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[Arvada Fire Department Engine No. 1]

Description: Two photographs of Arvada Fire Department Engine No. 1. The fire engine is red, has an open cockpit, and has "Arvada Fire Dept. No. 1" written on the hood. Behind the driver's bench there is a silver tank and a ladder and axe stored on the side of the vehicle. Behind the fire engine is a white modern truck. The two photos are attached to a blue paper, which has "Crescent" stamped on the back.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard of a Hook and Ladder]

Description: Postcard of a fire fighter at the seat of a horse-drawn hook and ladder wagon at a fire station. The fire station has two garage doors labeled (from left to right), "No. 1 Chemical" and "No. 1 H&L Truck." A handwritten note on the back of the postcard says, "I have had a ride on this to a fire."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Seven Men Standing in Front of Brick Building #1]

Description: Photograph of seven men standing in front of brick building. There are three men crouching facing towards them on the right side of the image. The back of the photo is titled "Testing Engine 7" and lists their names and roles; "1. George Akley - Del. Eng. Man of Seagrave; 2. Frank Estes - Ass't Fire Chief; 3. Chief Steven [sic] Douglas O'Conor; 4. John E. Southwell - Supt. of Fire Alarm; 5. Chief Dave [P]achal - Port Arthur Tex.; 6. Hugh Petkovsek - City Mgr.; 7. Fred Stone (Mayor)."
Date: October 7, 1944
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard of a Fire Station, Alexandria, La.]

Description: Postcard of a fire station in Alexandria, Louisiana. The fire department is lined up outside the station in their horse-drawn wagons. A U.S. flag is mounted on top of the station. On the left of the station, there is a cylindrical tower that extends roughly 8 stories high. On the back of the postcard, the sender has left a handwritten message that says, "Have not had a run since I have been here."
Date: August 16, 1912
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard of Richmond Fire Department]

Description: Postcard of the Richmond Fire Department in front of a fire station on a street corner. The fire fighters are formally dressed, and standing with a horse-drawn carriage. The back of the postcard has a handwritten message that says, "Knowing you collect fire dept. cards, I'm sending you one from Richmond, where I am today."
Date: February 29, 1908
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard of Fire Fighters Driving to a Fire]

Description: Postcard of the Providence Fire Department riding a horse-drawn fire engine to a fire, moving diagonally towards the foreground. Two fire fighters are at the front of the vehicle, seven are standing on its side, and one is on the ladder at the back. The sender has left a handwritten note at the back of the postcard; it says, "Please pardon delay due to not having the kind you desire on hand. I like hospitals, monuments, and light horses, best of all - then anything interesting or pleasing to lo… more
Date: July 3, 1912
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard of Laconia Fire Dept., New Hampshire]

Description: Postcard of the Laconia Fire Department at their station, with the fire fighters sitting in a horse-drawn fire engine. The station has four garage doors visible at its base. Ivy is growing on the side of the building. On the back of the postcard, the sender has left a handwritten message that says, "Another out of town fire card for you. Hope I can continue getting them for you. [...] You card is dandy, mighty pleased with it. Call again."
Date: February 13, 1913
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard from J. P. Eagan to George Pendexter, November 1, 1911]

Description: Postcard from J. P. Eagan to George Pendexter regarding the status of Eagan, he is out of the #32 apparatus, and it is he who is seated in the photographed car on the reverse side. The photograph shows Eagan sitting in the driver's seat of a Webb car with an engine from Calgary, Canada; he says that the car is parked in front of the Webb factory.
Date: November 1, 1911
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard of a Fire Station, Lima, Ohio]

Description: Postcard of a fire department at a fire station, lined up with four horse-drawn wagons. Three of the wagons are lined up outside of labeled garages. From left to right, the garages are labeled: Truck No. 1, Wagon No. 1, and Steamer No. 1. On the back of the postcard, the sender has left a handwritten message that says, "Dear Sir, Your card received and will be glad to exchange views with you. Heep you will like this one. We have 5 stations, there are 18 men in the Central Station. I have put a … more
Date: February 5, 1912
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard of the New Bedford Fire Department]

Description: Postcard of the New Bedford Fire Department at their station. The image shows the fire fighters in an auto fire engine parked outside of the leftmost of three garages, with the two other garages closed. From left to right, the garages are labeled "Hose No. 1", "Hose No. 3", and "Ladder No. 1."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard with a Photograph of the H. W. Johns-Manville Co. Fire in 1909]

Description: Postcard with a photograph of a burning building in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The note on the back of the card says that this was the H. W. Johns-Manville Co. fire that killed six people: "1 ass't chief, 1 lieut., 4 pipemen." The photograph shows a number of firemen rushing to the scene with snow falling all around them and at least five high-pressured water streams shooting towards the building.
Date: February 13, 1909
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas
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