Portrait of the Dallas Fire classmembers from July 16, 1979 to December 14, 1979 posing outside a building in two rows. The recruits are wearing light blue shirts, navy blue slacks, and the front row is sitting on a wooden bench.

Portrait of the Dallas Fire classmembers from July 16, 1979 to December 14, 1979 posing outside a building in two rows. The recruits are wearing light blue shirts, navy blue slacks, and the front row is sitting on a wooden bench.

Photograph of a fallen cable car in a carnival skee-ball booth. The walls of the booth are covered in red and white stripes and stuffed prizes hang from the ceiling. Strips of the booth's roof hang down into the frame. The ground in front of the booth is littered with debris.

Photograph of individuals working their way down a crane after being rescued from a stopped cable car over a row of red and white striped carnival booths. An empty cable car hangs in the background overhead, sporting the same red and white stripes as the booths below. The sky above is pitch black.

Photograph of a fireman in a bucket attached to a crane working to access a stopped cable car. In the center of the bottom of the frame, the top of a mature tree is visible. Large, fluffy clouds stretch across the sky, tinged red by the sunset.

Photograph of a fireman in a bucket attached to a crane working to access a stopped cable car. In the center of the bottom of the frame, the top of a mature tree is visible. Fluffy white clouds fill the sky above.

Photograph of firefighters using a long ladder and working to rescue people trapped on a cable car.

Photograph of a line of carnival booths under a red and white striped tent that is ripped, sagging and on the verge of collapse. Several support posts are are tilting at odd angles. Debris litters the ground in front of the tent.

Photograph of a fallen cable car in a carnival skee-ball booth. The walls of the booth are covered in red and white stripes and stuffed prizes hang from the ceiling. Strips of the booth's roof hang down into the frame. The ground in front of the booth is littered with debris.

Photograph of a fireman in a bucket attached to a crane working to access a stopped cable car. Below the cable cars, there is a long row of carnival booths decorated in red and white stripes with blue pennant flags rising up between every other individual booth.

Photograph of a fireman in a bucket attached to a crane working to access a stopped cable car. Below the cable cars, there is a long row of carnival booths decorated in red and white stripes with blue pennant flags rising up between every other individual booth.

Photograph of a fire engine with an aerial ladder and basket extended up to a yellow cable car at night. There is a two-story white building to the right of the fire engine and several people standing around the engine and building.

Photograph of a fire engine with the aerial ladder and basket extended up to a yellow cable car at night. There is a two-story white building to the right of the fire engine and several people standing around the engine and building.

Photograph of a car from a gondola ride on the roof of a carnival booth. The both is covered with red and white stiped fabric and there are three people standing in front of the structure.

Photograph of a fallen cable car in a carnival skee-ball booth. The walls of the booth are covered in red and white stripes and stuffed prizes hang from the ceiling. Strips of the booth's roof hang down into the frame. The ground in front of the booth is littered with debris. Several other booths with prizes hanging from the roof are visible in the background.

Portrait of the Dallas Fire classmembers from May 29, 1979 to October 12, 1979 posing outside a building in two rows. The recruits are wearing short-sleeved light blue shirts and blue jeans or darker blue slacks. The people in the front row are holding black baseball caps with a red, white, and yellow logo; the people in the back row have white ropes looped around their waists.

Portrait of the Dallas Fire classmembers from May 29, 1979 to October 12, 1979 posing outside a building in two rows. The recruits are wearing short-sleeved light blue shirts and blue jeans or darker blue slacks. The people in the front row are holding black baseball caps in their laps, which have the fire logo patches on the front, facing out.

Photograph of three rows of men wearing black trousers and lighter colored button up shirts on the brick steps of a courtyard.

Photograph of an aerial lift fire engine parked in the lane of between two rows of red and white striped carnival game booths. The firefighter in the crane's bucket is right beside one of many sky tram cars suspended in the air by two parallel cables, several of which still have people inside. Three firefighters, two police officers and some civilians stand around the yellow fire engine, and further down the lane, a long ladder has been extended up to another tram car. In the background, more of the fair can be seen, along with the back of a giant statue of a cowboy (Big Tex).On the back of the photograph is a red ink stamp giving information about the photograph.

Upward angle photograph of a firefighter (in casual uniform) standing in the bucket of a firefighting aerial lift crane that has been extended into the air. The bucket is just beneath and to the side of an orange and white sky tram car, still attached to the tram cable. Another sky tram car hangs on the right, attached to a parallel cable. The top of a tree can be partially seen just below the crane, and in the background, a large white cloud covers most of a blue sky. On the back of the photograph is a red ink stamp giving information about the photo.

Photograph of an aerial lift fire engine parked in the lane of between two rows of red and white striped carnival game booths. The firefighter in the crane's bucket is right beside one of many sky tram cars suspended in the air by two parallel cables, several of which still have people inside. Three firefighters, two police officers and some civilians stand around the yellow fire engine, and further down the lane, a long ladder has been extended up to another tram car. In the background, more of the fair can be seen, along with the back of a giant statue of a cowboy (Big Tex).On the back of the photograph is a red ink stamp giving information about the photograph.

Upward angle photograph of a firefighter (in casual uniform) standing in the bucket of a firefighting aerial lift crane that has been extended into the air. The bucket is just beneath and to the side of an orange and white sky tram car, still attached to the tram cable. Another sky tram car hangs on the right, attached to a parallel cable. The top of a tree can be partially seen just below the crane, and in the background, a large white cloud covers most of a blue sky. On the back of the photograph is a red ink stamp giving information about the photo.

Photograph of an aerial lift firefighting crane, the bucket of which is positioned next to a Sky Tram car suspended in the night sky. To the right of the yellow, aerial lift firefighting engine is a white, two-story building with palm trees next to it. To the left of engine is a medical tent, a small grey vehicle, a tall flagpole (with a GMC Trucks flag), and two emergency officers (one in a light blue shirt and one in a dark blue shirt). Four people, their faces turned away from the camera, stand underneath the awning of the building to the right. On the back of the photograph is a red ink stamp giving information about the photograph.

Photograph of an aerial lift firefighting crane, the bucket of which is positioned next to a Sky Tram car suspended in the night sky. To the right of the yellow, aerial lift firefighting engine is a white, two-story building with palm trees next to it. To the left of engine is a medical tent, a small grey vehicle, a tall flagpole (with a GMC Trucks flag), and two emergency officers (one in a light blue shirt and one in a dark blue shirt). Four people, their faces turned away from the camera, stand underneath the awning of the building to the right. On the back of the photograph is a red ink stamp giving information about the photograph.