Westminster Fire Department Engine

Name/Title

Westminster Fire Department Engine

Entry/Object ID

1968.001.004

Description

Stereograph. Westminster Fire Department, Hose Cart, Westminster. Two B/W photographs mounted side-by-side on single board. Photo shows a large hose cart. There is a man in a suit and fire helmet leaning against it. The cart is parked on a board. There is a storefront behind them and they are situated alongside a dirt road. On back in black ink "Westminster Fire Company - Mrs. Eleanor Hollenbach"; "(Firemen)". In pencil "Hose Company Westminster, Md." 3.5" x 7". Individual photos measure 3" x 3.25".

Acquisition

Accession

1968.001

Source or Donor

Hollenbach, Eleanor B.

Acquisition Method

Gift

General Notes

Note

The stereographs belonged to donor’s grandfather, Rev. John A. Earnest, who was pastor of Grace Lutheran Church in the 1870s. He also taught German at Western Maryland College. Donor’s mother, Alice, was the oldest child. She graduated from Western Maryland College at age 17 in 1877. Her uncle, Charles Earnest, was born in Westminster in 1871. Donor’s husband, Rev. Dr. John S. Hollenbach, was pastor of the Manchester Reformed Charge for 19 years.