[Firefighters Climb Into Fire-Damaged Medical Arts Building]

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.
Date: January 24, 1964
Creator: Hanson, Andy
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crowd of Firefighters on a Rescue Operation at Business Strip]

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.
Date: February 16, 1964
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Rescuers in Rubble of 2 Alarm Explosion]

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.
Date: December 1, 1961
Creator: Fisher, Pete
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Firefighters In Front of Fire Engine]

Photograph of six firefighters in uniform stand in a line in front of a fire engine (part of which is obscured). From left to right, the firefighters are: R. Thompson, E. Thompson, Cap. Mullenix, Rutherford, Frith, and Dunford. In the background, are a two Mobilgas signs, many electric poles, and cars parked along a street. There are two holes in the top of the photograph, one on the right and one on the left. There is a yellow sticky note on the back of the photograph giving information about the photograph.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Firefighter Looks on as Smoke Billows]

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.
Date: August 22, 1960
Creator: McCain, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Oak Cliff Chamber of Commerce Breaking Ground]

Photograph of eight men in suits, coats, and hard hats at a ground breaking ceremony on an empty dirt lot. The men are standing on a platform of wooden planks, and one of the men is standing at a short podium on a small table. There are nine shovels propped up against the table. In the background, leafless trees, power lines, and the tops of buildings are partially visible. On the back of the photograph is an identifier stamp with the date typewritten.
Date: January 24, 1975
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fire Station with Firefighters on a Fire Engine]

Photograph of a brick, two-story fire station with two fire engines parked in the driveway. Four firefighters stand or sit on each engine, while one firefighter stands between the two. There are several brick buildings visible on either side of the station, as well as cars parked on the left. In the bottom left of the photo is an embossed insignia. On the back of the photograph is a label with an identifier.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Smoke Pours From Dallas Federal Savings & Loan Building]

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.
Date: January 7, 1964
Creator: Eamon, Kennedy
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Truck Shop Crew Members and Fire Engine]

Photograph of six fire truck shop crew members standing in a line in front of a fire engine. From left to right, the crew members are: Towers, Martin, Redwine, Lattimer, Collier, and Hahnl. The fire engine is parked facing left, in a street in front of an empty, grassy, fenced-in lot with trees and shrubs. In the background, there are buildings and houses surrounding the lot. On the back of the photograph is a yellow sticky note with information about the photo.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Smoke Billowing From Windows of Neiman-Marcus]

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.
Date: December 19, 1964
Creator: Russell, Russ
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fire Engine and Fire Station]

A street-view photograph of a two-story, brick fire station with two open garage doors and a fire engine parked in its driveway. There is a fire hydrant in the lawn to the left of the station, and another brick building on the right side of the station. There are notes written backwards in green ink in the top left corner of the photo. On the back of the photograph is a label with identifier information, and handwritten notes that are partially obscured by a tear in the paper.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Firefighters on Fire Engine with a Bell]

Photograph of six firefighters in firefighting suits sitting on top of a fire engine. The fire engine is parked in front of a light-colored brick building with scaffolding on the left side. In the background, on the left, is a wood-paneled building with a sloped, tiled roof. There are two small holes in the top of the photograph, one on the top left and one on the top right. There is handwritten text on the back, including a list of the firefighters pictured.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Firefighters Fight Fire at Superior Bowling Lanes]

Photograph of a close-up view of the front of Superior Bowling Lanes as it smokes. In the foreground, the top of a fire engine, with "Dallas Fire Dept." on the side, is visible. On an aerial platform in the right background, two firefighters spray a hose into a window of the building. On the back of the photograph are handwritten notes giving the Superior Bowling Lanes' address and the date.
Date: April 9, 1964
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fallen Sky Tram Cars in Fair Games Booths]

Photograph of the front of a row of red and white-striped tents supported by metal frames. A white and red sky tram car is laying on its side on top of the middle booth, and another sky tram car laying on its side inside the booth on the left- on top of the metal lane dividers of a skee ball game. Toy prizes (including large, yellow, stuffed bananas with smiling faces) can be seen on the walls inside the middle and left booths.There is a tall, yellow, folding ladder under the middle tent, debris and a large bundle of rope on the ground in front of the booths, and a helicopter in the sky in the distant background. On the back of the photograph is a red ink stamp with information about the photograph.
Date: August 21, 1979
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Oak Cliff Chamber of Commerce Breaks Ground]

