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BASEMENT BOX 67.0201

Photograph taken during daylight of firefighters extinguishing a massive building fire with a firetruck and fire hose. A crowd watches nearby as smoke and steam emerges from the wreckage. Caption: "Skeleton of building is about all that is visible as fire sweeps block in Bartlesville."
Date: January 27, 1964
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[An Aerial View of Mineral Wells, Texas]

An aerial view of Mineral Wells, Texas, taken by A. F. Weaver on April 29, 1967 looks North on Oak Avenue. Identifiable in the picture are the Baker Hotel to the middle right of the picture, The Crazy Hotel in the middle left, the old Post Office (now the Ladies Club) one block north of The Baker, and the Nazareth Hospital (one block left of The Crazy Hotel). Also in the picture are now-destroyed buildings: The Damron Hotel (just left of center), the Baker Water Storage Building (mid-upper right, small white building just to right of Baker Hotel), the Oxford Hotel (just right of center, now [2008] Lynch Plaza) and the Convention Hall(upper left).
Date: January 21, 1964
Creator: Weaver, A. F.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Carl Foreman and Bobbie Wygant]

Photograph of Bobbie Wygant and Carl Foreman on Dateline. Foreman was an American screenwriter and film producer.
Date: January 7, 1964
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Sugar Cube Sunday]

Photograph of a slide for Sugar Cube Sunday.
Date: January 19, 1964
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Mrs. Paul's Deviled Crab Miniatures]

Photograph of a box of Mrs. Paul's Deviled Crab Miniatures.
Date: January 2, 1964
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Products for Tellog]

Photograph of a can of Chip-O's.
Date: January 2, 1964
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Sugar Cube Sunday]

Photograph of a slide for Sugar Cube Sunday.
Date: January 12, 1964
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Bobbie Wygant and Carl Foreman]

Photograph of Bobbie Wygant and Carl Foreman on Dateline. Foreman was an American screenwriter and film producer.
Date: January 7, 1964
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Sugar Cube Sunday slides]

Photograph of a slide for Sugar Cube Sunday.
Date: January 12, 1964
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Chocolate Jell-o pudding mix]

Photograph of a box of chocolate Jell-o pudding mix.
Date: January 2, 1964
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Bottle of Tokay wine]

Photograph of a bottle of Tokay wine.
Date: January 2, 1964
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Six-pack of Dr. Pepper bottles]

Photograph of a six-pack of bottled Dr. Pepper.
Date: January 2, 1964
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Dallas Firefighter Class 119 #1]

Portrait of the 6 Dallas Fire class members from August 1963 to January 1964 posing in front of a building in two rows. All of the recruits are wearing a dark colored suit with circular silver buttons in two rows, dark colored slacks, and a silver badge on the left side of the chest.
Date: January 31, 1964
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Fire Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Firefighter Coiling a Fire Hose]

Photograph of a firefighter (wearing a firefighting suit with the letters 'J' and 'L' on the right sleeve) bent over and recoiling a fire hose next to a large pile of wooden debris and a bright lamp. There are two ladders propped up against the side of the tall, multi-story building on the right. There is a fire-escape attached to the side of the building. In the background, another tall, multi-story building with many illuminated windows is barely visible in the dark. On the back of the photograph are two stamps and a handwritten note giving information about the photo.
Date: January 24, 1964
Creator: Young, John
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Chef Observes Damage to Burnt Cabinets]

Photograph of a man in a chef's toque and uniform kneeling down beside a burnt and charred counter. His right hand rests on a pile of ash on top of the counter, and he's looking at a smoky wine glass on the counter. The cabinet doors under the counter and falling apart and falling off the the hinges. The floor beneath the man's feet is covered in ashes. On the back of the photograph are two stamps giving the photographer's name, the name of the printer, and the date.
Date: January 24, 1964
Creator: Grant, Clint
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Firefighters Climb Ladders into Second Story of Burnt Building]

