Name/Title
Westminster Fire DepartmentEntry/Object ID
P 2545Description
Print, photographic. Westminster Fire Department, Reel Team, Lonaconing, Md., June, 1911. B/W photo. Photo shows three rows of young men in short-sleeved shirts. There are nineteen total. Sitting in the front row and crouching alongside are five. The second row has six kneeling, the young man all the way to the left has on a white turtleneck. The back row has a man in a double breasted dark Fire Department uniform all the way to the left and eight of them standing. They are all posed in a studio. Some of them have sashes on. Mounted on board. Printed below image: "Top Row reading from left to right: Captain J.G. Diffendal, W. Long, L. Billingslea, E. Zahn, L. Zepp, N. Daley, C. Beaver, W.F. Thomas. Middle row: E. Gehr, A. Shriver, G. Bell, H. Byers, J. Mathias, R. Billingslea. Bottom row: E. Steffy, W. Yingling, J. Smith, J. Yingling, F. Arnold." Printed to viewing left: "1st Prize Reel Race $125 Time 394/5 sec. 1st Prize H. & L. $75 Time 35 2/5 sec." Printed to viewing right of image: "1st Prize 200 Yd. Dash $15 L. Zepp-Time 21 1/5 sec. 2nd Prize 100 Yd. Dash $5 L. Billingslea-Time 11 sec. Impressed below image: "Mitchell's Art Gallery Westminster, Md." Overall size 16" x 20"; image size 10.5" x 13.375"