Name/Title
Photo men with horse-drawn fire department vehicle and Certificate, 1897Entry/Object ID
1995.206.1Description
ACC. NO. OBJECT: 95.206.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: FIRE DEPARTMENT
DATE OR PERIOD: 1897
OBJECT: PHOTOGRAPH; FRAMED
DESCRIPTION:
PALE SEPIA-TONE PHOTOGRAPH ON CHARCOAL GRAY-COLORED MOUNTING IN WOODEN FRAME, WITH EBONIZED FINISH. PASTED ON THE REVERSE SIDE OF THE FRAMED PHOTOGRAPH IS A CERTIFICATE, WITH BOLD PRINTED CAPTION, "ALAMEDA FIRE DEPARTMENT."
SIZE: L 8-1/4" X W 10-1/4"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
PHOTOGRAPH OF A HORSE-DRAWN VEHICLE, ACCOMPANIED BY FIVE MEN, TWO IN UNIFORM, ALAMEDA FIRE DEPARTMENT. ON THE REVERSE SIDE OF THE FRAMED PHOTOGRAPH IS PASTED A CERTIFICATE FROM THE ALAMEDA FIRE DEPARTMENT, DATED MAY 6, 1897. THE CERTIFICATE STATES THAT HD FUREY HAS BEEN ELECTED A MEMBER OF THE CITIZENS' HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY #1, ALAMEDA FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE DOCUMENT IS SIGNED BY FRED K KRAUTH, FIRE CHIEF.
DONOR:
KEN DELLA SANTINA
DATE: AUGUST 26, 1995
