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[Copperas Cove, Texas Fire Department Patch]
Patch from the Copperas Cove, Texas fire department. The shield-shaped patch has a grey background and red edging. The center of the patch contains a Florian Cross. "Fire Dept." is written on the vertical points, and illustrations of fire equipment appear on the horizontal points. "Copperas Cove, Texas City of Five Hills" appears in the center along with the image of mountain peaks and a small silver image of Texas.
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unknown
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unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Copperas Cove, Texas Fire Department Patch]
Patch from the Copperas Cove, Texas fire department. The circular patch has a black background and white edging. "Copperas Cove Fire Dept." and "City Built for Family Living" are written across the patch in yellow. A red outline of Texas with a star denoting the location of Copperas Cove is in the background.
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Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Corpus Christi, Texas Fire Department Patch]
Patch from the Corpus Christi, Texas fire department. The shield-shaped patch has yellow edging, yellow lettering, and a dark blue background. "Corpus Christi Fire Dept." is written along the edges. Yellow stars are placed on the left and right side of the patch, with an image of a fire helmet, hatchet, ladder, nozzle, and pike appearing in the center.
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Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Corsicana, Texas Fire Department Patch]
Patch from the Corsicana, Texas fire department. The shield-shaped patch has a dark blue background and yellow edging. "Corsicana Fire Dept." is written along the edges of the patch in red. A yellow Florian Cross containing the image of a "fire scramble" appears in the center.
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Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Couple Using Fire Extinguisher]
Photograph of a man and a woman using a fire extinguisher in a field. Another man and trees are visible in the background.
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Creator:
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Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Crosby, Texas Fire Rescue Patch]
Patch from the Crosby, Texas fire department. The shield-shaped patch has a dark blue background in its top and bottom sections and yellow edging. "Crosby Tx. Fire-Rescue" is written in yellow across these sections. The center section features a scene of the Warner Brothers character, "Tasmanian Devil," coming down a road during a storm. He is wearing a fire helmet while holding a hydraulic rescue tool and an axe. A fire hose is spraying water in front of him.
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unknown
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Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Crowd and Parking Lot in Front of Fire Museum of Texas]
Photograph of a parking lot and crowd of people in front of the Fire Museum of Texas. There are two fire engines with the cherry pickers extended on either side of the building, and multicolored flags on the top of the building. Most of the people are standing around the fire engines or on the steps of the museum.
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unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cypress Creek, Texas Fire Department Patch]
Patch from the Cypress Creek area of Houston, Texas fire department. The triangular patch has a dark blue background with yellow edging. "Cypress Creek Houston Texas" is written in yellow along the top and bottom of the patch. A red Florian Cross with white edging covers the center.. "Fire Rescue" is written in yellow over the top and bottom points. A yellow and black "fire scramble" appears in the center of the cross
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Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cypress, Texas Fire Department Patch]
Patch from the Cypress, Texas fire department with a red and white background and blue edging. "Cy-Fair Fire Dept." is written in white across the top, middle, and bottom sections of the rectangular patch. The word "Cy-Fair" is between two white semicircles. The top semicircle has the image of a ladder and hook crossed over each other. The bottom semicircle contains a red fire hydrant.
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Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Dalhart, Texas Volunteer Fire Department Patch]
Patch from the Dalhart, Texas volunteer fire department. The Texas shaped patch has a dark red background and navy blue edging. "XIT CIT" and "Dalhart volunteer Fire Dept." are written across the patch in navy blue. A navy blue heart indicates the city's location on the Texas panhandle.
