Certificate changing a life insurance policy for Donald Johnson to $5200,00 as of May 1, 1954.

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 10 Dallas Fire class members from February 1954 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, a black belt, and black shoes.

Portrait of the 9 Dallas Fire class members from March 1954 to April 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 shirt, with light colored slacks, a black belt, and black shoes.

Portrait of the 9 Dallas Fire class members from March 1954 to April 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 shirt, with light colored slacks, a black belt, and black shoes.

Portrait of the 4 Dallas Fire class members from April 1954 to May 1954 posing in front of a chalkboard wall inside a building in a single row. All of the recruits are wearing casual attire, light colored button down shirt with light colored slacks, a black belt, and black shoes.

Portrait of the 4 Dallas Fire class members from June 1954 to July 1954 posing in front of a chalkboard wall inside a building in a single row. All of the recruits are wearing casual attire, light colored button down shirt, jeans, 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 8 Dallas Fire class members from December 1954 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.

Photograph of a front view of the fire damage on the Austin Avenue Methodist Church. Through the large facade window there is roof damage and smoke rising. To the left side towards the ground are fire hoses and ladders leaning on the church.

Photograph of the large facade window of the Austin Avenue Church. The stained-glass in the window has been destroyed by a fire and damage around the tracery of the window is visible.

Photograph of firefighters group around a water jug. Three uniformed firefighters are receiving water from a female Salvation Army worker who is wearing the water jug on her front.

Photograph of firefighters holding a fire hose. The men positioned near the ground outside the Austin Avenue Methodist Church. In the background the fire is visible inside of the church.

Photograph of firefighters holding a fire hose. The men positioned near the ground outside the Austin Avenue Methodist Church. In the background the fire is visible inside of the church.

Photograph of firefighters holding a fire hose. The men positioned near the ground outside the Austin Avenue Methodist Church. The water from the hose is spraying towards the large facade window of the church.

Photograph of a front view of the fire damage to the Austin Avenue Methodist Church. Through the large facade window there is roof damage and smoke rising. To the left side towards the ground are fire hoses and ladders leaning on the church.

Photograph of the large decorative facade window of the Austin Avenue Church. The glass of the window has been burned out by a fire and damage around the tracery of the facade window is visible.

Photograph of the fire damage of Austin Avenue Methodist Church. The photograph shows the collapsed and charred roof of the church. The stone and brick exterior of the church is still standing.

Photograph of smoke rising from inside a building. The exterior building has an upper row of windows where smoke is visible. On the lower row of windows is a sign saying Pop Hale's Place Beer. A ladder is leaning against the building.

Photograph of a top view of the fire damage to the sanctuary of Austin Avenue Methodist Church.

Weekly newspaper from Ladonia, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Ladonia, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Photograph of bare trees scattered throughout Kidd Springs Park featuring a small man-made pond near the center of the park. Streets separate the grass and dirt park from the surrounding residential suburban area.

Photograph of an aerial view of Lawnview park and the surrounding residential neighborhoods. The park features a large open fields with a small patchy dirt circle, various playground equipment, and dirt paths that lead from the park towards the paved streets that line the perimeter of the park. Bare trees partially obscure the portions of the surrounding suburban neighborhood houses. Highway 352 runs parallel to a railroad that stretches towards additional residential neighborhoods and beyond the edges of the photograph.