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- 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:
- 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:
- 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:
- An unidentified Lansing Fire Department staff member talking on the telephone in an office at the new Station No. 1. The original print shows moisture damage. 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 construction in progress on the new Lansing Fire Department Station No. 1. The view is to the west. The warehouse on the western edge 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
- Description:
- This is a group of digital of photographs scanned from an album owned by the Lansing Fire Department in its historical collection. These photographs primarily document the construction and opening of Station No. 1 (now Station 42, the "Big House") at 120 East Shiawassee Street in downtown Lansing, from 1948 to 1949. The station was dedicated in 1949. The photo album also contains some older historical photographs, many undated, which have been included here. The people in the photographs have not been identified. The original photographs are 8" x 10" black and white prints, several with moisture, mold, or glue damage. A few have been hand tinted. They were all scanned in color. The Forest Parke Library and Archives at CADL is grateful to the Lansing Fire Department for allowing us to share these photographs. If you are interested in accessing the originals, please contact the Fire Department directly.
- Date Created:
- [1908 TO 1951]
- 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:
- 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:
- The stone sign from the old central fire station (1904) in a fragment of brickwork during 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
