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.

Photograph of men standing in debris spraying water at the Burris Lumber Company fire.

Photograph of firemen spraying water at the Southern Land and Lumber Company fire in Beaumont, Texas. There is lumber on the ground, and more firefighters are visible in the background.

Photograph of a fireman from the Orange Fire Department climbing a ladder to the top of a building. Three men stand on the ground, and there is a vehicle to the right. They are Jules B. Sanders, J. D. Stanfield, L. G. Seureau, Floyd Bishop, and H. L. Stanfield.

Photograph of a group of firemen standing on top of a pile of wood at the Southern Land and Lumber Company in Beaumont, Texas.

Photograph of five men standing in front of a fire engine. The photo is labelled "Engine 7" and the names and titles of the men are listed on the back of the photo; "1. George Akley, Del. Eng. Man for Seagrave; 2. Chief Steven Douglas O'Conor; 3. Fred Stone (Mayor; 4. Hugh Petsovek - City Mgr.; 5. John Douglas Southwell - Dept. of Fire Alarm."

Photograph of four unidentified men from the Bryan Fire Department sitting around a truck.

Photograph of five firemen sitting at a table and eating spaghetti at a fire station in Beaumont, Texas.

Photograph of a group of five men holding a water hose at the Southern Land and Lumber Company in Beaumont, Texas.

Photograph of a group of men looking at a Jeep in a field. Trees and buildings are visible in the background.

Photograph of five rifles and six hand guns leaning or set on a car's rear bumper. The rifles are set on the ground, leaning on the bumper and the smaller guns are either propped on the bumper or the license plate, which is a Texas registration.

Photograph of men at a Texas Fire Department Instructors Conference, sitting in front of a building with cars in the background. Several men in the front row are identified as E. W. Parker, Monk Owens, Oscar Goodrich, B. J. Korman, Burns Caldwell, Frank Gallaway, Benjamin Huron, R. Roy Simmons, and Bill Willis. Those in the second row are Frank McKinney, Johnnie O'Brien, August Oertli, Paul Andrews, an unknown man, John Ballew, unknown, G. I. Powell, and three more unidentified men. Those in the third row are Glen Warranstaff, G. C. Adams, Bill McMeans, R. D. Mace, John Woody, four unknown men, Jerome Schawb, Henry D. Smith, Henry Timmerman, Morbert Koonce, Otis Muenster, and Paul R. Williams. Those in the back row are A. L. "Gus" Cartwright, L. O. Bynam, Dick Rowland, Adolf Solmkey, A. L. Rathke, and W. J. Henderson. One of the men in the fifth row is D. C. Musick, and three of the men in the top row are H. R. Brayton, Bob Dodson, and Harvey Peyton.

Photograph of three men attaching cables or chains to a structure. The structure is a narrow and scaffold-like and there are trees in the background. The back of the photo reads, "1948, Johnny Southwell, Earl Fillingame, "Blackie" Corden."

Photograph of firefighters spraying water at large piles of lumber on fire at the Southern Land and Lumber Company in Beaumont, Texas. A building is visible to the right.

Photograph of five men looking at a Jeep with an open hood in a field. Trees are visible in the background.

Photograph of men standing in debris spraying water at the Burris Lumber Company fire.

Photograph of seven men standing and two kneeling in front of a brick building in Beaumont, Texas. They are identified as George Akley, Frank Estes, Steven Douglas O'Connor, John D. Southwell, Dave Rachal, Hugh Petkovsek, and Fred Stone.

Photograph of five men standing in front of a Seagrave pumper in front of a building in Beaumont, Texas. They are identified as George Akley, Steven Douglas O'Connor, Fred Stone, Hugh Petkovsek, and John D. Southwell.

Photograph of a large group of men posing for a photo in a street or on a boardwalk. The men are wearing a variety of uniforms or suits. The last row of people in the photo appear to be standing on a wooden platform or ramp. There are two business signs visible, "Dairyland Ice Cream Rx Gross Rx" and "Southlan[d] Caf[e]." The back of the photo reads, "South Central Dist. Jan 1940 - Pearsall, Frank Williams."

Photograph of a building on fire in the distance at the Burris Lumber Company in Beaumont, Texas. There are concrete cylinders in the foreground.

Photograph of a building on fire at the Burris Lumber Company in Beaumont, Texas.

Photograph of a burning building in Beaumont, Texas. Streams of water are visible to the left.

Photograph of a smoking building on fire at the Burris Lumber Company in Beaumont, Texas.

Photograph of a building on fire at the Southern Land and Lumber Company in Beaumont, Texas. There are train tracks in the foreground.