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[Beaumont Fire Department Fire Engine]
Photograph of a Beaumont Fire Department fire engine with hoses hooking it up to a large apparatus in the foreground of the photo. "Beaumont Fire De[pt.]" is printed on the front of the fire engine.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[San Antonio Fire Department Personnel]
Photograph of the members of the San Antonio Fire Department. The individual portraits are arranged around photos of horse-drawn fire wagons or a photo labelled "City Hall" and each group is labelled no. 1 through 6. The officers, "Chief," "1st Asst. Chief," and "2nd Asst. Chief," are identified by their title written underneath their portrait. The background is decorated with illustrated ribbons and firefighter's paraphernalia.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Beaumont Fire Department Aerial Ladder Truck]
Photograph of a Beaumont Fire Department aerial ladder truck. There is one man driving at the front and a second man at the back, sitting on top of the folded ladder steering with a large wheel. The accompanying information states this vehicle is a "1909 Aerial ladder truck with 1923 truck."
Date:
[1923..]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Four Men Next to B.F.D. Fire Truck]
Photograph of four men standing next to a B.F.D. fire truck. The door of the truck reads "B.F.D [T]ruck Co. No. 1." There are two warehouse-like buildings in the background.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Beaumont Fire Engine in Christmas Parade]
Photograph of a Beaumont Fire Department engine decorated for the Christmas parade. There are several firefighters in uniform on and around the engine with a man dressed as Santa Claus sitting on the top of the fire engine. The back of the photo reads "1922 or 23, Eng 1, Stutz Pumper."
Date:
[1922,1923]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Man in Front of Fire Engine]
Photograph of a man, wearing a helmet and holding work gloves, standing in front of a fire engine. There is a hose attached to the engine and the text, "The pure Oi[..] Smiths Bluf[f]" is written on its side.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[54th Annual Convention of the State Fire Association #2]
Photograph of the attendees of the 54th Annual Convention of the State Fire Association in San Angelo, Texas. The group is in front of a large stone building decorated with red, white, and blue banners. The text, "54th Annual Convention State Fire Association San Angelo, Tex. June, 1930" is written on the front of the photo.
Date:
June 1930
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Class of the Ninth Annual School For Firemen]
Photograph of the class of the 1938 School for Fireman in College Station, Texas. The men are gathered on the steps of a building and some are wearing peaked caps. The text reads, "Ninth Annual School for Fireman, College Station, Texas, July 18-22, 1938, Aggieland Studio."
Date:
[1938-07-18..1938-07-22]
Creator:
Aggieland Studio
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
[San Antonio Fire Chief Commision]
Certificate of the commission appointing P. Bishop to the office Chief of the Fire Department. It's signed by the mayor, Bryan Callaghan, and the city manager, Fred Fries and the seal of San Antonio is stamped near the signatures.
Date:
May 24, 1911
Creator:
San Antonio (Tex.)
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Large Group of People at Landlord's Inn]
Photograph of a large group of people posing for a photo on the steps and porch of the Landlord's Inn. The women are wearing dresses and the men are generally wearing dark-colored suits. The name of the building, "Landlord's Inn" is attached to the building above the porch's awning. There is an illegible handwritten note on the back of the photo written in pencil.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Six Men at Work Site]
Photograph of six men at a work site. One man is holding a ladder and there is a scaffold or structure behind them. The back of the photo reads, "300' Tower March 1948; Left to Right: Jerry Scruggs, Earl Fillingame, J.D. Southwell, Bill Williams, Doug Fisher, Frenchie Gaspard."
Date:
March 1948
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Marshall Fire Department Fire Engine at the Harrison County Courthouse]
Photograph of a Marshall Fire Department fire engine at the Harrison County Courthouse in Marshall, Texas. There are two men standing near the front of the truck, a firefighter and a man wearing a suit, and a firefighter is at the open door at the side of the engine.
Date:
April 9, 1950
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Spur Volunteer Fire Department Fire Engine]
Photograph of a Spur Volunteer Fire Department fire engine. There is a hose attached to the side of the truck. "Spur Vol. Fire" is painted on the side of the truck.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[P. W. Porter Receiving an Insignia Pin]
Photograph of P.W. Porter receiving an insignia pin at what appears to be a gala dinner or other event. There are three people standing, Porter, the man pinning the insignia on Porter's uniform, and a woman. There is a patch on Porter's left sleeve with the text, "Dallas All-American." "P.W. Porter April 6, 1972" is written on the back of the photo.
Date:
April 6, 1972
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Man Signing Document]
Photograph of a man signing a document with two people, a man and a woman, standing behind him. They are in an office, with an American flag on the left side of the image and two microphones on the desk.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Fire Engine Next to Pond]
Photograph of a fire engine next to a pond. There is a hose hooked up to the side of the engine with two men standing around it, and a boat and pier are visible behind the engine.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Men in Front of Truck]
Photograph of ten men with a truck at a Du Pont plant. There are nine people standing in front of the truck and one man in the driver's seat. The men are identified on the back of the photo, "(Driver) R.C. Spell Left to Right: Jack C. M[e]thner, Earl Kelly, Jim Stonley, H.L. [..]ld, Ben Hamilton, [gap in writing] W.J. Vines, Kermit Tandberg, John Hallberg." "Property of Henry L. St[..]field." The truck may be a "Pumper."
Date:
November 1966
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[1940 Personnel of the Beaumont Fire Department]
Photograph of the personnel of the Beaumont Fire Department in 1940. The individual portraits of the firefighters are arranged in seven rows with the department and year, "Beaumont Fire Dep't. 1940," at the center. There are five larger portraits of the officers are arranged around the department name. The firefighters are identified on the attached sheet, listed by row from left to right.
Date:
1940
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Iota Volunteer Fire Department Fire Truck]
Photograph of a Iota Volunteer Fire Department fire truck, from Iota, Louisiana. There is hose attached to the side of the truck and the nozzle is sitting on the truck's front bumper and is spraying away from the camera.
Date:
[1923..]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[O. C. Martin and Louis Cole on Horse-Drawn Fire Engine]
Photograph of O.C. Martin driving a horse-drawn fire engine with Louis Cole standing on the back. The engine is a four-wheeled cart with a large tank in the back drawn by three draft horses. Martin is sitting on the driver's bench with a dalmation, and is wearing a firefighter's hat and uniform. Cole is standing on the back of the wagon, also wearing a firefighter's hat and uniform. The back of the photo has the handwritten text "Chief O.C. Martin on Driver's Seat; Capt. Louis Cole from old 19 Engine" written at the bottom.
Date:
October 7, 1969
Creator:
Brock, Charles W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[L.B.F.D. Fire Engine]
Photograph of a L.B.F.D. fire engine, likely manufactured or purchased in 1918. The vehicle has an open cockpit and the main body of the vehicle contains a large, folded ladder. The building behind the engine is a fire station with the text "Independent No. 2" written over a door. The back of the photo has "1918" written on it.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Three People in a Canyon]
Photograph of three people, two women and one man, sitting in a canyon. The women are wearing skirts and the man is wearing a button up shirt.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Beaumont Fire Department Hazardous Material Response Unit Vehicle]
Photograph of the Beaumont Fire Department's Hazardous Material Response Unit vehicle. There are three men wearing uniforms standing in front of the vehicle.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History