Name/Title
House fire, unknown year.Entry/Object ID
2007-012.A118NDescription
House fire, unknown year. Five black and white negative strips with five images on each strip. Images were originally created for the Lacey Leader newspaper. Image numbers include 42-44 and 1-22. Images 42-44 and 1-2 are on the same strip. These images show at least four individual firefighters and at least one man who may or may not also be another firefighter at the site of an in-progress house fire.
Image 42 shows a single firefighter in full firefighting gear except a helmet walking past the front of the burning house. Image 43 shows the burning house and smoke rising into the sky. Image 44 depicts a firefighter in full firefighting gear, including a breathing mask, walking past the front of the burning house. Image one shows one firefighter in full firefighting gear facing the burning house and raising one hand to his face. Image 2 depicts one firefighter in a firefighter's helmet and jacket and another man in a jumpsuit walking past the front of the burning house. Image 3 shows four firefighters walking or standing outside the burning home. Image 4 shows the same firefighters walking or standing outside the burning home. One of the four is very near the house and appears to be looking into a window or doorway. Image 5 shows two of the firefighters standing outside the burning house. One is about to swing an axe into one of the house's windows. Image 6 shows the same two firefighters as the one with the axe is swinging it through the window. Image 7 depicts two of the firefighters standing outside the house in the foreground of the picture while at least two more stand in the background. The smoke is very thick in this image. Image 8 depicts a firefighter wearing glasses standing near one of the outside corners of the burning house. He appears to be grabbing a thin rope or cord that is hanging out of one of the house's windows. Image 9 shows the same firefighter standing immediately outside the same window manipulating the rope or cord. The word "Lacey" is clearly visible on the back of his firefighter's jacket. Image 10 shows a firefighter walking past the front of the burning home carrying a ladder. Image 11 shows a firefigher with a breathing mask on walking toward the burning house and carrying an axe. Image 12 shows three firefighters and one man who may or may not be a firefighter standing outside the burning home and conversing. Image 13 shows two of the same firefighters and the man who may or may not be a firefighter standing around outside the burning house. Image 14 shows one firefighters climbing a ladder onto the top of the burning house. Image 15 shows two firefighters climbing a ladder onto the burning building. Image 16 depicts two firefighters climbing a ladder onto the top of the burning house, two other firefighters standing and looking on, and the man who may or may not be a firefighter walking toward the camera. Image 17 shows two firefighters standing on the roof of the burning building. Image 18 shows two firefighters crouching on the roof of the burning building while three other firefighters look on. Another man who may or may not be a firefighter is also looking on and holding a pole topped with what appears to be a light. Image 19 depicts two firefighters on the roof of the burning house while two firefighters look on. There are two other men in the photo who may or may not be firefighters. One is walking away from the building while another holds a hose while standing in the garage attached to the burning house. A car is parked in the garage and there are fire hoses laid out on the ground. Image 20 shows the same two firefighters on the roof while another firefighter stands on the ground and another men is bending over immediately outside of the garage. Image 22 shows the same two firefighters on the roof, three men below near the base of the ladder, and another man standing in the garage holding a fire hose.
Printed along one edge of the film in alternating order is "KODAK SAFETY FILM" and "KODAK TRI X PAN FILM."Made/Created
Place
City
LaceyCounty
ThurstonState/Province
WashingtonCountry
United StatesContinent
North AmericaNotes
Film Size: 35 mm
Medium: AcetateLexicon
Search Terms
Disaters/Fires, Disasters, Lacey Fire District #3
