Photograph of a two story white brick building at 1601 South Ervay with black smoke engulfing the roof while two firemen operate a hose at the top of a ladder.

Seventy-fifth anniversary issue of The Texas Fireman a publication documenting news and events related to the State Firemen's and Fire Marshals' Association of Texas as well as information of interest to members.

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.

Photograph of recruit class number 40 standing and posing against a two-toned background. The top half of the background is light-colored and the bottom half is darker.

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.

Photograph of recruit class 51 standing and posing together in front of a two-toned background. The top half of the background is light-colored and the bottom half is darker.

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.

Photograph of recruit class number 52 standing and posing in front of a two-toned background. The top half of the background is light-colored and the bottom half is darker.

Photograph of the two story brick Stanford Furniture Warehouse with smoke pouring from the rooftop and windows, at 316 Olive between Live Oak and Pacific. Ladders reach the second floor and firemen climb to the roof and windows. Lieutenant Crites died in the fire.

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.

Photograph of men wearing mostly white shirts shifting through the rubble of a building that collapsed on the 1400 block of Elm Street.

Photograph of a building collapse on the 1400 block of Elm street.

Photograph of a three story brick building collapsed at the 1400 block of Elm street.

Photograph of workers wading through the rubble of a collapsed building on the 1400 block of Elm Street, where a car was thoroughly crushed.

Photograph of a light colored truck parked on the side of Elm street at the 1400 block where a building had collapsed.

Photograph of men wading through the wreckage of stone and metal at a building collapsed on the 1400 block of Elm street.

Photograph of a two story wooden building with much of the second story destroyed by fire.

Photograph of a wooden house with the second story mostly destroyed by fire.

Portrait of the 16 Dallas Fire class members from March 1960 to June 1960 posing in front of a building in two rows. All of the recruits are wearing dark-colored suits with jackets that have circular silver buttons in two rows, dark colored slacks, and a silver badge on the left side of the chest.

Portrait of the 16 Dallas Fire class members from March 1960 to June 1960 posing in front of a building in two rows. All of the recruits are wearing dark-colored suits that have jackets with circular silver buttons in two rows, dark colored slacks, and a silver badge on the left side of the chest. A board on the ground in front of them identifies the class and a printed text at the bottom of the photograph provides their names.

Photograph of firefighters and their equipment in the sidewalk and street in front of George's Cafe and the Knox St. Barber Shop on the 3100 block of Knox Street. There are three ladders propped up against the front of the cafe, and debris lines the sidewalk in front of the stores. Behind the buildings is a billboard for Motorola, while other shop fronts and watching bystanders are visible in the background. There is a telephone pole in front of the cafe that extends out of shot. On the back of the photograph are handwritten notes and a stamp giving information about the photo.

Photograph of five firefighters in firefighting suits, facing towards the camera and looking down, walking in dark, wet ash and rubble on a rooftop. Two of the firefighters are spraying water from a fire hose into a small wheelbarrow, and another firefighter is carrying a small ax. One of the other two firefighters is wearing a light-colored firefighting suit. The buildings of the Dallas city-skyline are visible in the background, and a man in plainclothes is visible beyond the firefighter on the far left. On the back of the photograph are two labels, a stamp, and handwritten notes giving information about the photo.

Photograph of the metal frame of the unfinished, multi-story Dallas County Courthouse. From out of shot on the left, a stream of water is directed at the building. Inside the framework, two staircases going up the whole building are visible. On the back of the photograph is a handwritten note identifying the building as the Dallas County Courthouse and giving the date.