Portrait of the 7 Dallas Fire class members from July1964 to December1964 posing in front of a building in two rows. All of the recruits are wearing a dark colored suit with circular silver buttons in two rows, dark colored slacks, and a silver badge on the left side of the chest.

Portrait of the 13 Dallas Fire class members from April 1964 to September 1964 posing in front of a wall inside a building in two rows. All of the recruits are wearing a dark colored suit with circular silver buttons in two rows, dark colored slacks, with a name tag and a silver badge on the left side of the chest. The large text box beneath the men have all the names of each member.

Portrait of the 7 Dallas Fire class members from July 1964 to December 1964 posing in front of a building in two rows. All of the recruits are wearing a dark colored suit with circular silver buttons in two rows, dark colored slacks, and a silver badge on the left side of the chest. The large text box below has the names of each member.

Portrait of the 13 Dallas Fire class members from April 1964 to September 1964 posing in front of a wall inside a building in two rows. All of the recruits are wearing a dark colored suit with circular silver buttons in two rows, dark colored slacks, with a name tag and a silver badge on the left side of the chest.

Portrait of the Dallas Fire classmembers from February 1964 to July 1964 posing in front of the wall in two rows. In this black and white photograph, there are eight members in two rows, each member is looking straight ahead, arms at their sides, and trying to smile but a few seem to squinting at the camera. Since this is a black and white photo I'm not fully sure the true color of the uniforms, but they are all dressed in uniform. The uniforms look a bit wrinkled with large buttons, a badge on the upper left chest, hat less, but with a clean cut on each person’s head. Has a light tan filter on the photo.

Portrait of the eight Dallas Fire classmembers from February 1964 to July 1964 posing in front of the wall in two rows. They are dressed in dark-colored uniforms that have jackets with two rows of buttons, and slacks. A chalkboard with group info is on the floor in front of the group and a door visible at right is labeled "Ladies Lounge."

Portrait of the 14 Dallas Fire class members from November 1963 to April 1964 posing in front of a wall in two rows. All of the recruits are wearing a dark colored suit with circular silver buttons in two rows, dark colored slacks, name tag on the left side of their chest, and a silver badge right under the name tag. The large text box beneath the men have all the names of each member.

Portrait of the 14 Dallas Fire class members from November 1963 to April 1964 posing in front of a wall in two rows. All of the recruits are wearing a dark colored suit with circular silver buttons in two rows, dark colored slacks, name tag on the left side of their chest, and a silver badge right under the name tag.

Portrait of the 6 Dallas Fire class members from August 1963 to January 1964 posing in front of a building in two rows. All of the recruits are wearing a dark colored suit with circular silver buttons in two rows, dark colored slacks, and a silver badge on the left side of the chest.

Portrait of the 6 Dallas Fire class members from August 1963 to January 1964 posing in front of a wall. All of the recruits are wearing a dark-colored uniform with circular silver buttons in two rows on the jacket, dark colored slacks, and a silver badge on the left side of the chest. Stacked boxes are visible on the floor at left and a desk is partially visible at right.

Portrait of the 6 Dallas Fire class members from August 1963 to January 1964 posing in front of a building in two rows. All of the recruits are wearing a dark colored suit with circular silver buttons in two rows, dark colored slacks, and a silver badge on the left side of the chest. The large text box below has the names of each member.

Photograph of several firefighters pushing a covered gurney next to a sidewalk. The firefighters are leaning over the gurney, tending to the patient. One man in the background looks directly at the camera.

Photograph of two firefighters (both in full uniform except for helmets) sitting on the curb in front of the glass entrance of a Neiman-Marcus. The firefighter on the left has partially turned around to look at two more uniformed firefighters and a police officer entering the building. There is a fire hose lying in front of the seated firefighters, a short ladder propped up on the left against the building, and snowflake shapes on the awning covering. On the back of the photograph are the remnants of a torn-off identification label, a stamp identifying the photographer, and a handwritten note that reads, "Neiman-Marcus Dec 19, 1964."

Photograph of a firefighter (wearing a firefighting suit with the letters 'J' and 'L' on the right sleeve) bent over and recoiling a fire hose next to a large pile of wooden debris and a bright lamp. There are two ladders propped up against the side of the tall, multi-story building on the right. There is a fire-escape attached to the side of the building. In the background, another tall, multi-story building with many illuminated windows is barely visible in the dark. On the back of the photograph are two stamps and a handwritten note giving information about the photo.

