[Old Dallas Love Field Station]

Photograph of the Old Dallas Love Field Station, used during World War II. Many cars and fire trucks are parked around the firehouse, which has three bay doors.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Horace L. Russell Scrapbook] (open access)

[Horace L. Russell Scrapbook]

Scrapbook of Horace L. Russell containing photographs and newspaper clippings pertaining to the service, retirements, and deaths of firefighters in Dallas, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Russell, Horace L.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Program: Graduation Ceremony Dallas Fire Department Class 86-219] (open access)

[Program: Graduation Ceremony Dallas Fire Department Class 86-219]

Program for the ceremony honoring the graduation of the Dallas Fire Department (DFD) Fire Control and Rescue Officer apprentices in December 1986. It includes an explanation of the Maltese Cross, brief biographies and photos of the instructors, the order of the ceremony, portraits of the graduates, text of the firefighter's oath, and an overview of the history of the DFD.
Date: December 1986
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Fireman, Volume 9, Number 10, June 1951 (open access)

Texas Fireman, Volume 9, Number 10, June 1951

Seventy-fifth anniversary issue of The Texas Fireman a publication documenting news and events related to the State Firemen's and Fire Marshals' Association of Texas as well as information of interest to members.
Date: June 1951
Creator: State Firemen's and Fire Marshals' Association of Texas
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Man in the Leather Helmet: A Souvenir Booklet of The Dallas Fire Department (open access)

The Man in the Leather Helmet: A Souvenir Booklet of The Dallas Fire Department

Souvenir book that was sold to raise money for the Dallas Firemen's Relief Fund. It includes a complete roster of Dallas firemen with photographs, articles about the department and fire-related topics, and images of locations, as well as advertising for Dallas businesses.
Date: 1931
Creator: Dallas Firemen's Relief Fund
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gas Filter Masks (open access)

Gas Filter Masks

Advertising pamphlet describing the construction and uses of "The La France-Yablick Mask" (bulletin 230) and "Special Ammonia Fume Canisters" (bulletin 231). It includes illustrations of the items, explanations of how they should or should not be used in firefighting, and other details for prospective buyers.
Date: unknown
Creator: American LaFrance Fire Engine Company
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Chief Hugh Franklin Magee Scrapbook, Volume 1] (open access)

[Chief Hugh Franklin Magee Scrapbook, Volume 1]

Scrapbook of Hugh Franklin Magee, Fire Chief of Dallas, Texas. The scrapbook contains drawings, photographs, and newspaper clippings pertaining to the department and cover such topics as fires, equipment malfunctions, and community relations.
Date: 1900~
Creator: Magee, Hugh Franklin
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dallas Firefighter Class 36 #2]

Copy print of recruit class number 34 standing and posing together in front of a background of light-colored siding partially covered by a darker piece of fabric backdrop. The subjects are smiling at the camera and arranged in two rows. The subjects in the back row are, listed from left to right; Robert Lee Whitten, Billy Loader Quarles, Jon Blake Montgomery, Frank Derward Riley, Charles Goolsby Jr., and James Franklin Woodall. The subjects on the bottom row are, listed from left to right; Charles William Brock, Lucian Dillion Cochran Jr., Dalton Ray Carter, Fordyce Lavon Sims, Sam Kibbe Joyce, and George Aaron Prettyman.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas Fire Department (open access)

Dallas Fire Department

Souvenir book documenting the Dallas Fire Department including a complete roster with photographs as well as information about equipment and locations and advertising for Dallas businesses. Index starts after page 94.
Date: 1899~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Chief Hugh Franklin Magee Scrapbook, Volume 2] (open access)

[Chief Hugh Franklin Magee Scrapbook, Volume 2]

Scrapbook of Hugh Franklin Magee, Fire Chief of Dallas, Texas. The scrapbook contains photographs, and newspaper clippings pertaining to the department and cover such topics as fires, equipment malfunctions, and community relations.
Date: 1900~
Creator: Magee, Hugh Franklin
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History