[Aerial Lift Crane Reaching Towards Sky Tram Car]

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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 photograph is a red ink stamp … continued below

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Spainhouer, Freddie Philmon August 21, 1979.

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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 photograph is a red ink stamp giving information about the photo.

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[Aerial Lift Crane Used to Reach 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 photograph is a red ink stamp giving information about the photo.

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[Aerial Lift Crane Used to Reach Sky Tram Car], DFFM_2015-03-007, ark:/67531/metapth803798

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  • August 21, 1979

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  • Nov. 3, 2016, 5:57 p.m.

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  • July 19, 2022, 7:21 p.m.

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Spainhouer, Freddie Philmon. [Aerial Lift Crane Reaching Towards Sky Tram Car], photograph, August 21, 1979; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth803898/: accessed May 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Firefighters Museum.

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