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- Description:
- A view from behind the crowd during the dedication ceremony in front of the new Lansing Fire Department Station No. 1. A marching band is in formation in two sections on Shiawasee and Grand streets. Opposite of the new station, the Paul Fata grocery, the Central Linen and Laundry, another office of the Auto-Owners Insurance Co., and several other businesses can be seen. The view is taken from the west side of Grand Avenue looking to the northeast. Similar photographs appear in the booklet "Lansing Fire Department: Dedicated to the Saving of Life and Property" which was published in approximately 1950. The brochure credits George Beak, Communications Division, and Frank Mainville, Press Photographer, for the photographs in the booklet.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing Fire Department Station No. 1 Photographs
- Description:
- A view of the excavation for the new Lansing Fire Department Station No. 1. The view is to the northwest looking across the 100 block of East Shiawassee street. Foster's furniture is the two-story building at left, and the Goodyear tire service station is at right. The photographer is not identified.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing Fire Department Station No. 1 Photographs
- Description:
- A view of the apparatus floor of the new Station No. 1. In the foreground is one of the First Aid cars. Ladder trucks and pump engines can also be seen. This photograph appears in the booklet "Lansing Fire Department: Dedicated to the Saving of Life and Property" which was published in approximately 1950. The brochure credits George Beak, Communications Division, and Frank Mainville, Press Photographer, for the photographs in the booklet.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing Fire Department Station No. 1 Photographs
- Description:
- A waiting room in the northeast corner of the new Station No. 1. The view out the window is to the northeast across the intersection of Grand and Shiawassee streets. The Acme Glass Company and other businesses can be seen in the distance. Similar photographs appear in the booklet "Lansing Fire Department: Dedicated to the Saving of Life and Property" which was published in approximately 1950. The brochure credits George Beak, Communications Division, and Frank Mainville, Press Photographer, for the photographs in the booklet.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing Fire Department Station No. 1 Photographs
- Description:
- An unidentifed Lansing Fire Department staff member seated at the Watchman's Desk in the new Station No. 1. This control desk could receive alarms and code messages, ring warning bells, operate apparatus-floor doors, control traffic signals in congested downtown areas, and other functions. A photograph of the same desk, with a page of text but no indivduals, has also been printed in the booklet "Lansing Fire Department: Dedicated to the Saving of Life and Property" which was published in approximately 1950. The brochure credits George Beak, Communications Division, and Frank Mainville, Press Photographer, for the photographs in the booklet.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing Fire Department Station No. 1 Photographs
- Description:
- A photograph of one of two John Bean high pressure fog trucks used by the Lansing Fire Department, parked inside on the apparatus floor of Station No. 1. The truck is surrounded by many floral arrangements, and two uniformed men are in the photograph. The man on the right is likely Chief Hugh F. Fisher. A photograph of a similar fog truck with information about the trucks has also been printed in the booklet "Lansing Fire Department: Dedicated to the Saving of Life and Property" which was published in approximately 1950. The brochure credits George Beak, Communications Division, and Frank Mainville, Press Photographer, for the photographs in the booklet.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing Fire Department Station No. 1 Photographs
- Description:
- The original metal Lansing Board of Water and Light sign that reads "Cook With Electricity: Fast, Clean, Cheap." In the background is the old central fire station in a state of partial demolition. The photographer is not identified.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing Fire Department Station No. 1 Photographs
- Description:
- Two Lansing police officers looking under the hood of a vehicle in the machine shop at the new Station No. 1. A mechanic and another man are also pictured. All are not identified. The Maintenance Division machine shop was located in a separate building at the back of the new Station No. 1. Three mechanics were employed at the time of the station's opening. The photographer is not identified.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing Fire Department Station No. 1 Photographs
- Description:
- Several men in suits standing at the entrance to the new Lansing Fire Department Station No. 1. The men are most likely members of the Board of Police and Fire Commissioners. The board members' portraits appear in the booklet "Lansing Fire Department: Dedicated to the Saving of Life and Property" which was published in approximately 1950. The brochure credits George Beak, Communications Division, and Frank Mainville, Press Photographer, for the photographs in the booklet.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing Fire Department Station No. 1 Photographs
- Description:
- A view of two unidentified workers and the construction in progress on the new Lansing Fire Department Station No. 1. The view is to the northwest. The warehouse in the background is Foster's Furniture. The photographer is not identified.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing Fire Department Station No. 1 Photographs