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unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Dallas Fire Department Patch, Insignia Pin, and Medal of Valor]
Photograph of a Dallas Fire Department patch, insignia pin, and medal of valor on a dark background. The patch has the text, "Dallas Fire Dept." in yellow text on a blue or black background. The medal of valor is handing from a ribbon that is red and orange and the medallion has the text, "Valor, Dallas Fire Department, Tex."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Dallas Fire Department Pin and Medal of Valor]
Photograph of a Dallas Fire Department insignia pin and medal of valor on a dark background. The pin is two-colored, red and yellow with a black line dividing them and the medal of valor is hanging from a red and yellow ribbon. The medal has the text, "Valor, Dallas Fire Department, Tex." printed on it.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Dallas, Texas Fire Department Patch]
Patch from the Dallas, Texas fire department. The semicircular patch has a dark blue background and yellow edging. "Dallas Fire Dept." is written across the top and bottom of the patch in yellow. A red cross in the center bears the initials "DFD."
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unknown
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unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Dallas, Texas Fire Department Patch]
Patch from the Dallas, Texas fire department. The semicircular patch has a dark blue background and golden edging. "Dallas Fire Dept." is written along the top and bottom in gold. A red cross with golden borders sits in the center of the patch and bears the letters "DFD."
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unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Dallas, Texas Fire Department Patch]
Patch from the Dallas, Texas fire department. The shield-shaped patch has yellow edging and a blue, white, and red background. The top of the patch is blue with white stars. The middle has "Dallas Fire Department" written in red and blue on a white field. Below this are vertical red and white stripes.
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unknown
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unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Damaged Plane in a Field]
Photograph of a damaged small plane in a field. The plane is almost folded in half with front half of the plane is crumpled. There is a logo on the tail of the plane with the text "Cub" and a tail number, "NC 42416."
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unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Damaged Police Car]
Photograph of a damaged police car, with the front crushed. There is partially visible text on the door reading, "Pipkin Brun[..] Dial 4.5.6.7.8."
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unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Decatur, Texas Fire Department Patch]
Patch from the Decatur, Texas fire department with a grey background and red edging. "Decatur Fire Dept" is written in yellow across the top and bottom of the curved rectangular patch. "Est. 1858" appears in blue within a yellow banner at the bottom. A somewhat circular Florian Cross appears in the center with the markings of the Texas flag. A fire axe and Halligan bar cross underneath the image of a courthouse, and a red pair of dice sit between their heads.
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unknown
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unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Deer Park, Texas Fire Department Patch]
Patch from the Deer Park, Texas fire department. The shield-shaped patch has a black background with red and gold edging. "Deer Park Fire Dept." is written in gold across the top and bottom of the patch. A Florian Cross in the center of the patch has golden points connected by a red circle. "Texas" is written in the lower point. A grey bird flies in front of the top point which has an American and a Texas flag projecting upward. The center of the patch bears a silver star surrounded by a golden laurel.
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unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Del Rio, Texas Fire Department Patch]
Patch from the Del Rio, Texas fire department. The wedge-shaped patch has a light blue background and darker blue edging. "Del Rio Fire Department" is written in red along the curved upper border. Below this is an illustration of the Amistad Dam between two landmasses with "Mexico" and "Texas" written underneath it.
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Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Dented Fire Chief Car]
Photograph of a car with a large dent above the left front wheel. The door of the car has "Fire Chief" written on it, and it appears to be in a garage.
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unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Denton Fire Department Fire Engine in Driveway]
Photograph of a Denton Fire Department fire engine in the driveway of the fire station in Denton, Texas. The engine has an open cockpit and is labelled "No. 2 Denton Fire Dept." There is another fire engine in the garage and a car on the right side of the image.
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unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Denton, Texas Fire Department Patch]
Patch from the Denton, Texas fire department. The circular patch has an orange background and red edging. A red cross with black borders occupies most of the space. "Denton Fire Dept" is written across the top and bottom points of the star. The yellow image of a "fire scramble" appears in the blue center of the cross, bordered by a black and yellow braid.
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unknown
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Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Desoto, Texas Fire Department Patch]
Patch from the Desoto, Texas fire department. The triangular patch has a black background and yellow edging. "Desoto Fire Dept." is written along the top and bottom edges. A cross containing a "fire scramble" appears in the center.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History