Sturgeon Bay Fire Department

Photograph

Door County Museum and Archives

Name/Title

Sturgeon Bay Fire Department

Entry/Object ID

2000.02.22

Description

Sturgeon Bay Fire Department on Cedar Street with matched black and white teams of horses pulling fire fighting equipment. The firemen, horse teams and equipment are posed in front of the fire station on what is now 3rd. Avenue as if ready to respond to a fire. John Volletz is driving the white team that is pulling the fire engine. The others are unknown at this time. Notice the Listerine sign on the billboard.

Collection

Door County Archives Photo Collection

Cataloged By

Sally Treichel

Acquisition

Accession

2000.02

Source or Donor

Door County Historical Society - Purchases, etc.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Place

Location

Sturgeon Bay/Door/WI

Notes

Date: 1929, before

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Fire Department, Sturgeon Bay, 3rd. Avenue

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Other Number

00.088

Dimensions

Height

8 in

Width

10 in

Location

Building

Office/Photo File

Date

September 26, 2025

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Volletz, John

General Notes

Note

Notes: A computer generated photo scanned from the original 7 1/2" x 9 1/2" photo on an 11 1/4" x 13 1/4" mount belonging to Clyde K. "Hap" Smith. Status: OK

Created By

[email protected]

Create Date

January 10, 2001

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

August 29, 2026