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- Description:
- Mounted sepia-toned photo showing nine firemen and the equipment of Engine Company No. 3 in front of the fire station on Clifford Street. The firemen are standing in front of a horse-drawn hose wagon and a horse-drawn steam fire engine. The brick fire station building with large wooden doors can be seen in the background. Decorative stone carvings that depict a fire department motif (crossed ladders and helmet) can be seen on either side of the fire station above the windows. The street name sign showing "Clifford St." can be seen just to the left of the crossed ladders motif. A wood frame building can be seen at the far right side of the photo along with three men who are standing near the rear end of the steam engine. Handwriting on the verso notes "Engine Co. #3 c.1871."
- Date Issued:
- 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Fire Department
- Description:
- A photographic print of a 8 photos composited onto the same matting. Depicted are head and shoulder portraits of M. Condon, Lieutenant F. Wilkenson, and Captain P. R. Garr at the upper left corner, bottom left corner, and lower right corner. The top center image is of B. Cronin and D. Breen leading the horse drawn fire engine No. 3 out of their firehouse. A small unlabeled photo of what appears to be a hose apparatus is at the upper right. Several firefighters posed with the 1st automotive of Company No. 3 are pictured at the center left. A shot of the firefighter-lined ladder apparatus of Ladder Company No. 1 labeled as the "Bull Moose," in front of a wall painted with a sign for the Detroit News is positioned on the center right edge. Engine Company No. 3's automotive and Ladder Company No 3's apparatus are pictured racing down the street at the bottom of the composition. The matting is decorated with scrollwork and chain patterns.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Fire Department
- Description:
- Photograph. A mounted, sepia-toned print of a "flashlight photo" of a firehouse interior where a fire engine is hitched up to a pair of horses and surrounded by ten firefighters--four riding on the engine, three handling the horses with another approaching, one opening the door, and the last sliding down the fire pole. A number 3 is visible on the stack of the fire engine, suggesting this is Engine Company No. 3. "John Forster & Son, Photographers, Manufrs. of Picture Frames. 178 & 180 Gratiot Ave., Detroit, Mich." printed on verso.
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Fire Department
- Description:
- Sepia-toned glossy photo showing a group of 12 firemen in uniform. Seven men standing in the back row and five men are seated in front. The heavy wood doors of a fire station building can be seen in the background. Handwriting on the verso shows "Year 1904, Detroit Fire Dept. Engine Co. No. 3, Clifford St. at the head of Griswold. Standing, left to right: Staub, E. Burgess, Tim Shea, W. Martin, F. Schoenherr, C. Howley, Roberts. Seated, left to right: L. Kenoy, Lt. P. Slavin, Capt. Courtney, Lt. J. Gies, Cadet Pelzer."
- Date Issued:
- 1904-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Fire Department
- Description:
- Hardcover journal of the activities of Engine Company No. 3, recording alarms, fires, orders, and other events spanning March 16, 1906 to August 19, 1906. It appears to have been written by several people. The book is bound in a stained dark green cover with red corners. "Engine Co. 3." is handwritten on the cover.
- Date Issued:
- 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Fire Department
- Description:
- Hardcover journal of the activities of Engine Company No. 3, recording alarms, fires, orders, and other events spanning March 16, 1906 to August 19, 1906. It appears to have been written by several people. The book is bound in a stained dark green cover with red corners. "Engine Co. 3." is handwritten on the cover.
- Date Issued:
- 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Mounted sepia-toned photo showing nine firemen and the equipment of Engine Company No. 3 in front of the fire station on Clifford Street. The firemen are standing in front of a horse-drawn hose wagon and a horse-drawn steam fire engine. The brick fire station building with large wooden doors can be seen in the background. Decorative stone carvings that depict a fire department motif (crossed ladders and helmet) can be seen on either side of the fire station above the windows. The street name sign showing "Clifford St." can be seen just to the left of the crossed ladders motif. A wood frame building can be seen at the far right side of the photo along with three men who are standing near the rear end of the steam engine. Handwriting on the verso notes "Engine Co. #3 c.1871."
- Date Issued:
- 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Sepia-toned glossy photo showing a group of 12 firemen in uniform. Seven men standing in the back row and five men are seated in front. The heavy wood doors of a fire station building can be seen in the background. Handwriting on the verso shows "Year 1904, Detroit Fire Dept. Engine Co. No. 3, Clifford St. at the head of Griswold. Standing, left to right: Staub, E. Burgess, Tim Shea, W. Martin, F. Schoenherr, C. Howley, Roberts. Seated, left to right: L. Kenoy, Lt. P. Slavin, Capt. Courtney, Lt. J. Gies, Cadet Pelzer."
- Date Issued:
- 1904-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Photograph. A mounted, sepia-toned print of a "flashlight photo" of a firehouse interior where a fire engine is hitched up to a pair of horses and surrounded by ten firefighters--four riding on the engine, three handling the horses with another approaching, one opening the door, and the last sliding down the fire pole. A number 3 is visible on the stack of the fire engine, suggesting this is Engine Company No. 3. "John Forster & Son, Photographers, Manufrs. of Picture Frames. 178 & 180 Gratiot Ave., Detroit, Mich." printed on verso.
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- A photographic print of a 8 photos composited onto the same matting. Depicted are head and shoulder portraits of M. Condon, Lieutenant F. Wilkenson, and Captain P. R. Garr at the upper left corner, bottom left corner, and lower right corner. The top center image is of B. Cronin and D. Breen leading the horse drawn fire engine No. 3 out of their firehouse. A small unlabeled photo of what appears to be a hose apparatus is at the upper right. Several firefighters posed with the 1st automotive of Company No. 3 are pictured at the center left. A shot of the firefighter-lined ladder apparatus of Ladder Company No. 1 labeled as the "Bull Moose," in front of a wall painted with a sign for the Detroit News is positioned on the center right edge. Engine Company No. 3's automotive and Ladder Company No 3's apparatus are pictured racing down the street at the bottom of the composition. The matting is decorated with scrollwork and chain patterns.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
