[Longview Volunteer Fire Company]

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Photograph of nineteen members of the Longview Volunteer Fire Company in Longview, Texas. The men are lined up outside a building in Longview, and there are four men seated on a horse-drawn carriage behind the line of firemen. The octagon shaped building on the right is the fire station. The building in the background on the left is the Texas & Pacific Railroad station. There is a newspaper clipping on the back of the photograph with a handwritten note. From left to right, the members of the photograph are: top row: W. Alex Abey, W. D. Northcutt, D. D. Pinkham, … continued below

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1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.

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Creator: Unknown. 1885.

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This photograph is part of the collection entitled: Rescuing Texas History, 2010 and was provided by the Longview Public Library to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 97 times. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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Photograph of nineteen members of the Longview Volunteer Fire Company in Longview, Texas. The men are lined up outside a building in Longview, and there are four men seated on a horse-drawn carriage behind the line of firemen. The octagon shaped building on the right is the fire station. The building in the background on the left is the Texas & Pacific Railroad station. There is a newspaper clipping on the back of the photograph with a handwritten note. From left to right, the members of the photograph are:

top row: W. Alex Abey, W. D. Northcutt, D. D. Pinkham, and W. M. Jameison.

bottom row: Fred Hamil, S. C. Forman, J. N. Allison, E. L. Long, F. T. Rembert, W. L. Butts, Evans Terry, Joe Laird, T. C. Clark, T. E. Clemmons, J. W. McQueen, Joe Clemmons, Wallace Jameison, Walter Brown, Hatch May, and W. R. Bass.

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1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.

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Note on the front of the photograph: "Compliments of Jameison & Pinkham."

Note on the back of the photograph reads: "This 8 sided [building] stood where W. J. Grant [building] is today (1955). The top of the First Baptist Church shows over the roof of the J. & P. Station."

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Rescuing Texas History, 2010

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  • 1885

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[Longview Volunteer Fire Company], photograph, 1885; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth191208/: accessed May 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Longview Public Library.

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