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A long table of men in white shirts, several smoking, turn toward the camera during an evening meeting. The print is stamped "Nov 54."
A long table of men in white shirts, several smoking, turn toward the camera during an evening meeting. The print is stamped "Nov 54."

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November 1954

Founding the fire department

The November 1954 meeting that organized the Haslet Fire Department.

Archive title
[Photograph from a 1954 Organizational Meeting for the Haslet Fire Department]
Archive description
Photograph taken from a 1954 organizational meeting that organized the Haslet Fire Department. The men in this picture are seated at a long table, most of them smoking, and discussing matters.
Era
War years and slow growth
Credit
Courtesy of Haslet Public Library via The Portal to Texas History, UNT Libraries
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[Photograph from a 1954 Organizational Meeting for the Haslet Fire Department], photo, 1954-11; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth744180/: accessed September 24, 2026), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Haslet Public Library.
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