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[Bozo's Big Top at Dallas Fire Station 33]

Description: Photograph of a clown, a man in a firefighting suit, and a uniformed firefighter standing in front of a curtain at Dallas Fire Station 33. Directly behind them, children sit in a small, raked seating area framed by a "Bozo's Big Top" circus wagon cut-out. On the left of the men is a drum with triangles on it. On the bottom border of the photo is text reading, "Dallas Fire Department." On the back of the photograph are dimensions and lines for cropping the photo, and two stamps with identifier i… more
Date: January 29, 1971
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.719644 -96.836410
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

[Firefighter's Ladder Extending Towards Smoking Building]

Description: Photograph of fire engine ladder extended towards a smoking, multi-story, brick building with lots of windows and an open loading dock door. Much of the building is obscured by smoke. In the background, a building with a sign reading, "Sangers," is visible. Smaller ladders are propped up against the building on the ground. The heads and shoulders of some firefighters in the bottom right of the photo are just barely visible. On the back of the photograph is a handwritten note giving the printer'… more
Date: January 29, 1961
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Firefighter's Ladder Extending Towards Smoking Building on Pacific and Griffin]

Description: Wide-shot photograph of a smoking, multi-story, brick building on the corner of Pacific and Griffin. A fire engine ladder extends up towards the building from a fire engine just out of shot on the left, and smaller ladders are propped up against the building from the ground. Hoses lay on the ground in the street in front of the building, all leading towards the firefighters. Beyond the smoking building, in the background on the left, another building is partially visible. On the back of the pho… more
Date: January 29, 1961
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Firefighter's Ladders Propped Up Against Smoking Building]

Description: Photograph of ladders propped up against a smoking, multi-story, brick building, and fire hoses coiled on the icy street in front of the building. A firefighter on the left, exiting the building, steps over several of the hoses, while other firefighters and bystanders stand just beyond the building. More buildings are visible in the background beyond the smoking building. The rear of a fire engine and its ladder is partially visible on the right. A light-colored vehicle is parked in front of th… more
Date: January 29, 1961
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
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