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- Description:
- Program booklet, in the shape of a firefighter's helmet in profile, for the Sixth Annual Fireman's Ball held by Ex-Firemen's Association, Detroit, at the Light Guard Armory on April 8, 1901. The two helmet-shaped leafs, containing information about the event, a list of committee members and floor managers, and a dance card, are bound to the cover by a red string. "L.G. Meiner, Eng." is printed near the lower left corner of the cover. The invitation was printed by Winn and Hammond.
- Date Issued:
- 1901-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Fire Department
- Description:
- Invitation card to the Fourth Annual Fireman's Ball held by the Association of Ex-Members Detroit Steam Fire Department at Bamlet's Hall on Grand River Avenue and Rowland Street, on Monday, April 3, 1899, printed in red on white. The Detroit Grays Military Band are listed as the entertainment. A green illustration of a horse-drawn fire engine serves as the background. The ticket price is listed as $1.
- Date Issued:
- 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Fire Department
- Description:
- Firemen's Fund Association membership certificate, printed by the Detroit Lithographic Office, and issued to Charles R. Kline on December 28, 1889. The document bears the signatures of President John Kendall, Treasurer James A. Elliott, and Secretary John E. Quick. Illustrations of a firefighter speaking into a bugle, as two other firefighters hold a hose, as well as of a team of firefighters riding in an early self-propelled steam-driven fire engine are on the left side of the certificate. The certificate is mounted on linen.
- Date Issued:
- 1889-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Fire Department
- Description:
- Resolution from the Louisville and Cincinnati Fire Department, printed on silk, dated August 15, 1892, expressing gratitude to the Detroit Fire Department for hosting them during a recent visit. The interior of the piece is yellow with brown writing, surrounded by a green border.
- Date Issued:
- 1892-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Fire Department
- Description:
- Small hardcover book, bound in a black cover with gold lettering, containing the rules and regulations of the Detroit Fire Department, dated January 1, 1905. "Supt. Horses, Chief Martin Cooney," is handwritten on the front free endpaper.
- Date Issued:
- 1905-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Fire Department
- Description:
- Poster containing the text of an ordinance approved January 22, 1894, concerning the storage and transportation of flammable goods. The poster is mounted on linen and is missing approximately three inches at the top, where the title would be printed (see 1955.350.019)
- Date Issued:
- 1889-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Fire Department
- Description:
- One certificate. The certificate is handwritten in black ink on heavy paper and was issued as a resolution by the Board of Fire Commissioners of the City of Detroit to commemorate the untimely death of "Robert W. Nash, Steersman of Hook and Ladder Company No. 1, who had been a valued member of this Department since March 8th 1880, died on Sunday Sept. 17th 1882." The certificate is dated "Sept. 18th 1882" and is signed at the bottom by "James E. Tryon, Secretary. R. W. Gillett, Jerome Croul, B. Vernor, Commissioners."
- Date Issued:
- 1882-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Fire Department
- Description:
- Small staple-bound booklet, bound in a brown paper cover with an image of an early horse-drawn fire engine, containing the constitution and by-laws of the Association of Ex-Members Detroit Steam Fire Department, printed by C.L. Williams.
- Date Issued:
- 1896-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Fire Department
- Description:
- Program booklet for the 42nd Annual Convention of the Michigan State Firemen's Association, held in Detroit from July 18th to the 20th, 1916. The program contains the schedule of events, information on the Detroit Fire Department both past and present, and information about the city for visiting firefighters. The cover is missing, and a half-tone portrait photograph of Mayor Oscar B. Marx is on the front page.
- Date Issued:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Fire Department
- Description:
- Firemen's Fund Association membership certificate, printed by the Detroit Lithographic Office, and issued to Mark A. Gascoigne on Feburary 23, 1867. The document bears the signatures of President John Hyland, Treasurer James A. Elliott, and Secretary John Kendall, beside a green adhesive embossed Firemen's Fund Association seal. Illustrations of a firefighter speaking into a bugle, as two other firefighters hold a hose, as well as of a team of firefighters riding in an early self-propelled steam-driven fire engine are on the left side of the certificate. The certificate is mounted on linen.
- Date Issued:
- 1867-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Fire Department
