Photograph of the remains of a charred two story business building after a fire. There are water hoses on the street in the foreground, and cars to the left.

Photograph of men at a Texas Fire Department Instructors Conference, sitting in front of a building with cars in the background. Several men in the front row are identified as E. W. Parker, Monk Owens, Oscar Goodrich, B. J. Korman, Burns Caldwell, Frank Gallaway, Benjamin Huron, R. Roy Simmons, and Bill Willis. Those in the second row are Frank McKinney, Johnnie O'Brien, August Oertli, Paul Andrews, an unknown man, John Ballew, unknown, G. I. Powell, and three more unidentified men. Those in the third row are Glen Warranstaff, G. C. Adams, Bill McMeans, R. D. Mace, John Woody, four unknown men, Jerome Schawb, Henry D. Smith, Henry Timmerman, Morbert Koonce, Otis Muenster, and Paul R. Williams. Those in the back row are A. L. "Gus" Cartwright, L. O. Bynam, Dick Rowland, Adolf Solmkey, A. L. Rathke, and W. J. Henderson. One of the men in the fifth row is D. C. Musick, and three of the men in the top row are H. R. Brayton, Bob Dodson, and Harvey Peyton.

Photograph of five men standing in front of a Seagrave pumper in front of a building in Beaumont, Texas. They are identified as George Akley, Steven Douglas O'Connor, Fred Stone, Hugh Petkovsek, and John D. Southwell.

Photograph of a group of firemen spraying water at a pile of lumber at the Southern Land and Lumber Company in Beaumont, Texas.

Photograph of firemen spraying water at the Southern Land and Lumber Company fire in Beaumont, Texas. There is lumber on the ground, and more firefighters are visible in the background.

Photograph of firemen from the Orange Fire Department posing together in uniform. The men in the front row are Charlie Taylor, Clyde Stanfield, Buss Hubbard, Hal McFarlane, Allie Barron, Buster Pete, Lawrence Shreaux, J. D. Stanfield, Joe Stewart, Vertis Sands, Albert Ewing, Buck Thompson, J. S. Rougeau, Roy Robinson, Pat Scarborough, and Henry Stanfield. Those in the second row are Lawrence Smaihall, Doug Robinson, Clifford Mathews, Bob York, Marshall Herrin holding a dog named Puggy, Cleveland Basco, Floyd Bishop, Bill Puckett, Johnny Jones, Dennis Smith and Jules Sanders.

Photograph of five firemen sitting at a table and eating spaghetti at a fire station in Beaumont, Texas.

Photograph of a building on fire in the distance at the Burris Lumber Company in Beaumont, Texas. There are concrete cylinders in the foreground.

Photograph of men standing on train tracks in front of a burning building at the Southern Land and Lumber Company in Beaumont, Texas.

Photograph of men standing in debris spraying water at the Burris Lumber Company fire.

Photograph of firefighters spraying water at large piles of lumber on fire at the Southern Land and Lumber Company in Beaumont, Texas. A building is visible to the right.

Photograph of a building on fire at the Southern Land and Lumber Company in Beaumont, Texas.

Photograph of seven men standing and two kneeling in front of a brick building in Beaumont, Texas. They are identified as George Akley, Frank Estes, Steven Douglas O'Connor, John D. Southwell, Dave Rachal, Hugh Petkovsek, and Fred Stone.

Photograph of a fireman from the Orange Fire Department climbing a ladder to the top of a building. Three men stand on the ground, and there is a vehicle to the right. They are Jules B. Sanders, J. D. Stanfield, L. G. Seureau, Floyd Bishop, and H. L. Stanfield.

Photograph of a building on fire at the Southern Land and Lumber Company in Beaumont, Texas. There are train tracks in the foreground.

Photograph of several men in uniform squatting in front of two trucks at the Mesquite Fire Department.

Photograph of a large crowd of people standing and watching a fire at the Southern Land and Lumber Company in Beaumont, Texas. There is a man on the telephone pole, and smoke is visible in the background.

Photograph of a group of five men holding a water hose at the Southern Land and Lumber Company in Beaumont, Texas.

Photograph of the men of the Beaumont Fire Department posing in uniform in front of the Central Fire Station. Those in the front row are Frank Varnado, George Corrigan, Austin Manuel, Ruie Akin, Steve O'Connor, Frank Estes, J. N. Richardson, John D. Southwell, R. N. Tullos, C. A. "Red" Chriswell, and Louie Carter. The men in the middle row are Jake Buck, Vic Duhon, A. B. O'Quinn, Bobby Chase, Bill Sharpe, John McNair, Oscar Wilkerson, Joe Curry, Ulysses Duggins, Leland Jones, A. A. Langford, Everett Pfleider, Albert Bostick, O. M. Joiner, Aubrey Dixon, and Ed Gross. The men in the third row are Camille Gonzales, A. J. LeBlanc, Ralph Shelton, Harold Heidecker, Don O'Dell, Vansler Fontenot, Harris N. Taylor, Aaron Long, Wesley Phillips, and Nick Hill.

Photograph of a burning building in Beaumont, Texas. Streams of water are visible to the left.

Photograph of a building on fire at the Burris Lumber Company in Beaumont, Texas.

Photograph of a smoking building on fire at the Burris Lumber Company in Beaumont, Texas.

Photograph of five men looking at a Jeep with an open hood in a field. Trees are visible in the background.

Photograph of a group of men posing together at a Texas Fire Department Instructors Conference. The men in the first row are W. R. Willis, W. J. McBride, H. R. Brayton, A. L. Rathke, W. J. Henderson, B. J. Korman, G. C. Adams, Skipper Lucky, and an unknown man. Those in the second row are Dagger Dickerson, Eugene Ray, two unknown men, H. B. Whitworth, John Woody, August Oertli, and G. Frank Williams. Those in the third row are Otis Muenster, A. L. Cartwright, and Bob Dodson, and several of the men in fourth are E. W. Parker, D. C. Musiek, Hugh Brinkley, Paul B. Conley, and Benjamin Huron. The men in the fifth row are Alfred Myers, Oscar Goodrich, Harvey Peyton, Monk Owens, and Cisco Black, Shorty Foust, Irwin Sprekles, and Harry Kerr. Those in the top row are Gene Sappington, John O'Brien, Frank McKinney, and Dan Butler.