or 1908.
Date: 1908~
Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum
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