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[Aerial Lift Crane at State Fair of Texas]

Photograph of an aerial lift fire engine parked in the lane of between two rows of red and white striped carnival game booths. The firefighter in the crane's bucket is right beside one of many sky tram cars suspended in the air by two parallel cables, several of which still have people inside. Three firefighters, two police officers and some civilians stand around the yellow fire engine, and further down the lane, a long ladder has been extended up to another tram car. In the background, more o… more

Date: August 21, 1979

Creator: Spainhouer, Freddie Philmon

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 32.777779 -96.760045

Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Aerial Lift Crane Reaching Towards Sky Tram Car]

Upward angle photograph of a firefighter (in casual uniform) standing in the bucket of a firefighting aerial lift crane that has been extended into the air. The bucket is just beneath and to the side of an orange and white sky tram car, still attached to the tram cable. Another sky tram car hangs on the right, attached to a parallel cable. The top of a tree can be partially seen just below the crane, and in the background, a large white cloud covers most of a blue sky. On the back of the photog… more

Date: August 21, 1979

Creator: Spainhouer, Freddie Philmon

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 32.777447 -96.758866

Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Aerial Lift Crane Rescue at State Fair of Texas]

Date: August 21, 1979

Creator: Spainhouer, Freddie Philmon

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 32.778020 -96.760314

Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Aerial Lift Crane Used to Reach Sky Tram Car]

Date: August 21, 1979

Creator: Spainhouer, Freddie Philmon

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 32.777721 -96.759094

Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Aerial Lift Rescue at a Sky Tram #2]

Photograph of an aerial lift firefighting crane, the bucket of which is positioned next to a Sky Tram car suspended in the night sky. To the right of the yellow, aerial lift firefighting engine is a white, two-story building with palm trees next to it. To the left of engine is a medical tent, a small grey vehicle, a tall flagpole (with a GMC Trucks flag), and two emergency officers (one in a light blue shirt and one in a dark blue shirt). Four people, their faces turned away from the camera, st… more

Date: August 21, 1979

Creator: Spainhouer, Freddie Philmon

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 32.777721 -96.759094

Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Aerial Lift Rescue of a Sky Tram #1]

Date: August 21, 1979

Creator: Spainhouer, Freddie Philmon

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 32.777721 -96.759094

Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Boys Play On Fire Engine Inside Fire Station]

Photograph of three boys wearing different parts of a firefighting suit and climbing on the back of a fire engine that sits inside a fire station. A firefighter also stands on the back of the truck, watching the boys as they play with a fire hose. The bottom of the photograph has text that reads, "Dallas Fire Department." There is information about the photograph on the back.

Date: November 11, 1971

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Bozo's Big Top at Dallas Fire Station 33]

Photograph of a clown, a man in a firefighting suit, and a uniformed firefighter standing in front of a curtain at Dallas Fire Station 33. Directly behind them, children sit in a small, raked seating area framed by a "Bozo's Big Top" circus wagon cut-out. On the left of the men is a drum with triangles on it. On the bottom border of the photo is text reading, "Dallas Fire Department." On the back of the photograph are dimensions and lines for cropping the photo, and two stamps with identifier i… more

Date: January 29, 1971

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 32.719644 -96.836410

Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Broken Sky Tram Car On Top of Carnival Tent]

Photograph of a scraped sky tram car on top of a red and white striped awning of a carnival booth. Four men stand in front of the booth's tent, and in the distant background, a helicopter can be seen in the sky. One of the men is holding a thin coil of rope and there is a yellow ladder beyond the group. There are two separate carnival booths in the tent., both of which have various toy prizes (including large, smiling, stuffed bananas). On the back of the photograph is a red ink stamp giving in… more

Date: August 21, 1979

Creator: Spainhouer, Freddie Philmon

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 32.777947 -96.760231

Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Dallas Fire Department 18 Firefighters]

