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- Black and white glossy photo of a damaged print that shows the fire station and firemen of Neptune Engine Company No. 6. The view shows a manually-operated pumper wagon in the foreground along with 10 firemen in uniforms. A small hose wagon can be seen at the far left side of the photo. There are at least 15 spectators who are standing beside or behind the wagons. An ornate 2-story brick fire station building is visible in the background and it has a sign over the central doorway which shows "Neptune, Engine No. 6." The company chief, wearing a belt with the word, "Foreman," is standing at right end of the pumper wagon and his assistant is standing at the opposite end. Each is holding a speaking trumpet. Handwritten text on the verso shows "6.4, 115207, 1, 4/25/56."
- Date Issued:
- 1870-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Sepia-toned albumen photo showing the crew of Hook and Ladder Company #1. The crew is standing or seated beside their horse-drawn ladder truck which is located in front of the fire station building. Firemen have been identified as follows: Capt. Wm. Cooper, Lieut. Thos. Ramsey (seated in chairs), Thos. Lapine (driver), and Jim Shay (at tiller on rear end of truck). Firemen who are standing (left to right) include: Bob Nash, Wm. Sullivan, Timothy Shay, Alex. Gray, Malcolm Sutherland, and James E. Henry. A handwritten note at the bottom of the photo shows "Detroit Fire Department, Truck No.1." Handwriting on the verso notes "New Truck of 'Rescue' Hook and Ladder Co. No. 1, located in front of the first headquarters building located at the corner of Wayne and W. Larned Streets (behind the old Washington Mutual Building). Built in 1870 by the Hartshorn Co. of N.Y. City at a cost of $2,500 (note lack of running boards). The unit served until 1876 when it was replaced by a newer model."
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Sepia-toned albumen photo of a Detroit Fire Department horse-drawn ladder truck that is parked on Larned Street in front of the Fire Department Headquarters building. The old headquarters building was located at the corner of Wayne (now Washington Blvd.) and Larned St. and the name, "Larned," can be seen on the glass of the streetlight that is located on the left side of the photo. "Fire Department Headquarters" is written over the arched doorway that is located at the far right side of the ornate 3-story brick building. The shop of horseshoer, T. W. Leonard (Thomas W. Leonard, 78 Larned St. W.), can be seen just to the right of the headquarters building. Handwriting on the verso notes "The new 1883 Hayes-LaFrance 86' aerial truck of 'Rescue' Hook & Ladder Co. No. 1 in front of original fire headquarters. The large aerial ladder was raised by cranking the long worm gear attached to the turntable. The rear steersman (tiller) was seated at the rear over the wheels and under the main ladder."
- Date Issued:
- 1883-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Sepia-toned group portrait photograph of the firefighters of K.C. Barker Company No. 4, posed with their horse-drawn fire engine in front of their fire station, presumably at Orchard Street and Fifth Street during a memorial event for Abraham Lincoln. A young girl in a dress decorated with a ribbon, a harp, a small portrait of Lincoln, banners, garland, and a small flag are on the engine. The majority of the firefighters wear matching shirts, pants, helmets, and belts printed with "K.C. Barker." The men standing on the engine wear peaked caps, and one standing on the rear also wears a belt identifying him as an engineer. Two of the men on the far left hold bugles. One of them wears a "foreman," belt, the other wears one that is only partially legible, "2nd A[...]." The two men to their right both lean on an upright hose nozzle. The station in the background is a two-story brick structure, and two people peer from its upper windows. A hose apparatus is in the street on the left edge of the frame. Several spectators are also visible in the background. Text underneath the photo's bottom right edge reads "Photo by Randall Detroit." The photo is mounted on linen and on board.
- Date Issued:
- 1865-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Sepia-toned gelatin silver photo of the firemen of Engine Company #6 in front of the fire station building. A horse-drawn steam fire engine is parked in the street and a separate horse-drawn hose wagon is parked behind it. Seven firemen are standing in front of the two vehicles. One fireman is seated in the driver's seat of the fire engine and another in the driver's seat of the hose wagon. The name of each fireman is written along the bottom of the photo as follows (left to right): Peter Ortwine, Max Worth, Charles Little, Peter Smith, Frank Kelliger, Dan Carroll, Billy Werner, Ted Denier, Jim O'Grady. Several bystanders can be seen in the background and a policeman is standing at the far right. The brick fire station building shows the number, "6," carved in the keystone over the central doorway. The structure also incudes a watchtower and five people are standing on the balcony. On the left side of the building (midway up at the corner), the street name sign, "Russell St.," is visible. The word, "Russell," can also be seen on the glass of the streetlight that is located behind the fire engine. Handwriting on the verso notes "Man on extreme right is Henry Miller, policeman. A noted character in the Police Dept." and also "This is one of two engines and crews who went to Chicago fire in 1871. No. 3 was the other."
- Date Issued:
- 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Detroit Fire Department active duty certificate, engraved by Capewell and Kimmel, and issued to John McDuff on April 24, 1858. The document bears the signatures of President Robert E. Roberts, Treasurer Alexander Paton, and Secretary Benjamin Vernor, as well as the signing date, March 15, 1858, beside a blue embossed Fire Department of the City of Detroit seal. Hand-colored illustrations of uniformed firefighters, firefighting equipment, the seal of the State of Michigan, and Neptune flanked by two winged monsters are bordered by scrollwork. The number "4" has been added to the helmets of the firefighters and to the apparatus, indicating McDuff's involvement in Lafayette Fire Company No. 4. "When danger calls we are prompt to fly / and bravely do or bravely die," has been handwritten around the upper arc of the large central circular motif. Illustrations of the fire engine of Lafayette Company No. 4, another pair of early apparatuses, and a sepia-toned photograph of Lafayette Company No. 4's apparatus on Wayne Street in front of their fire station near Larned Street, are pasted onto the certificate.
- Date Issued:
- 1858-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society