HomeMy WebLinkAboutAC300_FIRE_MUSEUM_OF_TEXAS_COLLECTIONTHE TYRRELL HISTORICAL LIBRARY
AC -300
Fire Museum of Texas Collection, 1856-1993
DESCRIPTION
This collection consists of 4 cubic feet of records including Beaumont fire alarm log books and
approximately 994 photographs donated by the Fire Museum of Texas, which opened in 1984 in
Beaumont. The photographs document firefighting in Southeast Texas from 1856 to 1993, with heavy
emphasis on the first half of the twentieth century. The Fire Department of Beaumont was established in
1881 and images in this collection cover many aspects of the department including firefighters,
firehouses, and fire engines; fires and local buildings damaged by fire; fire prevention demonstrations and
other events; and damages from non -fire related disasters such as hurricanes. In addition, there are a few
images from the Texas City Disaster of 1947.