Name/Title
Photos of a fire engine accident, c. 1913Entry/Object ID
1996.194.1Description
Acc. No. 96.194.1 a-f
Subject Category: Alameda Fire Dept.
Date or Period: Ca. 1913
Object: Photograph
Description: Six glossy black/white photocopies of vintage photographs. Photographer unknown. Unmounted. Images c, d and f have staple holes along their top margins.
Size: (each) L-8 x W-10 in.
History of Object: Various scenes of a fire engine accident occurring at the intersection of Lincoln and Walnut, circa 1913:
a) overhead view, showing crowd of people;
b) same, different angle;
c) close-up of accident, woman in scene is identified as Irene Kochendorfer Dirks-Albers, mother of the unidentified donor;
d) another close-up view;
e) a different close-up view;
f) close-up view of a baby, identified as Jack Dirks, who has been seated on a wheel of the overturned engine.
Acquired from: Unidentified donor
Date: 6/8/96
