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- Description:
- Sepia-toned albumen photo of Detroit's first steam fire engine. The photo shows a horse-drawn fire engine with one fireman in the driver's seat, three firemen standing on the sidewalk, and two firemen standing beside the rear wheel of the fire engine. Several bystanders are also visible. A brick fire station building is visible in the background. Four square decorative motifs that represent various tools of the fire department can be seen be seen along the face of the fire station building.
- Date Issued:
- 1862-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Large sepia-toned group portrait photograph of the firefighters of K.C. Barker Company No. 4, posed with their horse-drawn fire engine in front of their fire station, presumably at Orchard Street and Fifth Street during a memorial event for Abraham Lincoln. A young girl in a dress decorated with a ribbon, a harp, a small portrait of Lincoln, banners, garland, and a small flag are on the engine. The majority of the firefighters wear matching shirts, pants, helmets, and belts printed with "K.C. Barker." The men standing on the engine wear peaked caps, and one standing on the rear also wears a belt identifying him as an engineer. Two of the men on the far left hold bugles. One of them wears a "foreman," belt, the other wears one that is only partially legible, "2nd A[...]." The two men to their right both lean on an upright hose nozzle. The station in the background is a two-story brick structure, and two people peer from its upper windows. A hose apparatus is in the street on the left edge of the frame. Several spectators are also visible in the background. The photo is mounted on linen.
- Date Issued:
- 1865-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Postcard. Sepia-toned photographic postcard depicting an early fire engine being pulled by three white horses south on Woodward Avenue through Grand Circus Park, as spectators line the sidewalk to watch. In addition to the driver, a firefighter sits in the front of the engine while another holds onto the rear. The photo was taken near Park Street and Woodward Avenue, facing north. Central United Methodist Church, and the Hotel Wolverine are visible in the background. "Photo by Straghota" printed in lower left. The verso has extensive handwritten notes: 1920 Last Run at corner of Woodward & Adams Ave. Methodist Church in background & Wolverine Hotel also in background. Engine #9 Engine Seat- Harry Neville Engine at backend- George Moore Driver- Engine Weight - 6 tons Ball bearings in the wheels 3 men could turn engine around Hard rubber tires on engine. 20 lbs. steam on engine at all times.
- Date Issued:
- 1920-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- A mounted, sepia-toned photographic print of a horse drawn fire engine (sans horses), presumably manufactured by Lee and Larned of New York, taken in front of a firehouse with a small crowd of onlookers. "First Steam Fire Engine made by Lee & Las'ned (sic) New York, Exhibited in Detroit - 1859" handwritten on top of matting. A red bordered sticker, likely a price tag, with the number 20 is adhered to the upper right corner of the image. A partial piece of paper with a letter head from the Office of the Supply Agent of the Fire Commission of Detroit is pasted onto the verso. Handwritten there in pencil is the following, "first steam fire engine made by Lee & Las'men (sic) New York exhibited in Detroit 1859. Photograph presented by B. E. Marvin, Green Bay Wis. November 1895."
- Date Issued:
- 1859-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Mounted sepia-toned photograph taken of three firefighters of Engine Company No. 2 seated on their horse-drawn fire engine, as taken from off of its right side, with the horses out of frame. They are posed in front of the large, closed bay doors of a fire station. The photo is mounted on black mat board. "From Alvord and Company, Com'l Photographers, 45 Rowland St., Detroit, Mich." is stamped on the verso, "Engine 2," and "St. Antoine and E. Larned," are handwritten on the verso, and "Steam Fire engine No. 2, placed in service January 7, 1861," is printed on a slip to paper taped to the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1890-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- 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
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photo of the "K.C. Barker" Engine Company in front of the fire station building on Orchard Street. The horse-drawn steam fire engine is parked on the street in front of the 2-story brick fire station. Five firemen (wearing helmets) are standing near the horse and wheel at the front of the steam engine, one fireman is seated in the driver's seat, and four firemen are standing adjacent to the rear wheel of the fire engine. The fireman who is nearest to the horse's head is wearing a belt with the lettering, "Foreman." The fireman who is standing above the rear wheel axle is wearing a belt with the lettering, "Engineer." All of the other firemen are wearing belts which show the name "K. C. Barker." Several bystanders are also visible near both ends of the fire engine. In the background, two firemen are looking out of the center window on the second floor of the fire station.
- Date Issued:
- 1878-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Large sepia-toned photograph taken of the ceremonial final run of a horse-drawn Detroit Fire Department fire apparatus on April 10, 1922. Three uniformed firefighters riding on a fire engine being drawn by a team of three horses south along Woodward Avenue, as taken from the west side of Woodward south of Grand River Avenue. The Shaw Building and Rayl's Hardware stand in the background. Spectators line the sidewalk, and peer through the windows overlooking the street. The photo is mounted on linen.
- Date Issued:
- 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Mounted and retouched sepia-toned photo taken of three firefighters riding in a horse-drawn fire engine, presumably Engine Company No. 9, as taken from a three-quarters angle ahead of the apparatus' right side. Two men sit in the front, and the third is in the back. A team of three horses pull the engine. A fence runs along the sidewalk in the background. A building with a steeple stands in the distance at the upper left. The photo has been retouched in grey and peach-colored paint to outline the horses and the engine, and a horizontal black line has been drawn beneath the engine.
- Date Issued:
- 1901-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Mounted, sepia-toned photographic print of four crew members of Chemical Company No. 1 posing on their fire engine, drawn by a team of three horses in front of the Fire Department Headquarters. A crowd is visible in the background near the right edge. The matting is decorated with four pairs of intersecting lines which surround the photo, and "Chemical 1" is a blackletter script beneath it.
- Date Issued:
- 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
