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Abilene Fire Department Annual Report: 1972

Annual report of the Abilene Fire Department describing the organization and administration, with updates on goals, activities, and accomplishments during fiscal year 1972.

Date: 1972

Creator: Abilene (Tex.). Fire Department.

Item Type: Report

Partner: Abilene Library Consortium

[Dallas Fire Department responding to a burning house #2]

Photograph of firefighters attempting to put out a fire from a burning two story house. Two firemen in uniform are on the roof of the house spraying a fire hose toward the fire with a ladder placed between them. Two other firemen are standing on the ground level outside the house.

Date: March 3, 1972

Creator: Brock, Charles W.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

Dedication of Official Texas Historical Marker, Trinity Lutheran College, Round Rock, Texas

Pamphlet for the dedication ceremony of a Texas Historical Marker for Trinity Lutheran College. A photo of the original building on the site can be seen on the front cover, while a photo of the historic marker can be see printed inside the pamphlet.

Date: May 28, 1972

Item Type: Pamphlet

Partner: Round Rock Public Library

[Denton Fire Fighters Examining a Site]

Photograph of of two unidentified Denton fire fighters searching the debris in a structure after a fire (possibly looking for a cause or origin); the one in the foreground appears to be a chief based on his white coat and helmet. There is smoke visible in the middle and a damaged walls in the background.

Date: May 1972

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Denton Public Library

[Fire in Roanoke]

Photograph of an indistinct object on fire on an unidentified dirt road in Roanoke Texas with billows of smoke in the foreground and background.

Date: January 1972

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Denton Public Library

[Fire on the South Side of the Square]

At 3:45 a.m., Wednesday, May 10, 1972, a fire broke out at the Three Sisters Restaurant on the South side of the Square. The fire worsened and a total of 41 firemen were called in to help. This is the view of the backside of the buildings along Walnut Street. The restaurant was destroyed and one of the walls collapsed into Ever's Hardware on the east side. It also spread into Bomar's Men's Clothing on the west side. All three businesses were destroyed.

Date: May 10, 1972

Creator: City of Denton staff

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Denton Public Library

[Firefighters and Burning Plane]

Photograph of several unidentified Denton firefighters helping a man out of a burning airplane with smoke in the background; the firefighter in the foreground has the name "Green" on the back of his jacket.

Date: December 1972

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Denton Public Library

[Gas Pump Inspection]

Photograph of two unidentified members of the Denton Fire Department inspecting a Mobil gas station at the corner of University Drive and Locust Street with a Safeway and several other businesses visible in the background.

Date: March 1972

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 33.231002 -97.132276

Partner: Denton Public Library