Name/Title
Program 11th annual Pacific Hose Co. No. 4 Masquerade Ball, 1892Entry/Object ID
2006.43.20Description
ACC. NO. 06.43.20
SUBJECT CATEGORY: FIRE DEPARTMENT
DATE OR PERIOD: 1892
OBJECT: DANCE PROGRAM
DESCRIPTION: A DANCE PROGRAM IN THE SHAPE OF AN UPPER TORSO AND HEAD OF A FIREMAN WEARING A HELMET. THE HELMET CONTAINS A SHIELD STATING, "PACIFIC HOSE NO. 4." PROGRAM COVER HAS A COLORED LITHOGRAPH BONDING CONSISTING OF A TIED CORD.
SIZE: L 5-1/2" X W 3-1/2"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: A DANCE PROGRAM ISSUED FOR THE ELEVENTH ANNUAL MASQUERADE BALL GIVEN BY THE PACIFIC HOSE CO. NO. 4. DANCE WAS HELD AT THE PARK STREET OPERA HOUSE ON FEBRUARY 20, 1892. PACIFIC HOSE CO. NO. 4 WAS ONE OF THE EARLY VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANIES BEFORE FIREFIGHTERS WERE PAID EMPLOYEES. THIS PARTICULAR OBJECT WAS DONATED TO THE MUSEUM BY THE LATE ALAMEDA FIRE CHIEF, MR. LANE IN NOVEMBER 1957 AND NOT CATALOGED AT THAT TIME.
DONOR: CHIEF LANE, ALAMEDA FIRE DEPARTMENT
CATALOGED: JUNE 3, 2006
