Name/Title
Photo Fire Chief Steinmetz and Captain Wagner with children, c. 1930Entry/Object ID
1996.228.1Description
Acc. No. 96.228.1
Subject category: Fire Department
Date or Period: Ca. 1930
Object: Photograph
Description: Glossy black/white photo, unmounted. Photographer unknown. Thumbtack holes are in all corners. Right corner point broken off.
Size: L-7 1/2 x W-9 1/2 in.
History of Object: Chief Walter T. Steinmetz and Captain Gus Wagner standing by an open fire-alarm box on a pole, presenting a card to two needy-looking children (tattered clothing). This probably has something to do with the annual Christmas toy distribution of the Alameda Fire Department.
Acquired from: Unknown
Date: 6/29/96
Pre-1971 donation, uncataloged.
