Photograph of men wearing mostly white shirts shifting through the rubble of a building that collapsed on the 1400 block of Elm Street.

Photograph of the inside of a charred wooden house at 2815 State Street.

Program for an Abilene Philharmonic concert that ran on January 17th (third concert) during the 5th season. It includes information about the pieces performed, artists and musicians, and advertising from local companies. The conductor was Julius Hegyi.

Program for an Abilene Philharmonic concert that ran on February 14th (fourth concert) during the 5th season. It includes information about the pieces performed, artists and musicians, and advertising from local companies. The conductor was Julius Hegyi.

Program for an Abilene Philharmonic concert that ran on May 2nd (sixth concert) during the 5th season. It includes information about the pieces performed, artists and musicians, and advertising from local companies. The conductor was Julius Hegyi.

Program for an Abilene Philharmonic concert that ran on November 21st, 1955 during the 6th season. It includes information about the pieces performed, artists and musicians, and advertising from local companies. The musical director and conductor was Walter Charles.

Program for an Abilene Philharmonic concert that ran on December 11th during the 6th season. It includes information about the pieces performed, artists and musicians, and advertising from local companies. The playbill is for The Messiah by G. F. Handel, with musical director and conductor Walter Charles, with soloists Sarah King Thomas as soprano, Ida Spradling Mahan as contralto, and B. Jack Glover as bass.

Photograph of four firemen standing at the bottom of a ladder at the Adolphus Hotel, which sits on the corner of Akard and Commerce.

Photograph of a light colored car near the fire engines parked on the side of the street to respond to a fire at Adolphus Hotel on Main east of Akard.

Photograph of a building collapse on the 1400 block of Elm street.

Photograph of a de Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk airplane in front of a hangar at Meacham Field Airport in Fort Worth, Texas.

Photograph of a neon sign reading "Airway" with the words "Now showing Key Largo also The Fuor Poster" below. The theater sits at 8006 Denton Drive.

Photograph of two houses near a well-plowed field with two sheds and a car parked beside the smallest shed. The second story near the upper part of the photograph belongs to Andreas Hansen Berndt, and the one story belongs to Niels Christian Berndt.

Photograph of eight young boys, six in traditional Boy Scout uniform, with a woman with curled hair standing behind them.

Photograph of a three story brick building collapsed at the 1400 block of Elm street.

Photograph of workers wading through the rubble of a collapsed building on the 1400 block of Elm Street, where a car was thoroughly crushed.

Photograph of a man and a young boy in a Boy Scout uniform.

Photograph of two young boys climbing on top of and repairing a mechanical cotton picker.

Photograph of the charred roof of the Finger Furniture store building in Beaumont, Texas.

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for American Flagpole Equipment Co., Inc., including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Piece included: bronze base (repatine).

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for the American Iron Works, Inc., including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Piece included: bronze cast plaque (2 copies; 14").

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for the Church of the Acension, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Piece included: bronze plaque.

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for J. Assenheim & Son, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Piece included: bronze plaque (3 copies).

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mr. Anthony R. Castagnaro, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Piece included: "Portrait Head" (black marble base 6" cube).