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[Photograph of a Building Damaged by Fire at Texas A&M University]

Description: Photograph of a building on the campus of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas (now Texas A&M University) after having been badly damaged by a fire. The roof and insides of the building have been burned away leaving only the outer walls left standing; there are piles of rubble in front of the main entrances to the building.
Date: May 1912
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Photograph of a Burnt Building at Texas A&M]

Description: Photograph of a burnt building with rubble piled up at the front entrance; most of the back of the building has been destroyed as you can seen daylight through all of the windows. The caption on the photo says: "A. M. College Fire May 1912," more specifically this was at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas (now Texas A&M University).
Date: May 1912
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Photograph of a Cluster of Crosses with Flowers]

Description: Photograph of a group of crosses with one large cross in the back. This is a marker for the grave site of Henry Clay, Jr. who died February 4, 1919. The back of the photo reads: 'In loving memory of one of my den boys who passed to the Higher Life February 4, 1919. Evacuation Hospital 6 U.S. Army. Coblenz, Germany Lord knoweth best."
Date: May 1919
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

[Photograph of a Damaged Building at Texas A&M University]

Description: Photograph of a piece of one of the walls of a badly damaged building on the campus of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas (now Texas A&M University). The only things left standing are the outer walls of the building since they were made of brick while the roof and insides were made of wood; cadets had tried using artillery and ropes to bring down the building.
Date: May 1912
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Photograph of Cadets Trying to Demolish a Damaged Building at Texas A&M University]

Description: Photograph of a building on the campus of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas (now Texas A&M University) after having been damaged by fire. This photograph shows a large number of cadets using ropes to try to finish off the demolition of the building; the insides of the building are completely destroyed leaving only the brick outer walls.
Date: May 1912
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Photograph of the Side of a Damaged Building at Texas A&M]

Description: Photograph of a building on the campus of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas (now Texas A&M University) having been badly damaged by a fire. Only the framework is left standing as most of the inside of the building has been totally destroyed; there are also a large number of men standing in formation to the right of the building.
Date: May 1912
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard from Clarence W. Conor to George Pendexter, May 7, 1912]

Description: Postcard from Clarence W. Conor to George Pendexter regarding different collections of photographs. The photograph on the backside of the card shows a view of a fireman sitting in an old fire engine belonging to the Stratford Fire Department in Stratford, Connecticut. This vehicle has a ladder attached to its side, a basket with a water hose on top, and an alarm bell on the far back.
Date: May 7, 1912
Creator: Conor, Clarence W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard from Earl E. Cratty to George Pendexter, June 13, 1912]

Description: Postcard from Earl E. Cratty to George Pendexter with a photograph of a horse-drawn fire department vehicle going down a street in Galesburg, Illinois for the Decoration Day Parade (now Memorial Day) on May 30, 1912. There is a large crowd of people lining the street on both sides, as other vehicles pass by in the background. There is a note on the photo that says "St. Louis, MO has great collection of cards."
Date: [1912-05-30..1912-06-13]
Creator: Cratty, Earl E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard from J. D. Smith to George Pendexter, May 6, 1910]

Description: Postcard from J. D. Smith to George Pendexter with a photograph of the St. Johns Fire Department in St. Johns, Michigan. On the far right of the photograph there is the steamer engine being pulled by two horses, there is another wagon loaded with ladders in the center of the group and more firemen standing on the far left of the picture.
Date: May 6, 1910
Creator: Smith, J. D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard from W. B. Johnston to George Pendexter, May 14, 1912]

Description: Postcard from W. B. Johnston to George Pendexter with a newspaper clipping glued to the correspondence section of the card. The clipping describes the technical features of the new "Chemical and hose Motor Car" which has a capacity of "700 gallons of water a minute." Johnston mentions L. D. Smith and a fire on March 25, 1925; Smith is possibly the fireman in the photograph on the reverse side seen going up a ladder into a smoking building.
Date: May 14, 1912
Creator: Johnston, W. B.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard from W. B. Johnston to George Pendexter, May 27, 1912]

Description: Postcard from W. B. Johnston to George Pendexter with a photograph of "Auto Engine No. 1" of the Battle Creek Fire Department testing its pump. There is a note on the back of the card describing the location of the truck in the photograph; there is a large group of people standing around the engine during the test.
Date: May 27, 1912
Creator: Johnston, W. B.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas
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