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[Volunteer Fireman Memorial]

Photo of Volunteer Fireman Memorial. Austin, Texas.

Date: August 29, 1955

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Portrait of an Austin Fire Fighter]

Photograph of the chief of the Austin Fire Department in 1884. Inscription on the back reads "Compliments of F. W. [Stowe ?], to Aug. Ziller, Chief Austin Fire Department, Austin, Texas, Aug. 5th 84." Photograph is cabinet card format.

Date: 1884

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Fire Wagon]

Photograph of a horse-drawn fire wagon stopped in the middle of an un-paved main street in front of a row of storefronts; a sign on the wagon says "Colorado No. 2, A Unit for the Dam, 44 Members - Strong." Other carriages are visible in the background and people are standing in the windows and on the first-floor roofs of the stores. The stores include Gammel's Used Books, J.O.Buaas, Phil Bruckmann Painter and Decorator, and a drug store.

Date: 1892~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Austin Volunteer Fire Department]

Photograph of the Austin Volunteer Fire Department on parade down Congress Avenue.

Date: 1910

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Central Fire Station]

Photograph of the exterior of the Central Fire Station #1 at 401 East 5th Street.

Date: 193X

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Temporary Texas Capitol Building Fire]

Photograph of the fire that destroyed the building that had temporarily served as the capitol building for the state of Texas while the new capitol building was being constructed. Firefighters can be seen spraying water in to the upper floors while a large number of spectators look on.

Date: August 30, 1899

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

"Old Dismal" Substitute Hook and Ladder Wagon

Photograph of the Substitute Hook and Ladder Wagon and firemen outside of Texas State Capitol building taken from 11th Street and Colorado Street looking east. The Hook and Ladder Wagon is drawn by two horses.

Date: June 7, 1895

Creator: Brooks

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library