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- Black and white photographic print depicting the 1907 Detroit Tigers team. Hughie Jennings holds a dog in the front row, and Ty Cobb is seated near the center of the middle row. Mounted on board
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Sepia-toned albumen photo of Fire Department Engine Company #7. The photo shows the horse-drawn engine along with the crew (9 firemen and mascot) in front of the the 2-story brick fire station which was located at Fort and Elmwood Ave. A note has been handwritten in ink across the tip of the photo which shows "Compliments of E. R. Jarrait." Numbers are written in pencil adjacent to each fireman to indicate their names which are shown on the verso. Handwriting on the verso notes: "Engine Co. #7, Fort & Elmwood Ave.; Organized Feb. 1, 1874; 1. Richard (Dick) Jarrait (hose cart driver). 2. Dan McClelland (engine driver). 3. Jas. McKernen - engineer & foreman of Co. 4. Louis Werner - fireman. 5. Morris Cousino - minuteman and pipeman. 6. Geo. Ring - minuteman & pipeman. 7. Jack Gordon - minuteman & pipeman. 8. Jack Chandler - minuteman & pipeman. 9. John Black - minuteman &pipeman. 10. Snyder (Co. mascot) [dog]. All members deceased."
- Date Issued:
- 1875-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Oval-shaped sepia-toned full length portrait photograph of Detroit Fire Chief James R. Elliott's pet dog. The dog appears to be a Border Collie. An oval-shaped sticker on upper right corner of the recto is marked in ink with "13." The verso bears several comments in pencil, including: "Pet Dog," "J. R. Elliott," "1 in wall frame," "no price given," "Fire Dept #39," and "1880."
- Date Issued:
- 1880-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Large sepia-toned group portrait photograph of six members of Detroit Fire Department Protective Company No. 1, a salvage company, seated in chairs in the street in front of their horse-drawn apparatus. A dog sits in the street in the middle of the line of men. A young girl stands on the left edge of the frame, along the wall of their fire station. The station's large bay doors are opening. A lantern, several helmets, and fire extinguishers are on the apparatus. "Built by S.M. Stewart, Rochester, N.Y.," is painted near the front of the apparatus. The photo is mounted on a linen backing.
- Date Issued:
- 1885-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
