Fountain Hose Company No. 1 of Oregon City - 1891 - Decoration Day

Name/Title

Fountain Hose Company No. 1 of Oregon City - 1891 - Decoration Day

Entry/Object ID

P-3471

Description

Oregon City Fire Department Fountain Hose Co., Oregon City at the Decoration Day ceremony at Mountain View Cemetery May 30, 1891. Left to right standing: Lawrence Hitchroth, assistant chief; Fire Chief Mike H. Flanagan, Fred Freese, William Dutcher, ... Spooner, next man unidentified, Charles Burns (some say Frank Turney), next unidentified, Captain Robert Young, William Dickelman, Bill Willis (some say Bob Blanchard), Edward Whitlock, Charles Bitzer, Bert Bacon, and in front, right, Peter Cragen, also once chief. Sitting left to right, Fred Metzner, unidentified, Frank Newton, and Henry Jones. Photo in the Molalla Bulletin Vol. III, Number 33 Wednesday, August 14, 1974. The photo was posted in the Oregon City Enterprise August 20, 1936 (JAH 01/2023) *** DUPLICATE P-1025.004093 ***

Made/Created

Date made

May 31, 1891

Place

City

Oregon City

County

Clackamas

State

Oregon

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Notes

Medium: Negative Location of Negative: Society Collection

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

Other No.: Gardner 98; Other Photo #: Oregon City Fire Dept #2