Fire Department No. 1

Photograph

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Picnooga

2020.262.001 Recto: Black and white photograph of Fire Department No. 1 with the ladder truck out front
2020.262.001 Recto

Black and white photograph of Fire Department No. 1 with the ladder truck out front

Name/Title

Fire Department No. 1

Entry/Object ID

2020.262.001

Description

A photograph mounted on a thick carding showing Fire Department Number 1, with a group of firemen posing on the extended ladder of a fire truck in front of the building. The photograph is dated July 1912 and shows the ladder truck parked in front of the Richardson Romanesque style building. The extended ladder sits in front of the station's campanile style bell tower. There are six men standing on the ladder, with one man at the very top. There are two men at the base of the ladder, on the top of the truck. The truck, likely an American LaFrance Ladder Truck, has a long extended rear with various ladders and hoses. The building is decorated with swag in between the archways and above the main entrance. "July - 1912" is written on the bottom in pencil.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Cabinet Card

Subject

Chattanooga Fire Department

Subject Person or Organization

Chattanooga Fire Department

Subject Place

* Untyped Subject Place

Fire Department Number 1, Chattanooga, Tennessee*

Collection

Chattanooga Fire Department Collection

Made/Created

Date made

7/1912

Copyright

Type of License

No Copyright - United States

Restrictions

Credit Chattanooga Historical Society Reproduction permitted for non-profit educational and research purposes only