Name/Title
Formal Photo Portrait of Fred K. Krauth, Jr., First Chief of Alameda Fire Department, c. 1900Entry/Object ID
1998.241.1Description
ACC. NO. 98.241.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: FIRE DEPARTMENT; CITY OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1900
OBJЕCT: PHOTOGRAPH, FRAMED
DESCRIPTION:
BLACK-AND-WHITE PHOTOGRAPH, SURROUNDED BY A BEIGE MAT WITH AN INNER GOLD-LEAF LINER. PHOTO IS UNDER GLASS. THE FRAME APPEARS TO BE MUCH EARLIER THAN THE SUBJECT (POSSIBLY THE 1870's). IT IS A SHADOW-BOX-STYLE FRAME OF GESSO OVER WOOD THAT HAS BEEN GRAINED TO SIMULATE WALNUT. THE FRAME, IN TURN, HAS A DOUBLE GOLD-LEAF LINER.
SIZE: L 21-3/4" X W 18-3/4"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
FORMAL PORTRAIT OF FRED K KRAUTH, JR, FIRST CHIEF OF THE ALAMEDA FIRE DEPARTMENT. CHIEF KRAUTH IS POSED IN HIS UNIFORM, INCLUDING HAT, WEARING HIS GOLD FIRE CHIEF BADGE. THE FRAMED PHOTO WAS FOUND IN THE HOME OF FORMER FIRE CHIEF LANE AT 1820 SAN JOSE AVE, ALAMEDA. THE DONOR, ROBERT COWELL, SERVED AS ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF, CITY OF ALAMEDA, DURING AN EARLIER TIME.
DONORS:
ROBERT AND JULIE COWELL.
DATE: JUNE 20, 1998Interpretative Labels
Label
11/22/2020 MvL: current sign:
CITY OF ALAMEDA'S
FIRST FIRE CHIEF A
formal photographic portrait of
F. K. KRAUTH
wearing his presentation badge of
engraved gold with a large diamond.
