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[Postcard from W. B. Johnston to George Pendexter, May 27, 1912]
Postcard from W. B. Johnston to George Pendexter with a photograph of "Auto Engine No. 1" of the Battle Creek Fire Department testing its pump. There is a note on the back of the card describing the location of the truck in the photograph; there is a large group of people standing around the engine during the test.
Date:
May 27, 1912
Creator:
Johnston, W. B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from W. B. Johnston to George Pendexter, May 14, 1912]
Postcard from W. B. Johnston to George Pendexter with a newspaper clipping glued to the correspondence section of the card. The clipping describes the technical features of the new "Chemical and hose Motor Car" which has a capacity of "700 gallons of water a minute." Johnston mentions L. D. Smith and a fire on March 25, 1925; Smith is possibly the fireman in the photograph on the reverse side seen going up a ladder into a smoking building.
Date:
May 14, 1912
Creator:
Johnston, W. B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of the Side of a Damaged Building at Texas A&M]
Photograph of a building on the campus of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas (now Texas A&M University) having been badly damaged by a fire. Only the framework is left standing as most of the inside of the building has been totally destroyed; there are also a large number of men standing in formation to the right of the building.
Date:
May 1912
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History