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[Photograph of Abilene Hall Burning]

Description: Photograph of the original Abilene Hall at Hardin-Simmons University on fire. A large plume of black smoke is pictured emanating from the top of the building. Two students are in the forefront of the picture, watching the building burn.
Date: 1947
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Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Abilene Hall Fire]

Description: Photograph of firefighters attempting to control the fire at Old Abilene Hall, showing groups of firemen pointing hoses at the second-story windows. A group of helpful students carrying rubble in a wheelbarrow can be seen going down the front entrance steps.
Date: 1947
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.477681 -99.735349
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Photograph of Abilene Hall Fire]

Description: Photograph of the original Abilene Hall fire at Hardin-Simmons University, showing smoke rising up from behind buildings in the distance. Handwritten note on the back of the photograph in blue ink reads, “Abilene Hall fire. Taken in backyard of where I live – 1024 N. 21st – 10 Feb. 47.”
Date: February 10, 1947
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.473118 -99.731060
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Photograph of Abilene Hall Fire]

Description: Photograph of the old Abilene Hall fire, showing smoke rising from the roof and a fire engine parked alongside the building. A firefighter can be seen standing at the top of a ladder mounted to the fire engine. A sign on the building reads, “Hardin-Simmons Book Store.” A large crowd of people, most likely evacuated employees, stand across the street from the burning building.
Date: 1947
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Photograph of Abilene Hall Demolition]

Description: Photograph of the demolition of the old Abilene Hall at Hardin-Simmons University after a destructive fire in 1947. Shows the brick building with only three walls left standing. A pile of bricks and rubble from the demolition of a wall sits in front of the building. A telephone pole and several trees and shrubs surround the building.
Date: 1947
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Photograph of Abilene Hall Fire]

Description: Photograph of the Abilene Hall fire, showing a crowd of people in the foreground, watching as firefighters attempt to control the blaze. A fireman on a truck ladder can be seen over the building in the upper-left corner.
Date: February 10, 1947
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Photograph of Abilene Hall Fire]

Description: Photograph of the Hardin-Simmons University Abilene Hall building on fire, taken from a distance. Photograph shows smoke rising up from behind a row of houses. In the foreground, a barbed wire fence and a bare field can be seen. Handwritten note on the back of the photograph reads, “Abilene Hall burning - H.S.U 10 Feb. 47 -- Taken from backyard of where I live - 1024 N. 21st.”
Date: 1947
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.473118 -99.731060
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter from Eddie Good to Hardin-Simmons University Archives Department – March 13, 1993]

Description: Letter from Eddie Good to the Hardin-Simmons University Archives Department describing the Abilene Hall fire and the photos he took while on the university as a student. He further inquiries about the status of the cowboy statue that used to stand in front of Abilene Hall.
Date: March 13, 1947
Creator: Good, Eddie
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Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
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