Photograph of Central Station at 2121 Main Street, in Dallas, Texas. A row of cars are parked outside the building, and a crowd of firefighters stand around them.

Portrait of the 7 Dallas Fire class members from February 1951 posing in front of a wall inside a building in two rows. All of the recruits are wearing casual attire, button down shirt, slacks, black belt, and black shoes.

Portrait of the 8 Dallas Fire class members from March 1951 posing in front of a wall inside a building in two rows. All of the recruits are wearing casual attire, button down shirt or sweater, slacks or jeans, and black shoes.

Portrait of the 5 Dallas Fire class members from June 1951 posing in front of a wall inside a building in one row. All of the recruits are wearing casual attire, button down shirt, slacks or jeans, and black belt.

Portrait of the 5 Dallas Fire class members from August 1951 posing in front of a wall inside a building in one row. All of the recruits are wearing casual attire, button down shirt, slacks, black belt, and black shoes.

Portrait of the 5 Dallas Fire class members from September 1951 posing in front of a wall inside a building in one row. All of the recruits are wearing casual attire, button down shirt, slacks, black belt, and black shoes.

Portrait of the 6 Dallas Fire class members from October 1951 to November 1951 posing in front of a wall inside a building in one row. All of the recruits are wearing casual attire, button down shirt, slacks, black belt, and black shoes.

Portrait of the 8 Dallas Fire class members from November 1951 to December 1951 posing in front of a wall inside a building in two rows. All of the recruits are wearing casual attire, button down shirt, slacks, black belt, and black shoes.

Portrait of the 6 Dallas Fire class members from January 1952 to February 1952 posing in front of a wall inside a building in one row. All of the recruits are wearing casual attire, shirt, tie, slacks and black shoes.

Portrait of the 14 Dallas Fire class members from February 1952 to March 1952 posing in front of a wall inside a building in two rows. All of the recruits are wearing casual attire, shirt, tie, slacks or jeans, and black shoes.

Portrait of the 8 Dallas Fire class members from May 1952 to June 1952 posing in front of a wall inside a building in two rows. All of the recruits are wearing casual attire, light colored button down shirts, with light colored slacks, a black belt, and black shoes.

Portrait of the 6 Dallas Fire class members from June 1952 to July 1952 posing in front of a wall inside a building in one. All of the recruits are wearing casual attire, button down shirt or sweater, slacks, and different types of shoes.

Portrait of the 6 Dallas Fire class members from May 1953 to June 1953 posing in front of a wall inside a building in two rows. All of the recruits are wearing casual attire, light colored button down shirts, with light colored slacks, a black belt, and black shoes.

Photograph of recruit class number 57 standing and posing together against a two-toned background. The top half of the background is light-colored and the bottom half is darker. All of the subjects wear the same uniform: short-sleeved collared button-ups tucked into matching belted slacks. The subjects are listed from left to right; Wesley Newman Mitchell, Anderson Ross Frank Jr., Robert Biniard Kimzey, Ray Harold Purdom, James Boyd Lavendar, and Albert Leonard Wasson.

Portrait of the 11 Dallas Fire class members from January 1954 posing in front of a wall inside a building in two rows. All of the recruits are wearing casual attire, light or dark colored button down shirts, with light colored slacks, a black belt, and black shoes.

Portrait of the 7 Dallas Fire class members from September 1954 to October 1954 posing in front of a chalkboard wall inside a building in two rows. A few of the recruits are in suits, with a tie and a white button down shirt. While the others are wearing casual attire, a light colored button down shirt, with black slacks, and a black belt.

Portrait of the 10 Dallas Fire class members from September 1955 to October 1955 posing in front of a wall inside a building in two rows. All of the recruits are wearing casual attire, light colored button down shirt, with light colored slacks, and a black belt.

Portrait of the 10 Dallas Fire class members from September 1955 to October 1955 posing in front of a wall inside a building in two rows. All of the recruits are wearing casual attire, light colored button down shirt, with light colored slacks, and a black belt.

Portrait of the 7 Dallas Fire class members from August 1956 to September 1956 posing with a visitor (far right). They are standing in two rows in front of a chalkboard and below a firefighting scene hanging on the wall. All of the recruits are wearing light-colored uniforms that include matching slacks and short-sleeved, button-down shirts with dark-colored belts.

Portrait of the 8 Dallas Fire class members from January 1957 to February 1957 posing in front of a curtain inside a building in two rows. All of the recruits are wearing casual attire, light colored button down shirt with light colored slacks, or plaid shirt with jeans, and a black belt.

Portrait of the 7 Dallas Fire class members from August 1957 to September 1957 posing in front of a curtain inside a building in two rows. All of the recruits are wearing casual attire, ties, white buttoned down shirts, and gray or black slacks.

Portrait of the 14 Dallas Fire class members from March 1958 to April 1958 posing in front of a building in three rows. All of the recruits are wearing light-colored uniforms including long-sleeved, button-down shirts and slacks, with dark-colored neckties and belts. The three men in the front row are crouching around a board identifying the group.

Portrait of the 17 Dallas Fire class members from June 1958 to July 1958 posing in front of a building in three rows. They are wearing casual attire including various button down shirts, slacks or jeans. The four recruits in the front row are crouching around a board that identifies the class.

Portrait of the 8 Dallas Fire class members from August 1958 to September 1958 posing in two lines in front of a curtain. The recruits are wearing slacks, button-down shirts and neckties; two in the center are also wearing suit jackets. A board on the floor in front of them identifies the class.