Resource Type

[Postcard with a Photo of a Man by a Service Truck]

Postcard with a photograph of a man standing in front of a long service truck used by the Houston Fire Department. The truck is carrying ladders and has pennants that say "Houston," and an alarm bell on top.
Date: [1909..1912]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of the Central Fire Station]

Postcard with a photo of an old fire station with the title "Central Fire Station" written in an arched style on the front.
Date: [1909..1912]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard with a Picture of a Dallas Fire Department Vehicle]

Postcard with a photograph showing one of the Webb Engines used by the Dallas Fire Department. This truck has five firemen sitting on it, three in the front and two in the back; there is also an alarm bell and horn attached in front of the driver's seat. This fire station is located next door to a store with the title: "Kaufman-Meyers Co."
Date: [1909..1912]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of a Burning Oil Field, Humble, Texas]

Postcard of a burning oil field near Houston, Texas. A large wall of smoke covers the background behind a fenced area. In the distance, people are observing the scene near the fence
Date: July 13, 1909
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard Addressed to C. L. Woodward in Austin, Texas]

Postcard addressed to C. L. Woodward "Chief Fire Dept., Austin [sic], Texas" with a photograph of the motor vehicles used by the Akron Fire Department in Akron, Ohio. The caption on the photo reads: "The Webb Motor Fire Apparatus used in the Akron Fire Department." All of the vehicles have ladders loaded in the back, along with alarm bells mounted on the front part of the cars; these are parked outside of the fire station in the city with the firemen of the department posing around the vehicles.
Date: May 21, 1909
Creator: Taylor, O.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of a Galveston Fire Station]

Postcard with a photo showing one of the fire stations that make up the greater Galveston Fire Department. The garage door is open is this picture as are most of the other windows in the building.
Date: [1909..1912]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard with a Photo of a Fire Chief in his Car]

Postcard with a photograph of the fire chief of the Austin Fire Department sitting in his automobile entitled "Chief." This photograph was taken in front of a large pond off the side of a rode.
Date: [1909..1912]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard with a Photograph of Two Fire Engines at Work]

Postcard with an image of "Engines No. 1 and 4 wagons in Dallas, Texas." The wagon on the right is traveling down the street away from the camera while the one on the left is traveling towards the camera; both have a steamer engine on the back. Both wagons are passing a large lumber store and have a crew of firemen working on them.
Date: [1909..1912]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from J. P. Eagan to George Pendexter]

Postcard from J. P. Eagan to George Pendexter discussing the recent slow business around St. Louis; Eagan notes that the photograph shows "one of our brave police stationed at a salon after a fire at Paulian building." The windows of the building are blown out and all of the bottles are covered in ice; the policeman is wearing a large overcoat to keep warm.
Date: [1909..1912]
Creator: Eagan, J. P.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard with a Photograph of Truck Company #2 in Dallas, Texas]

Postcard with a photograph of "Truck Co. #2" of the Dallas Fire Department. This company is made up of seven men, six of whom are standing in front of the long wagon while one is sitting in the driver's seat. The wagon pictured here is loaded down with a number of ladders in the back.
Date: [1909..1912]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard with a Photograph of the Back of a Houston Fire Truck]

Postcard with a photograph of the back end of a Houston Fire Department fire truck. This truck has a water hose and ladder loaded in it and also has two pennants attached to the rods at the very back end.
Date: [1909..1912]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard Showing the Motor of a Webb Engine]

Postcard with a side view of the inside of a Webb Engine on one of the fire trucks belonging to the Dallas Fire Department in Dallas, Texas.
Date: [1909..1912]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard with an Image of a Fire Engine at Work]

Postcard with a photograph of a fire engine belonging to the Dallas Fire Department. The caption on the photograph says this is "Engine #4 at work" fighting a fire in town; there is a hose attached to it at the bottom of the engine. Off to the far right of the photo there are three boys standing by.
Date: [1909..1912]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard with a Photograph of Engine Company No. 2 Stuck in Mud]

Postcard with a photograph of "Engine No. 2 stalled in mud" in Dallas, Texas and a number of men are working to try and get it moving again.
Date: [1909..1912]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard Showing the Galveston Fire Station]

Postcard showing the back side of the Galveston fire department; the front side has the title "Fire Station" on it. The garage door is open with a chain going across the opening, and the fire truck is inside the building; also an American flag hangs over the open garage.
Date: [1909..1912]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard with a Photograph of a Burning Home in Dallas, Texas]

Postcard with a photograph of a home on fire in Dallas, Texas. This photograph shows firemen climbing up a ladder into a window that has smoke billowing out of it.
Date: [1909..1912]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard with a Photograph of Nine Firemen on Their Fire Truck]

Postcard with a photograph of nine firemen posing around their fire truck belonging to the Dallas Fire Department; eight of the men are standing somewhere on the truck while one is standing on the street and leaning against the truck. This photo was taken on the side of a street in front of a drug store.
Date: [1909..1912]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from L. H. Woods to George Pendexter]

Postcard from L. H. Woods to George Pendexter with a photograph of two fire engines working on a fire in Los Angeles, California. Woods notes on the back that these are "Engines three and four working on hose tower," the photo shows the two engines shooting water up into the sky as they fight the fire. There are plenty of spectators and firemen alike standing on the ground watching.
Date: [1909..1912]
Creator: Woods, L. H.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard with a Photograph of a Burning Home in Dallas, Texas]

Postcard with a photograph of a home on fire in Dallas, Texas; the caption reads: "Boarding house fire Dallas, Texas." The smoke is coming up through the rood, and there is a fireman's ladder leaning against the home reaching to the top of the building.
Date: [1909..1912]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Henry W. Woodward to George Pendexter, September 1912]

Postcard from Henry W. Woodward to George Pendexter regarding the location of the fire station on the back of the card. The photo shows the Springfield fire station on Oakland Street with the firefighters standing outside in their uniforms and horse-drawn vehicles. In the note, Woodward says that this station is located about two miles from the center of the city.
Date: September 20, 1909
Creator: Woodward, Henry W.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dallas Fire Wagon at Street Corner]

Postcard with a photograph showing one of the wagons used by "Engine Co. #2" of the Dallas Fire Department traveling down a street in Dallas, Texas. This wagon is being pulled along by two horses, and is carrying at least three firemen; one fireman is driving the wagon while the others are in the back.
Date: [1909..1912]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard with a Photo of the Owosso, Michigan Fire Department]

Postcard addressed to George Pendexter with a photograph of company #1 in the Owosso Fire Department. There are two horse-drawn fire wagons on either side of the picture, the one on the left is loaded with ladders and the one on the right appears to have a steamer engine in the back of it. There are also six firemen photographed, two are seated on either wagon while the other four are standing in between the two wagons.
Date: June 24, 1909
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard with a Photo of Dallas Firemen with a Hose]

Postcard with a photograph of some members of the Dallas Fire Department working with one of their long hoses with the stream of water produced by a Webb engine.
Date: [1909..1912]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard Showing Engine Co. 10 of the Dallas Fire Department]

Postcard with a photograph showing Engine Co. 10 of the Dallas Fire Department; the truck behind the men has a title on the engine that reads: "Dallas Fire Department." There are six men that make up this company, two men are standing on the truck, and four are standing in front of the vehicle.
Date: [1909..1912]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History