Photograph of the firefighters at Dallas Fire Department 18 standing and kneeling in uniform in front of one of the station's fire engines. The men are arranged in two rows. On the front row, from left to right, the firefighters are: Miguel Gonzalez, Daniel Canter Jr., and Edward Downy Davis. On the back row, from left to right, the firefighters are: George Fletcher, David Villarreal, and Joe C. Guzman. Only a small portion of the front of the fire engine is visible in the photo. On the back of… more

Date: February 17, 1976

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Dallas Fire Department Ambulance in Garage]

Photograph of a man standing by the driver door of a Dallas Fire Department ambulance parked in a garage. The man's back is to the camera. The ambulance is halfway out the large garage doorway, facing outwards. On the back of the photograph are stamps giving information about the photo and dimensions for cropping.

Date: August 18, 1974

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Dallas Fire Department Ambulance Repair]

Photograph of a Dallas Fire Department ambulance parked facing the inside of a large, fire station garage door. The ambulance is missing its wheels, bumpers, and most of its body around the engine. There is a man working on the front of the ambulance, which is propped up by a large car jack. On the floor surrounding the ambulance are tools, an anvil resting on top of a wooden block, a large tank with hoses, a small tool chest resting on top of a rolling chest, and discarded scrap pieces. There … more

Date: December 27, 1974

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Dallas Fire Station 48 Truck]

Photograph of the Dallas Fire Station 48 fire truck parked in front of the station. Two firefighters in uniform sit in the driver and passenger seat of the fire engine, while another firefighter stand on the truck, behind the cab. Behind the fire truck, the garage door is open. There are handwritten notes on the bottom border of the photograph. On the back of the photograph is typewritten and stamped information about the photo, as well as handwritten notes.

Date: May 25, 1972

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 32.863852 -96.703975

Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Destroyed Camper Vehicle]

Photograph of a wrecked camper vehicle. Most of the outer shell of the camper is missing, the metal structure is bent and buckled, the top of the cab is gone, and there is debris from the vehicle laying around the camper, including cushions and part of the front grill. There is a red fire extinguisher standing upright next to the camper. There are other, intact campers behind and around the destroyed camper. On the back of the photograph are two stamps with information about the photo.

Date: July 7, 1976

Creator: Myers

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Destroyed Mobile Home]

Photograph of a destroyed mobile home - the wrecked frame of the vehicle parked between two other, intact mobile homes. All three vehicles are in front of a large garage with two doors, just visible beyond the far mobile home. A man in blue jeans and a blue and white plaid shirt stands in the debris (including large square pillow, pieces of the outer shell of the vehicle, and some electronic parts) just in front of the destroyed mobile home frame. Another person in orange bell-bottom pants is p… more

Date: July 7, 1976

Creator: Myers

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Donation of Portable Incubator]

Photograph of five people standing around a portable incubator, alongside a brick building. From left to right they are: a man wearing a fire chief's uniform, holding a file; an older man in a medium-colored suit, also holding a file; a man in a light-colored suit, looking downwards; a woman with short hair, a skirt suit, and a scarf around her neck, in the middle of speaking; a man in a plaid suit, standing on the edge of a small ambulance dock with his arms crossed; and a man in a light-color… more

Date: January 16, 1975

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

Elm Fork Echoes Bicentennial Album, July 1976

Album published by the Peters Colony Historical Society of Dallas County, Texas documenting the history of the area in honor of the United States bicentennial (1776-1976). It includes annotated photographs of people and places related to Dallas County, Texas; name index starts on page 77.

Date: July 1976

Creator: Peters Colony Historical Society of Dallas County, Texas

Item Type: Book

Partner: Carrollton Public Library

Elm Fork Echoes, Volume 1, Number 1, April 1973

The newsletter of the Peters Colony Historical Society of Dallas County, Texas contains information related to the activities of the society and its members as well as genealogical notes and history for the Dallas County, Texas and surrounding areas. Index starts on page 46.

Date: April 1973

Creator: Peters Colony Historical Society of Dallas County, Texas

Item Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter

Partner: Carrollton Public Library