Photograph of eight men in suits, coats, and hard hats at a ground breaking ceremony on an empty dirt lot. The men are standing on a long platform of wooden planks, and one of the men is standing at a short podium on a small table covered by a red tablecloth. Two small speakers sit on either end of the platform There are nine shovels propped up against the table. In the background, leafless trees, power lines, and the tops of buildings are partially visible. On the back of the photograph is an identifier stamp with the date typewritten.
Date: January 24, 1975
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group of People in front of Station 57]

Photograph of thirty people (some of which are firefighters) standing in front of Dallas Fire Station 57. The station is a one-story, light-colored brick building - the station's sign is partially visible on the left.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dallas Morning News Reporter Interview Paramedics]

Photograph of two Dallas Fire-Rescue paramedics (Parke Mainz and James Landers) in casual uniform standing with a reporter inside a dinghy white room. The reporter is holding a small notepad, pen, and electrical device. Behind them is an open, small white door (the interior of which is concealed by the men) and a large open doorway leading outside, where the brick exterior of the building is just barely visible. There is a window in the wall to their right. There are two labels on the back of the photograph giving information about the photo, including one that reads, "711 Paramedics Parke Mainz and James Landers talk with a Dallas Morning News Reporter.
Date: unknown
Creator: Garcia, Carolyn S.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Row of Firefighters in Front of Smoking Building]

Photograph of a row of uniformed Dallas Fire Department firefighters (two of which are wearing light-colored uniforms and white helmets) facing a row of smoking brick buildings, one of which bears the sign "Prime Steaks - Barbecue." There are metal ladders and fire escape staircases mounted to the front of the buildings. Two fire engines are partially visible on the right and a firefighter on an aerial platform is visible in the top left of the photo. Two men in civilian clothes stand behind the firefighters, amidst a pile of the fire hoses some of the firefighters are using to spray down the building. On the back of the photograph are a red-bordered label with text stricken out, red, handwritten text in the upper right corner, and information about the photo.
Date: February 16, 1964
Creator: Douglas
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fire Station 6 and Firefighters]

Photograph of 11 firefighters standing with two uniformed firefighters and a car in front of Dallas Fire Station 6. The station is a stand-alone, two-story, brick building with two balconies and two garage doors. There are trees on either side of the station and the street is visible in the foreground. On the back of the photograph are a label, typewritten text, and a stamp with information about the photograph.
Date: May 24, 1947
Creator: Martin, Linwood J.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[DeLuxe Diner Fire]

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.
Date: July 23, 1961
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Burned Out Building Without a Roof]

Photograph of an upwards angled view of the inside of a burned out brick building with no roof. Wires and other burned fixtures hang from the burned walls inside. At the bottom of the photo, piles of large beams and other rubble are visible, as well as an African-American man facing left (visible only from the shoulders up). Through the space where the roof should be, the sky and a tall brick building are visible. On the back of the photograph are handwritten notes, and information about the photo.
Date: March 5, 1964
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Firefighters Use Hoses to Extinguish Burning Barbecue Restaurant]

Photograph of six firefighters using fire hoses to spray water at a barbecue restaurant that is mostly obscured by smoke. The firefighters' names are on the backs of their jackets, and one of the firefighters carries a small tank strapped to his back. The restaurant has a sign that says "Barbecue," and a striped awning with the restaurant's street address on it. In the background are a metal fire-escape and another building. On the back of the photograph are a label and an information stamp filled in with handwritten notes.
Date: February 16, 1964
Creator: Douglas
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Firefighters at Station 6]

Photograph of the five firefighters standing in uniform in front of a fire engine at Dallas Fire Station 6. From left to right, the firefighters are: Captain Williams, Cain, Winterbauer, Webb, and Buckalew. Part of the station - a brick building - is barely visible on the left, behind the fire truck. In the background, a residential neighborhood is visible, including houses, trees, and shrubs. There is a yellow sticky note on the back of the photograph that gives information about the photo.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Firefighters and a Smoking Building]

Photograph of firefighters in firefighting suits working on the ground and two firefighters working on ladders to contain a smoking, multi-story, brick building at the St. Paul Hospital. Part of the building and one of the ladders is obscured by dark smoke. Most of the firefighters are facing away from the camera and are working to get in through the windows. Part of a fire engine with a ladder is visible in the far left background.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History