[Arlington, Texas Fire Department Patch]

Patch from a Athens, Texas fire department. The rectangular patch has a white background, black lettering, red and white images, and a white edging. "City of Arlington Texas" is written under a stylized letter A that is half blue and half red with a half red and half blue star serving as the bar of the A.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Barron Field]

Photograph of a plane parked on Barron Field in Fort Worth, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bedford, Texas Fire Department Patch]

Patch from the Bedford, Texas fire department. The rectangular patch has a blue background and black edging. A red border contains the yellow wording "Bedford Fire Department" and a red Florian Cross. The points of the cross contain the words "Fire," "Rescue," "Hazmat," and "EMS." Two crossed hatchets appear behind the image. "Est. 1954" is written on the sides of the cross.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bedford, Texas Fire Department Patch]

Patch from the Bedford, Texas fire department. The shield-shaped patch has an amber background with black edging. "City of Bedford Fire Dept." is written in black across the top and bottom of the patch. There is a heraldic image of a bird wearing a crown standing behind a B in the center of the patch.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Biplane over field]

Photograph of a plane flying over Barron Field.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Biplane over field]

Photograph of a plane flying over Barron Field in Fort Worth, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Biplane taking off]

Photograph of a plane taking off from Barron Field.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Flock of birds]

Photograph of a flock of birds.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Fort Worth Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. [17], No. [200], Ed. 1 Sunday, June 4, 1893 (open access)

The Fort Worth Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. [17], No. [200], Ed. 1 Sunday, June 4, 1893

Weekly newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 4, 1893
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fort Worth, Texas Fire Department Patch]

Patch from the Fort Worth, Texas fire department. The shield-shaped patch has blue edging and two sections. "City of Fort Worth Fire Department" is written in blue and red along the brown outside edge. The inner portion of the patch has a navy blue background, a brown Florian Cross with red borders, and a white outline of Texas sitting atop the cross. A red bull's head denotes the location of Fort Worth.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fort Worth, Texas Patch]

Patch from a Fort Worth, Texas. The shield-shaped patch has five white stars on a blue field at the top, "Fort Worth Texas" and "All American City" on a white field below the stars, and then a series of vertical red and white stripes along the lower half.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Four biplanes]

Photograph of four planes flying over Barron Field. The photograph was taken from a plane.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Front of plane]

Photograph of the front of a plane in flight.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Grapevine, Texas Fire Department Patch]

Patch from the Grapevine, Texas fire department. The shield-shaped patch has a black background and light blue edging. "Grapevine Fire Dept." is written in yellow along the top and bottom of the patch. A light blue Florian Cross appears in the center of the patch and contains the image of a "fire scramble."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Haltom City, Texas Fire Department Patch]

Patch from the Haltom City, Texas fire department. The circular patch has a red background and golden edging. "Haltom City Texas" is written in gold around the image of an H surrounded by a red square and yellow circle.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Hurst, Texas Fire Department Patch]

Patch from the Hurst, Texas fire department. The triangular patch has a blue background and dark blue edging. "Hurst is written along the top of the patch in gold. Below this is a gold and blue cross with "FD" in its center. Below that is a phoenix rising out of red flames.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Locklear climbing flag pole]

Photograph of Ormer Locklear climbing a flag pole. A number of individuals watch from the ground below.
Date: March 4, 1919
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Locklear climbing up ladder]

Photograph of Ormer Locklear climbing up a ladder. The ladder is leaning against a pole. On the ground, two men hold onto the ladder for balance.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Locklear hanging from plane]

Photograph of Ormer Locklear hanging from a biplane while in flight.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Locklear in uniform]

Photograph of Ormer Locklear wearing a military uniform. Locklear leans against the body of an airplane.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Locklear in uniform]

Photograph of Ormer Locklear climbing a tall flagpole. Individuals on the ground look on.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Locklear on wing]

Photograph of Ormer Locklear balancing on the wing of a biplane while in flight.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Locklear over field]

Photograph of Ormer Locklear's plane flying over Barron Field.
Date: March 18, 1919
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Locklear taking off]

Photograph of Ormer Locklear's plane lifting off from Barron Field.
Date: March 18, 1919
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History