Name/Title
Photo original #4 Volunteer Fire Department, G. Ball photographer, Ca. late 1880sEntry/Object ID
1979.10.1Description
ACC. NO. 79.10.1
SUBJ. CATEGORY: BUSINESSES, ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA, LATE 1880's
OBJECT: PHOTOGRAPH
DESCRIPTION: SEPIA TINT. REVERSE SIDE STAMPED: G. BALL, PHOTOGRAPHER, NO. 1707 R. R. AVE., ALAMEDA
SIZE: 8½"x5½".
HISTORY OF OBJECT: DESCRIPTION OF PHOTO AND ITS HISTORY WRITTEN BY DONOR, JOHN NICHOLOS BECKMANN, 1917 PACIFIC AVENUE AT CHESTNUT, ALAMEDA:
FIRST PICTURE, ORIGINAL #4 FIRE DEPARTMENT. HAS #4 WRITTEN OVER THE DOOR. BELL TOWER ON TOP ON ROOF, UPSTAIRS THE FAMILY (TWO OF) LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW. PROBABLY MINNIE AND JOHANNA BECKMANN, TO THE RIGHT OF PICTURE, WITH ARM ON A RAIL IS MY GREAT GRANDFATHER NEISI. THIS IS WHERE HIS GREAT GRANDSON JOHN H. BUSE WAS BORN IN 1897 (DONOR). THIS IS THE RESIDENCE AND PLACE OF BUSINESS, TO THE RIGHT OF STORE IS THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT. WHICH CONSISTED OF A HOSE CART, TWO WHEELS, (LARGE) AND A LONG POLE TO PULL IT. THIS WAS TAKEN TO A HYDRANT AND HOSE WAS ATTACHED. THE HOSE WAS WRAPPED AROUND THE HOUSING OF THE HOSE CART. FOUR MEN STARTED THE FIRST FIRE DEPARTMENT, J. N. BECKMANN, JOHN SORENSON, FORD AND MATTHEIS.
ACQUIRED FROM: MR. & MRS. JOHN H. BUSE
DATE: 8/4/79
