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[Postcard of Fire Fighters Driving to a Fire]
Postcard of fire fighters driving a horse-drawn fire engine towards the foreground. Steam is rising from an exhaust on the back of the vehicle, obscuring the background.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Fire Fighters Extinguishing a Fire]
Postcard of two fire fighters using a hose to douse a burning multistory building. The fire has spread throughout the building, and the flames are seen in all of the windows.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Fire Fighters Extinguishing a Fire, New York]
Postcard of a fire scene at a small city building. Fire fighters are spraying several hoses at the side of the building. The smoke obscures most of the background on the right half of the image. On the back of the postcard, the sender has left a handwritten message.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Fire Fighters Extinguishing a Large Fire]
Postcard of a long line of fire fighters extinguishing a large, burning building. The fire department is using multiple fire engines and many hoses, spraying the water in a large spread across the building.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Fire Fighters in a Ruined Building]
Postcard of fire fighters standing together, with their back turned to the camera, on top of rubble from a fallen building. Fire hoses are running up the pile of bricks.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Fire Fighters in Action]
Illustrated postcard of fire fighters rescuing a woman from a burning building. On the back of the postcard, the sender has left a handwritten message that says, "I am very sorry I can only get imaginary, but the views give the exact details exactly as in the London Fire Brigade, as I should think they will do."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Howard, Fred S.
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Fire Fighters in Action]
Illustrated postcard of fire fighters extinguishing a fire. Smoke is billowing from a window in the background, and flames are visible on the right edge of the image. The fire fighters are equipped with a hose running from the fire engine on the left.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Howard, Fred S.
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Fire Fighters in an Automobile]
Postcard of fire fighters driving an automobile through a street. One of the two is the chief of the Dallas Fire Department, F. H. Magee.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Fire Fighters in Saint-Ouen]
Postcard of fire fighters extinguishing a large fire in an urban setting. The silhouettes of buildings are visible behind the wall of smoke, as well as a toppled street sign and telephone pole. In the bottom-right corner of the image, behind the fire fighters, a pickaxe is seen in a mound of loose dirt. A handwritten message on the back of the photograph says, "Many thanks for your cards. They are pretty, but not quite what I...]"
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Fire Fighters on the Road]
Illustrated postcard of fire fighters driving a horse-drawn fire engine. The three horses appear to be running at high speed.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Fire Fighters with Carriages, Paris, France]
Postcard of fire fighters in horse-drawn fire engines, lined up in a city street. A man in an officer's uniform is standing by the front vehicle. The back of the postcard has a handwritten message from the recipient that says, "Many thanks for your very interesting card, and to have written to the secretary. I beg your pardon to be so late to answer you, but I had too much to do. I did not know that I was so much under the number of cards that I had to send you another one. Today I send you only one card, because I have no more here of that kind, but tomorrow I shall buy more fire cards and send them to you."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Firemen and a Ladder, Paris, France]
Postcard of three firemen on a horse-drawn vehicle parked at a fire station, with a ladder mounted on the vehicle's top. A single fireman is watching from the fire station's front door on the right.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Fort Wayne Fire Department, Ft. Wayne, Indiana, 1882.]
Postcard of the Fort Wayne Fire Department, lined up in two rows outside of their fire station, with two fire wagons parked behind the rows. The fire fighters in front are sitting in small chairs.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of French Fire Department]
Postcard of French firemen with a pump arm (stated on the postcard as "pompe a bras") fire engine. One of the firemen on the left is holding a pump attached to the water tank.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of French Fire Fighters]
Postcard of fire fighters operating a pump, with hoses running from the metal cylinder in the center of the image. The back of the postcard has a handwritten message to the recipient that says, "Dear Sir, many thanks for your pretty post cards. I am sending you two of the Paris F. Brigade. But I could not have colored ones. I shall try to get your [...]"
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Graz's Fire Department, Germany]
Postcard of fire fighters in three horse-drawn vehicles outside of a fire station. The fire fighters' uniforms have both hats and helmets. A handwritten message to the recipient on the back of the postcard says, "I would be obliged to you, if you would send me also fire brigade cards."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Headquarters Fire Department, Columbus, Ohio]
Postcard of Columbus Ohio's Headquarters Fire Department, a three-story building with three garages at its front. Horse-drawn fire engines are seen exiting the building.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Durbin, Claude L.
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Kansas City Fire Department]
Postcard of the Kansas City Fire Department, uniformed and lined up in front of a three-story fire station. A handwritten message on the back of the postcard says, "Please excuse delay - I have been out of the city."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Lansing Central Fire Station, Michigan]
Postcard of the Central Fire Station at Lansing, Michigan, with the fire department and their horse-drawn engines lined up in front of it. On the back of the postcard, the sender left a handwritten message that says, "a couple of more for you. From Lansing, Mich."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Leo Schafer]
Postcard of a uniformed fire fighter standing in front of a small tree. On the back of the postcard, the sender has left a handwritten message that says, "Dear Friend, this is my own photo in my fire suit. [...] yours, Leo Schafer."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Manila Fire Department, Philippines]
Postcard of Manila's fire department in two horse-drawn vehicles in front of a fire station. A large church building is visible in the distance.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Maplewood Fire Station]
Postcard of a fire department at Maplewood Fire Station, a two-story brick building with three garage doors. The fire fighters are aligned outside the station, with three horse-drawn fire engines outside their respective garages.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of North End Fire Station, Waco, Texas]
Postcard of Waco's North End Fire Station, a two-story building with a garage on its broad side. Two horse-drawn fire engines are parked outside of the garage.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Romanian Firemen]
Postcard of uniformed Romanian firemen aboard a horse-drawn fire engine. On the left, there is a man in an officer's uniform, playing a bugle.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History