Photograph of a man in a chef's toque and uniform kneeling down beside a burnt and charred counter. His right hand rests on a pile of ash on top of the counter, and he's looking at a smoky wine glass on the counter. The cabinet doors under the counter and falling apart and falling off the the hinges. The floor beneath the man's feet is covered in ashes. On the back of the photograph are two stamps giving the photographer's name, the name of the printer, and the date.

Photograph of a a view down a row of fire-damaged and partially fire-damaged home-ware products in Neiman-Marcus. Some of the items include praying Buddha statues, vases, boxes, bowls, cabinets, urns, serving platters, wall art, knick-knacks, and more. Behind the shelves on the right is a staircase leading out of shot (towards the camera), and behind the products on the left is wall. The ceiling and staircase are damaged and peeling, and ash covers the floor. On the back of the photo is an identifier label, a stamp identifying the photographer, and a handwritten note that reads, "Fire- Neiman-Marcus Dec 19, 1964."

Photograph of a street view of the north side of Neiman-Marcus, with more buildings visible in the background. The fire inside is visible through the windows on the left and the display windows on the ground. On the fifth floor, the fire has burst out of one of the windows. On the ground, two small ladders are propped up against the building and one firefighter stands on the left while another stands further down the street, on the right. There are Christmas decorations hanging from the lampposts and strung between the Neiman-Marcus building and the building across the street (which is out of shot on the right). On the back of the photograph are a torn-off label, an unreadable stamp, and handwritten notes giving information about the photo.

Photograph of firefighters in firefighting suits climbing up and standing below two ladders leading up to two large holes in the second story of a building damaged by fire. Other firefighters and a man with a camera and a tape recorder stand in the space beneath the second-story. There are fire hoses on the ground and draped over the edge of the second-story floor. A large pile of fire-damaged wooden furniture lays on the left. On the back of the photograph are two stamps and a handwritten note giving information about the photo.

Downward view photograph of five fire engines, an ambulance, and a police car in the street to the right of the Dallas Federal Savings & Loan building (which is barely visible on the left). There are men in white hard-hats (and some wearing suits) standing on the sidewalk and street between the building and the emergency vehicles. The buildings and crowd of civilians watching the scene from down the street in the background are partially obscured by smoke. On the back of the photograph are two stamps giving information about the photographer and printer, as well as extensive handwritten notes about the fire.

Photograph of four clothing racks with a few hangers and clothing items, lined up horizontally. On the floor beneath the racks are piles of clothes, and behind the racks is a wall with a support column. In the background, on the left, are a partially visible door, a pot plant on the floor, and a blackened space obscured by the clothing racks. On the back of the photograph are a stamp, handwritten notes, and a label, all giving information about the photo.

Photograph of firefighters inside the second-story of the fire-damaged, gaping side of the Medical Arts Building. A firefighter on the ground holds one of two tall ladders propped up against the exposed second-story floor. Two large, burnt piles of rubble sit on either side of the ladders, and there are several firefighting hoses lying coiled in the foreground. A man wearing a white coat and white hard-hat stands behind the ladder on the left, just inside the building. On the back of the photograph are extensive notes about the fire that damaged the building, a portion of a torn-off label, and a stamp identifying the photographer.

Photograph of a large crowd of firefighters in firefighting suits (most of them with their names on the backs of their jackets) facing a brick, multi-level building with smoke coming out of some of the upper-level windows. There are two more multi-level buildings directly to the left of the smoking building, and a fire engine parked in front of the smoking building. In the top left of the photo, on the roof of the building directly to the left of the smoking building, there are two firefighters pulling up a fire hose. On the ground, a firefighter is about to climb a ladder propped against the building, and another firefighter holds a fire hose leading up to a second-story window. On the back of the photograph, there is a label, typewritten notes, and handwritten notes, including the names of the firefighters who died in the fire.

Photograph of a large cloud of dark smoke pouring out from the Dallas Federal Savings & Loan building, visible on the right. In the street in front of the building, to the left, are four small fire engines and a group of fighters in firefighting uniform. There is a man taking a photograph of the smoke in the center middle-ground of the photo. A large white, square clock jutting out from the side of the Savings & Loan building shows the time to be about 3:10 pm. On the back of the photograph are the remnants of a torn-off identifier label, a stamp identifying the photographer, and handwritten notes.

Photograph of a close-up view of the top of the Neiman-Marcus building as smoke billows out of the top windows. On the left, a ladder extends up into one of the windows, and at the right-center, two fighters spray water at the building from an aerial platform. The aerial platform's crane arm read, "Dallas Fire Department," and extends out of shot on the right. On the back of the photograph are a torn-off label, a stamp identifying the photographer, and handwritten notes about the fire.