Portrait of the Dallas Fire classmembers from June 1, 1961 to November 30, 1961 posing outside a building in two rows. The recruits are wearing double-breasted jackets with a badge on the left breast, dark ties, and dark slacks.

Portrait of the Dallas Fire classmembers from June 1, 1961 to November 30, 1961 posing outside a building in two rows. The recruits are wearing double-breasted jackets with a badge on the left breast, dark ties, and dark slacks.

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.

Portrait of the 14 Dallas Fire class members from February 1961 to May 1961 posing in front of a building in two rows. All of the recruits are wearing a dark colored suit with jackets that have 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 the group identifies the class.

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.

Portrait of the 6 Dallas Fire class members from December 1960 to March 1961 posing in front of a building in two rows. All of the recruits are wearing dark-colored uniforms including slacks and double-breasted jackets with badges over the left breast. A board on the ground in front of them identifies the class.

Portrait of the 14 Dallas Fire class members from February 1961 to May 1961 posing in front of a building in two rows. All of the recruits are wearing a dark colored suit with jackets that have 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 the group identifies the class. Printed text at the bottom of the image provides names for the recruits.

Portrait of the Dallas Fire class members from November 1960 to February 1961 posing in front of a building in two rows. All of the recruits are wearing dark-colored uniforms including slacks and double-breasted jackets with badges over the left breast. A board on the ground in front of them identifies the class.

Photograph of recruit class number 109 standing and posing in front of a concrete edifice in matching, dark-colored, formal uniforms. Shrubbery borders the base of the wall behind the subjects.

Portrait of the Dallas Fire class members from November 1960 to February 1961 posing in front of a building in two rows. All of the recruits are wearing dark-colored uniforms including slacks and double-breasted jackets with badges over the left breast. Printed text attached to the bottom of the image provides names.

Portrait of the Dallas Fire recruits from class numbers 107 and 108, posing in three lines, standing and kneeling in front of a concrete edifice with a grid pattern. The subjects are wearing matching, formal, dark-colored uniforms and a chalkboard listing information is in the center of the front row.

Portrait of the 7 Dallas Fire class members from October 1960 to February 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, a silver badge on the left side of the chest, and black shoes.

Portrait of the Dallas Fire recruits from class numbers 107 and 108, posing in three lines, standing and kneeling in front of a concrete edifice with a grid pattern. The subjects are wearing matching, formal, dark-colored uniforms and a chalkboard listing information is in the center of the front row.

Portrait of the 7 Dallas Fire class members from October 1960 to February 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, a silver badge on the left side of the chest, and black shoes. A printed paper at the bottom of the image lists the names of the recruits in the image.

Portrait of the 7 Dallas Fire class members from September 1960 to January 1961 posing in front of a building in two rows. The recruits are wearing dark-colored uniforms of slacks, and double-breasted jackets with a badge over the left breast. Printed text attached to the bottom of the image provides names.

Portrait of the 7 Dallas Fire class members from September 1960 to January 1961 posing in front of a building in two rows. The recruits are wearing dark-colored uniforms of slacks, and double-breasted jackets with a badge over the left breast. A board on the ground in front of them identifies the group.

Wide-shot photograph of a smoking, multi-story, brick building on the corner of Pacific and Griffin. A fire engine ladder extends up towards the building from a fire engine just out of shot on the left, and smaller ladders are propped up against the building from the ground. Hoses lay on the ground in the street in front of the building, all leading towards the firefighters. Beyond the smoking building, in the background on the left, another building is partially visible. On the back of the photograph is a handwritten note identifying the printer and the date.

Aerial photograph of a burning, multi-story building at the corner of Elm and Lamar St. in Dallas, partially obscured by smoke. On the ground and in the streets, multiple fire engines and emergency vehicles attend the fire. Three of the trucks have long ladders extended, and firefighters at the tops of the ladders hold hoses pointed at the building, spraying large streams of water. The city is also visible around the burning building. Large hoses cover the streets between and around the fire engines.

Photograph of a large group of firefighters, police officers, and men in suits standing in the brick and cinder-block rubble of a destroyed building. In the center, two men in suits and two firefighters carry a gurney with a bundle of cloth on it. In the background, another building is visible beyond the remaining corner of the destroyed building. News reporters with handheld cameras stand at the back left of the group. On the back of the photograph are two labels (one partially torn off), two stamps, and handwritten notes giving information about the photo.

Photograph of a long, smoking, multi-story, brick building. On the ground, firefighters spray three different streams of water at the building. A fire engine is parked in the street on the far left, and there are four ladders propped up against side of the building. There are several advertisement signs on side of the building and several fire hoses lying in the street. There is an identifier label on the back of the photograph.

Photograph of a Texhoma Department Store, whose large, floor-to-ceiling front windows have been blown out. A group of firefighters and people in winter jackets are clustered to the left, in front of the store, while another group of three firefighters stand to the right in front of the store. Two hoses lay uncoiled in the parking lot in front of the store. Inside the store and just outside the windows, debris and half-destroyed products are visible. There is a handwritten note on the back of the photograph giving the address of the store.

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 a long, smoking, multi-story, brick building. On the ground, a fire engine is parked with its ladder extended towards the building and two firefighters stand next to a smaller ladder propped against the building. Streams of water spray the building from an unknown source behind the fire engine. There are several advertisement signs on the fence in front of the building. There is a handwritten note along the left border of the photo that reads, "See Over." On the back of the photograph are two stamps and extensive handwritten notes about the fire shown in the photo.

Photograph of a two-story building engulfed in fire and smoke. The fire inside can be seen through the building's many windows. In front of the building, several firefighters are silhouetted, pointing hoses at the building. Power lines criss-cross the top of the shot. On the back of the photograph are handwritten notes, a large brown stain, and a portion.