Name/Title
Pacific Hose Co. 4 Fireman's Badge of William H. Wyber, 1891Entry/Object ID
2021.5.1Description
Acc. No. 21.5.1
Subject Category: Fire Dept.
Date or period: 1891
Object: Badge
Description: Silver-plated roughly hexagonal badge, with raised circular center, with enameled inscription in black stating 'Pacific Hose Co., A.F.D.', surrounding an open-worked engraved '4'. Ornate ribbon-like raised surface has further engraved 'W. H. Wyber', and on another raised surface '1891'.
Size: L-2 1/4 inches.
History of Object: Fire Dept. badge of Fireman William Herbert Wyber, 1891, fireman of Pacific Hose Company. #4, Alameda Fire Dept. It is possible this is William Wyber who fell to his death in 1896 in a Utica mine. (San Francisco Call, Aug 9, 1896).
Acquired from:
Jane Lanktree through Fire Chief Lane.
Donated: 1951.
Catalog Date: 1/23/2021