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[Cloud of Black Smoke Rising from Metal Building]

Description: Photograph of a tall cloud of black smoke rising from a small, folded and bent metal building blackened by smoke. On the ground in front of the building, there are firefighters, in dark- and light-colored firefighting suits, holding a hose. There are a few civilians in the group, as well as one who is walking out of shot on the right. A tall tower is partially visible on the left, and in the background is a large metal building. On the back of the photograph are two stamps and handwritten notes… more
Date: August 26, 1963
Creator: Grant, Clint
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.775675 -96.884532
Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Fighting a Fire at Texaco Refinery]

Description: Wide-shot photograph of firefighters in firefighting suits, on the ground and on a fire engine, spraying large streams of water at a fire just out of shot on the left. The fire engine has a water canon attached to the top of its cab, and there are two men with cameras standing on top of the fire engine. Civilians stand on the side of the scene and on a loading dock on the right, watching the firefighters work. There are circular metal structures, including one with a domed structure, in the bac… more
Date: August 26, 1963
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.775604 -96.888582
Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Firefighter Looks on as Smoke Billows]

Description: Photograph of a Dallas Fire Department firefighter looking on as a tall cloud of smoke billows from the top of the Edson of Texas pillow factory building. The firefighter is wearing a long jacket and standing on a fire engine that is parked facing left. The source of the smoke is somewhere on the roof of the brick building, however, smaller plumes of smoke rise from one of the windows. Partially obscured by the fire engine, another firefighter stands at the bottom of a ladder propped against th… more
Date: August 22, 1960
Creator: McCain, Charles
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.788461 -96.818029
Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Firefighters Fight Fireball at Magnolia Chemical Co.]

Description: Photograph of two fully-uniformed firefighters on an aerial platform spraying a stream of water at a large ball of fire above a Magnolia Chemical Company building. Large clouds cover most of the sky above the building. On the ground, to the left of the aerial platform fire engine, is a crowd of firefighters in white shirts and officer caps, and four firefighters in full firefighting uniform. To the left of the burning brick building is a small tree and another brick building with a ladder propp… more
Date: August 29, 1963
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.815270 -96.885875
Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Firefighters Sitting and Standing After Firefighting]

Description: Photograph of firefighters in firefighting suits sitting and standing around beside a brick building. The building is only partially visible on the right, and in the background to the left, more buildings are visible on the other side of a street. Fire hoses lay in loose coils on the ground and some of the firefighters are stepping over them. Most of the firefighters have their backs to the camera, and three firefighters look at something out of shot on the left. On the back of the photograph a… more
Date: August 22, 1960
Creator: McCain, Charles
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Firefighters Spray Down Smoking Building From Above]

Description: Photograph of five firefighters hosing down a smoking building. One firefighter, in a bucket connected to a large metal arm, sprays water from above, while three on the ground (their backs to the camera) point another hose at the building. On the right side of the photo, another firefighter crouches with a hose that is not yet turned on. Another building is just barely visible on the left side of the photograph. On the back of the photograph are a stamp with identifier information and extensive… more
Date: August 29, 1963
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.815350 -96.885635
Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Five Men Wearing Suits]

Description: Photograph of five men wearing suits and ties standing and looking at the camera. Four of them are wearing glasses. They are standing in front of a brick wall. Back of photo reads, "L to R. J.P. Pevoto, C.M. Scott, L.A. Hosnes, J Kinley Jones, L.M. Welch on occasion of 40 year service award".
Date: August 21, 1966
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Edison Museum

[Letter from Brigadier General Frank Meszar to the U.S. Army Primary Helicopter School, August 29, 1967]

Description: Letter from Brigadier General Frank Meszar to the U.S. Army Primary Helicopter School congratulating them on their 11th anniversary. On the back of the letter is a stamp giving the Boyce-Ditto Public Library's address. There is a small, handwritten cursive note on the bottom left of the front the letter.
Date: August 29, 1967
Creator: Meszar, Frank
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[Letter from Igor I. Sikorsky to Major William D. Phillips, August 31, 1967]

Description: Letter from Igor I. Sikorsky to Major William D. Phillips congratulating the U.S. Army Primary Helicopter Center on its 11th anniversary. In a post-script, he mentions that he has enclosed a photograph with the letter. On the back of the letter is a stamp giving the Boyce-Ditto Public Library's address.
Date: August 31, 1967
Creator: Sikorsky, Igor I.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[Letter from retired General Hamilton H. Howze to Major William D. Phillips, August 29, 1967]

Description: Letter from retired General Hamilton H. Howze to Major William D. Phillips congratulating him on the U.S. Army Primary Helicopter Center's 11th anniversary. He also briefly mentions the Vietnam War. On the back of the letter is a stamp giving the Boyce-Ditto Public Library's address.
Date: August 29, 1967
Creator: Howze, Hamilton H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library
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