Name/Title
Photo Fire Department at Webb Fire Station, c. 1920Entry/Object ID
2025.61.1Description
Acc. No. 25.61.1
Subject Category: Fire Department
Date or Period: circa 1920
Object: Photograph, framed
Description: black and white enlargement of a photograph, framed in wood frame with gesso decorations, an outer strip painted in mahogany and a narrower inside strip painted bronze. Black backing paper. Showing uniformed men, 3 cars and a truck, in front of a two-story stucco building with 3 double doors with arched upper lights, and a wooden spanish-revival style balcony. A sign on the building reads: ‘A F D No. 1’.
Size: L 22 x W 16 1/2 inches
History of Object: photo of 3 cars - one with ’No. 1’ - and a ladder truck - with sign ‘Truck 1’, and 9 uniformed firemen in front of the No. 1 Webb Ave Fire Station. Possibly in preparation for some parade or event, as small flags decorate the materiel. The truck appears to be pulling the 1881 Dan Hayes ladder wagon.
Found, awaiting processing, in the framed objects storage area.
Acquired from: unknwon
Donation Date: unknown (pre-2019)
Catalog Date: 4/22/2025
