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.

Photograph of four firefighters standing in front of a car inside a garage. From left to right, the firefighters are: Lieutenant Fletcher Webb, Dillard Seale, Jess Lebel, and Jess Hawn. Two of the firefighters are making silly faces, and three of them have partially wet shirts. On the back of the photograph are a stamp, a label, typewritten text, and handwritten text giving information about the photo.

Photograph of ten Dallas Fire Station 5 engine and truck crew members standing in front of and leaning against a fire engine. Most of the men have partially wet shirts. One of the men is holding a pipe and another is wearing an officer's cap. On the back of the photograph are a stamp, label, typewritten text, and handwritten text giving information about the photo.

Portrait of the 7 Dallas Fire class members from July 1950 posing in front of a wall inside a building in two rows. All of the recruits are wearing casual attire, button down shirt or a plain shirt, slacks, black belt, and black shoes.

Photograph of recruit class number 33 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.

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.

Photograph of recruit class number 41 standing and posing against a two-toned background. The top half of the background is light-colored and the bottom half is darker.

Photograph of three firefighters scaling a ladder attached to the engine while several stand on the ground observing.

Photograph of a smoking train wreck at Pearl Expressway at Hickory.

Photograph of a firefighter carrying two suitcases down a hallway damaged by fire with two young women.

Photograph of three men walking among the damage of a storm.

Portrait of the 14 Dallas Fire class members from June 1959 to August 1959 posing in front of a building in two rows. All of the recruits are wearing casual attire, light colored button down shirt with light colored slacks, a black service cap, black belt, and black shoes.

Photograph of recruit class number 96 standing and posing together in front of a concrete edifice. All of the subjects wear the same uniform: short-sleeved collared button-ups tucked into matching belted slacks with dark-colored hats.

Portrait of the 14 Dallas Fire class members from June 1959 to August 1959 posing in front of a building in two rows. All of the recruits are wearing casual attire, light colored button down shirt with light colored slacks, a black service cap, black belt, and black shoes.

Portrait of the 14 Dallas Fire class members from June 1959 to August 1959 posing in front of a building in two rows. All of the recruits are wearing casual attire, light colored button down shirt with light colored slacks, a black service cap, black belt, and black shoes.

Photograph of a Dallas Fire Department firefighter looking on as a tall cloud of smoke billows from the top of the Edson of Texas pillow factory building. The firefighter is wearing a long jacket and standing on a fire engine that is parked facing left. The source of the smoke is somewhere on the roof of the brick building, however, smaller plumes of smoke rise from one of the windows. Partially obscured by the fire engine, another firefighter stands at the bottom of a ladder propped against the side of the building. An electrical pole and power lines - which are connected to the building - are visible between the building and the fire engine. On the back of the photograph are stamps, handwritten text, and a portion of a label giving information about the photograph.

Photograph of firefighters in firefighting suits sitting and standing around beside a brick building. The building is only partially visible on the right, and in the background to the left, more buildings are visible on the other side of a street. Fire hoses lay in loose coils on the ground and some of the firefighters are stepping over them. Most of the firefighters have their backs to the camera, and three firefighters look at something out of shot on the left. On the back of the photograph are two labels and two stamps giving information about the photo, including the date.

Portrait of the 15 Dallas Fire class members from April 1961 to August 1961 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.

Photograph of recruit class number 111 standing in front of a concrete edifice in matching, dark-colored, formal uniforms. The subjects are listed from left to right; Larry David Gatchel, William Albert McDonald, Jackie Leon Galloway, Rodney Ray Gant, Jerry Doyel Lester, Donald Ray Kern, Michael Winfield Jones, Everett Neal Coker, Joe Edward Mitchell, Reuben Maxwell Millsaps, Terry Lynn Lancaster, Donald Ray Wilson, Charles Richard Smith, James Melton Doster, and Robert Henry Worley.

Photograph of a tall cloud of black smoke rising from a small, folded and bent metal building blackened by smoke. On the ground in front of the building, there are firefighters, in dark- and light-colored firefighting suits, holding a hose. There are a few civilians in the group, as well as one who is walking out of shot on the right. A tall tower is partially visible on the left, and in the background is a large metal building. On the back of the photograph are two stamps and handwritten notes giving information about the photo.

Wide-shot photograph of firefighters in firefighting suits, on the ground and on a fire engine, spraying large streams of water at a fire just out of shot on the left. The fire engine has a water canon attached to the top of its cab, and there are two men with cameras standing on top of the fire engine. Civilians stand on the side of the scene and on a loading dock on the right, watching the firefighters work. There are circular metal structures, including one with a domed structure, in the background. On the back of the photograph are two stamps and handwritten notes giving information about the photo, as well as cropping dimensions.

Photograph of two fully-uniformed firefighters on an aerial platform spraying a stream of water at a large ball of fire above a Magnolia Chemical Company building. Large clouds cover most of the sky above the building. On the ground, to the left of the aerial platform fire engine, is a crowd of firefighters in white shirts and officer caps, and four firefighters in full firefighting uniform. To the left of the burning brick building is a small tree and another brick building with a ladder propped up against it (visible behind another small tree).On the back of the photograph are an identifier label, an identifier stamp, cropping dimensions, and handwritten notes about the fire.

Photograph of five firefighters hosing down a smoking building. One firefighter, in a bucket connected to a large metal arm, sprays water from above, while three on the ground (their backs to the camera) point another hose at the building. On the right side of the photo, another firefighter crouches with a hose that is not yet turned on. Another building is just barely visible on the left side of the photograph. On the back of the photograph are a stamp with identifier information and extensive handwritten notes on the fire in the photo.

Portrait of the 20 Dallas Fire class members from October 1965 to November 1965 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 service cap, name tag on the right side of their chest, and a silver badge on the left side of the chest.