Photograph of firefighters in firefighting suits climbing up and standing below two ladders leading up to two large holes in the second story of a building damaged by fire. Other firefighters and a man with a camera and a tape recorder stand in the space beneath the second-story. There are fire hoses on the ground and draped over the edge of the second-story floor. A large pile of fire-damaged wooden furniture lays on the left. On the back of the photograph are two stamps and a handwritten note giving information about the photo.
Date: January 24, 1964
Creator: Young, John
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Street Outside Dallas Federal Savings & Loan Fire]

Downward view photograph of five fire engines, an ambulance, and a police car in the street to the right of the Dallas Federal Savings & Loan building (which is barely visible on the left). There are men in white hard-hats (and some wearing suits) standing on the sidewalk and street between the building and the emergency vehicles. The buildings and crowd of civilians watching the scene from down the street in the background are partially obscured by smoke. On the back of the photograph are two stamps giving information about the photographer and printer, as well as extensive handwritten notes about the fire.
Date: January 7, 1964
Creator: Winfrey, Bill
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Firefighters Climb Into Fire-Damaged Medical Arts Building]

Photograph of firefighters inside the second-story of the fire-damaged, gaping side of the Medical Arts Building. A firefighter on the ground holds one of two tall ladders propped up against the exposed second-story floor. Two large, burnt piles of rubble sit on either side of the ladders, and there are several firefighting hoses lying coiled in the foreground. A man wearing a white coat and white hard-hat stands behind the ladder on the left, just inside the building. On the back of the photograph are extensive notes about the fire that damaged the building, a portion of a torn-off label, and a stamp identifying the photographer.
Date: January 24, 1964
Creator: Hanson, Andy
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Smoke Pours From Dallas Federal Savings & Loan Building]

Photograph of a large cloud of dark smoke pouring out from the Dallas Federal Savings & Loan building, visible on the right. In the street in front of the building, to the left, are four small fire engines and a group of fighters in firefighting uniform. There is a man taking a photograph of the smoke in the center middle-ground of the photo. A large white, square clock jutting out from the side of the Savings & Loan building shows the time to be about 3:10 pm. On the back of the photograph are the remnants of a torn-off identifier label, a stamp identifying the photographer, and handwritten notes.
Date: January 7, 1964
Creator: Eamon, Kennedy
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Officers and Injured Man on Gurney in a Street]

Photograph of a street crowded with three police cars, a fire engine with a ladder on top, three police officers, and other people (in the street and on the side of the far side of the street, watching). A man with a bandage covering one of his eyes is laying on a gurney being pulled and pushed by a man in a suit and a firefighter. The ladder on top of the fire engine has "Dallas Fire Department, Snorkel No. 2" on the side. There are two partially visible multi-story buildings and a neon pharmacy sign in the immediate background. On the back of the photograph are two stamps and a handwritten note giving information about the photo.
Date: January 24, 1964
Creator: Grant, Clint
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Emergency Vehicles Outside Medical Arts Hospital]

Photograph of six vehicles (facing left) in front of the Medical Arts Hospital, a stone and brick building that is more than six stories tall and has many windows. The name of the hospital is visible above the large entrance. A group of people, mostly civilians, line the sidewalk in front of the entrance to the building. Five of the six vehicles have lights on the roofs, and on the back of the sixth car (in the middle of the group of cars), a door on the back of the vehicle hangs open. On the back of the photograph is part of a torn off label with information about the photo, and handwritten text partially visible beneath the label.
Date: January 24, 1964
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

A&E Equipment Co. Sign in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Photograph of an A&E Equipment Company Sign painted on the side the brick building at 121 NW Third in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. "Artist & Engineering Supplies, Blue Prints & Photostats."
Date: January 8, 1964
Creator: Meyers Photo Shop
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[People Standing on the Side of a Street]

Photograph of people in winter clothes standing on the side of a street. Telephone lines, a batter's cage, a church, and other buildings are visible in the background.
Date: January 2, 1964
Creator: Dietel, Norman
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Hermann Sons Hall]

Photograph of Hermann Sons Hall, a brick building festooned with bunting and bearing a sign that says "Welcome Press." Another sign below this reads "Press Center." Eight cars stand in front of the building.
Date: January 2, 1964
Creator: Dietel, Norman
System: The Portal to Texas History