Mounted sepia-toned photograph of the nine firefighters of Engine Company No. 6 posed with their horse-drawn fire engine and hose apparatus outside of their fire station on Russell Street at its intersection with High Street

Description:

Mounted sepia-toned photograph of the nine firefighters of Engine Company No. 6 posed with their horse-drawn fire engine and hose apparatus outside of their fire station on Russell Street at its intersection with High Street. The men are identified on a separate copy of this photo (1955.158.001), from left to right as, Pete Ortwine, Max Worth, Charles Little (seated on the driver's bench of the fire engine), Peter Smith, Frank Kelliger, Dan Carroll, Billy Werner, Ted Dnier (seated on the driver's bench of the hose apparatus), and Jim O'Grady. Most of the men are in uniforms consisting of helmets, broad belts, and matching shirts and pants, however the three men nearest to the fire engine and the driver of the hose apparatus wear matching coats, and peaked caps. Henry Miller, a police officer, stands on the far right wearing a broad-brimmed hat, and a coat with a badge on it. Five other figures stand in the station's look-out tower, and several other bystanders are in the background at street level. The photo is mounted on beige cardstock. "Harry J. Rittle, 8253 Cheyenne, Det. 28," and "corner High & Russell Sts. Built 1867," are handwritten on the verso.

Date Issued:

1878-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Detroit Historical Society

Collection:

Fire Department

Subject Topic:

Engine Company No. 6, Detroit Fire Department, Firefighters, Fire Stations, Russell Street, High Street, Fire Apparatuses, and Fire Engines

Subject Name:

Ortwine, Peter, Worth, Max, Little, Charles, Smith, Peter, Kelliger, Frank, Carroll, Dan, Werner, Billy, Denier, Ted, O'Grady, Jim, and Miller, Henry

Rights:

No Copyright - United States

URL:

http://detroithistorical.pastperfectonline.com/photo/17FBA9BE-87F0-4EE1-8401-982244435982