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[Downtown Fire in 1911]

Copy slide of a photograph of a large fire in downtown Abilene. Firefighters are seen spraying water toward the fire and thick smoke is erupting from the building.

Date: August 15, 1911

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: McMurry University Library

[Postcard from J. P. Eagan to George Pendexter]

Postcard from J. P. Eagan to George Pendexter with a photograph showing a building on fire in Missouri; Eagan notes that this is the "state capital bldg., Jefferson City, MO." The photograph shows the building engulfed in flames after having been struck by lightning.

Date: February 1911

Creator: Eagan, J. P.

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard from J. P. Eagan to George Pendexter, December 21, 1911]

Postcard from J. P. Eagan to George Pendexter describing the photograph on the reverse side as a fire in St. Louis on May 23, 1911 and saying that Pendexter's new fire truck "is a dandy" and gives a descriptions of its technical features. The photograph on the reverse side shows a large number of fire fighters working to put out a fire at one of the buildings in the city; Eagan says "This is one of several paper stock fire." Three of the photographed firemen are walking up the large pile of d… more

Date: December 21, 1911

Creator: Eagan, J. P.

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Munger Gin Remains After a Fire]

Photographs of the remains of the Munger gin system after a fire in September 1911. Smoldering ruins are strewn across the background, with several workers standing nearby or sitting in front of the ashes. Twisted buildings and lumber lay behind the ruins.

Date: September 20, 1911

Creator: Eichelberger, George W.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis