Name/Title
'Fire Prevention and Public Safety', 1869-1933Entry/Object ID
1998.426.1Description
Acc. No. 98.426.1
Subject Category: Fire Department
Date: 1933
Object: Magazine
Description:
Soft cover magazine with cover design featuring illustration of an old time horse drawn fire pump wagon with bold printed caption "Fire Prevention and Public Safety".
Size: L 12 W 9 1/4 inches
History: Magazine entitled "Fire Prevention and Public Safety" published by the Veterans Firemen's Association of Oakland and Alameda County, 1869-1933. On page 43 is a one (1) page article entitled "Evolution of the Alameda Fire Department" which is a short history of the Alameda Fire Department established in 1876. Object given to the Alameda Historical Society, numbered 999, prior to 1971 and never catalogued.
Donor: Unknown
Date: December 19, 1998
