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- Detroit Fire Department active duty certificate, engraved by Capewell and Kimmel, and issued to G.W. Hallam on June 1, 1861. The document bears the signatures of President Benjamin Vernor, and Secretary Henry Starkey, beside a yellow embossed Fire Department of the City of Detroit seal. Illustrations of uniformed firefighters, an early fire apparatus and firefighting equipment, the seal of the State of Michigan, and Neptune flanked by two winged monsters are bordered by scrollwork. The certificate is mounted on linen.
- Date Issued:
- 1861-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Detroit Fire Department leave of absence form made out by Lieutenant Guy Northrop of Engine Company No. 23 requesting 24 hours beginning October 28th, 1909 at 7 AM. The request was approved by Captain Adolph Hoeninghausen and Battalion Chief William H. Harris.
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Small hard-cover book, bound in a black cover with gold lettering, containing chapter 165 of the Compiled Laws of the State of Michigan, the Articles of Association, an Amendment to the Articles of Association, and the By-Laws of the Detroit Firemen's Fund Association, printed by Cornehl and Sons. "Property Chief Martin Cooney, Hook & Ladder Company Six, Supt Horses," is handwritten on the front free endpaper.
- Date Issued:
- 1890-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Detroit Fire Department active duty certificate, engraved by Capewell and Kimmel, and issued to J. Wolf on September 27, 1858. The document bears the signatures of President Robert E. Roberts, Treasurer Alexander Paton, and Secretary Benjamin Vernor, beside a green embossed Fire Department of the City of Detroit seal. Hand-colored illustrations of uniformed firefighters, an early fire apparatus and firefighting equipment, the seal of the State of Michigan, and Neptune flanked by two winged monsters are bordered by scrollwork. Stars have been added around the top edge of the central circle motif. The certificate has been mounted on linen.
- Date Issued:
- 1858-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- 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
- Description:
- Sepia-toned cabinet card photo showing the head and shoulders of an unidentified man who was associated with the Detroit Fire Department. The man is wearing a dark suit and tie and appears to be 60 years of age or older. Possibly, he was a fire commissioner. Handwriting on the verso shows "1895."
- Date Issued:
- 1895-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white photographic print of an older photographic print with the caption "First Hose Reel in Detroit" added at its bottom. A horse drawn hose apparatus carrying five firefighters is stopped in the street in front of a firehouse decorated with stone reliefs of crossed ladders and bugles. The number 1 is visible on the lanterns of the apparatus. A crowd of men in hats and coats stands along the wooden sidewalk. "KZ66" printed in white in lower right corner of grey inner border. "Hose reel 1860 w. Lafayette Steam Engine #1" handwritten on verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1860-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Mounted, sepia-toned photographic print of the crew of Ladder Company No. 1 posing in and along the running board of their apparatus, drawn by a team of three horses, in front of Fire Department headquarters. The matting is decorated with a set four pairs of double lines with surround the image, and below "Ladder 1" in a blackletter script.
- Date Issued:
- 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Charter of the Detroit Fire Department, bound in a red cover, organized on January 20, 1840, and published in this edition in 1878 by O.S. Gulley's Steam Printing House. "Return to Oliver Bourke, 32 Madison Avenue, Detroit," is printed on the front page of the book. Bourke is listed as a trustee of the fire department on that page.
- Date Issued:
- 1878-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Cabinet card bearing a sepia-toned head-and-shoulders portrait photograph of Detroit Fire Commissioner Joseph Godfrey. This photograph is one of a series of eight photos of former Detroit Fire Department Commissioners. The decorative engraved logo of the photographer (Randall, 220 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich.) has been partially torn off of the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1872-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
