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[Bystanders Around Truck]

Photograph of bystanders around a fire truck at a fair, with women working the water hoses.

Date: [1960..1965]

[O. C. Martin and Louis Cole on Horse-Drawn Fire Engine]

Photograph of O.C. Martin driving a horse-drawn fire engine with Louis Cole standing on the back. The engine is a four-wheeled cart with a large tank in the back drawn by three draft horses. Martin is sitting on the driver's bench with a dalmation, and is wearing a firefighter's hat and uniform. Cole is standing on the back of the wagon, also wearing a firefighter's hat and uniform. The back of the photo has the handwritten text "Chief O.C. Martin on Driver's Seat; Capt. Louis Cole from old 19 … more

Date: October 7, 1969

Creator: Brock, Charles W.

Item Type: Photograph

City of Beaumont Employees Newsletter Volume 7, Number 11, [1967]

Beaumont city employee's newsletter issue featuring the city's fire department. There are several short articles explaining the roles of the various positions, including profiles on the administrative staff, how firefighters are trained, the fire alarm office, fire marshals, maintenance, and operations. The history of the department is shown through photographs of previous equipment and firefighters battling fires.

Date: 1967?

Creator: Beaumont (Tex.)

Item Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter

[Four Firemen in Front of Engine 9]

Photograph of four firemen standing in front of fire engine number 9 of the Beaumont Fire Department. Two of the men are identified as Dickie Burg and J. D. Allen. A brick building is visible in the background.

Date: 1965~

Item Type: Photograph

[J. L. Trophagan Receiving an Insignia Pin]

Photograph of J. L. Trophagan shaking hands and receiving an insignia pin from a man wearing a Dallas Fire Department uniform. The man on the right's uniform has several stars on the sleeve and a patch reading, "Dallas All-American City." Trophagan is on the left, identified by the name tag on his uniform and the label on the bottom left side of the photo. The back of the photo has "J. L. Trophagan March 6, 1962" written on it.

Date: March 6, 1962

Item Type: Photograph

[E. M. Walther Receiving an Insignia Pin]

Photograph of E. M. Walther receiving an insignia pin and shaking hands with another man. Both men are wearing Dallas Fire Department uniforms. There is a label of the front of the photo with "E. M. Walther" printed on it, and "E.M. Walther March 30, 1967" is written on the back.

Date: March 30, 1967

Item Type: Photograph

[Men in Front of Truck]

Photograph of ten men with a truck at a Du Pont plant. There are nine people standing in front of the truck and one man in the driver's seat. The men are identified on the back of the photo, "(Driver) R.C. Spell Left to Right: Jack C. M[e]thner, Earl Kelly, Jim Stonley, H.L. [..]ld, Ben Hamilton, [gap in writing] W.J. Vines, Kermit Tandberg, John Hallberg." "Property of Henry L. St[..]field." The truck may be a "Pumper."

Date: November 1966

Item Type: Photograph

[Men on a Truck]

Photograph of a truck with men on it at a fair. There are bystanders on the sidewalk in the background.

Date: [1960..1965]

Item Type: Photograph

[Photograph of Flamettes with Fire Chief Chriswell]

Photograph of four Flamettes, wearing white and red dresses, red sashes, and hard hats, and holding batons, standing with Fire Chief Chriswell in front of a red fire engine in Beaumont, Texas. Cars, buildings, and trees are visible in the background.

Date: 1963

Item Type: Photograph

[Photograph of Man and Woman by Fire Engine]

Photograph of Janis Griffith as Miss Flame 1963, wearing a white dress, a red sash, and a hard hat, standing with Fire Chief Chriswell in front of a red fire engine. Cars and trees are visible in the background.

Date: 1963

Item Type: Photograph

[Photograph of Man Jumping Out of Window]

Photograph of a man jumping out of a window of the Beaumont Fire Department headquarters. A group of men hold a trampoline to catch him on the ground.

Date: March 1969

Item Type: Photograph

[Photograph of Miss Flame and the Flamettes]

Photograph of Janis Griffith as Miss Flame 1963 riding on a Beaumont Fire Department truck with four Flamettes, all of whom wear a white dress and a red sash. All but Griffith wear hard hats, and there is a sign on the side of the truck. Buildings are visible in the background.

Date: 1963

Item Type: Photograph

[Seven Women Standing with Fire Chiefs]

Photograph of Janis Griffith as Miss Flame 1963, four Flamettes, and two older women standing with six men, several of whom are fire chiefs in the Beaumont Fire Department, in front of a fire engines. One of the women is identified as Kathie Moore, and there are cars, buildings, and trees in the background.

Date: 1963

Item Type: Photograph

The Texas Fireman's Newsletter, Volume 1, Number 1, July 1961

Monthly magazine containing news related to the firemen of Texas, including addresses from the officials of the organization, photo collages, a ladies' page, and other firemen-related news.

Date: July 1961