Saugatuck Fire Department men with firehose carts

Photograph

Saugatuck Douglas Historical Society

Saugatuck-fire-co-abt1905.jpg 3.2MB

digital image from James Faasen, Aug. 2023 Saugatuck Fire Brigade circa 1905 in back of village hall Fire hoses used to fight Koning Hardware/ DL Barber general store fire on north Butler in 1903 Top row Richard Rode-Fred Walz-Charles Redebauch-Chris Walz-Fred Metzger Middle Lee Leland, Jim Davis Front row Dr. Davis-Fred Davis-Ira Koning-Charles Bird-Jim Koning-Homer Adams-Herman Hirner

Name/Title

Saugatuck Fire Department men with firehose carts

Entry/Object ID

2011.32.06

Description

Photograph showing 14 men by two firehose carts in front of the Saugatuck Village Hall sometimes before 1908.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Print, photograph

Subject Person or Organization

Saugatuck Township Fire District, Walz, Frederick J. “Fritz” 1880-1945, Metzger, Frederick J. “Fritz” 1889-1937, Walz, Christian "Chris" 1854-1921, Davis, Jim, Leland, E.L. "Lee" 1878-1963, Davis, Dr., Koning, Arie James "Ira" 1883-1975, Bird, Charles Edmund “Carl” Jr. 1879-1968, Adams, Homer Henry 1872-1941, Hirner, Herman 1881-1966, Davis, Frederick Arthur 1871-1912, Redebaugh, Charles Nelson "Charlie" 1881-1947, Koning, James 1882-1946, Rode, Richard August 1875-1940, 102 Butler/Saugatuck Village Hall

Collection

Fires and fire departments

Cataloged By

Voss, Mary

Acquisition

Accession

2011.32

Source or Donor

Saugatuck Township Fire District

Acquisition Method

Donation

Made/Created

Date made

1900 - 1910

Lexicon

Search Terms

Saugatuck Township Fire Department

Location

Filing cabinet

Files Accession Number

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

General Notes

Note

Status: OK Status By: Mary Voss Status Date: 2011-09-19

Note

This image was featured for History Mystery#1 with the solution: Saugatuck Volunteer Fire Department, ca. 1908, in front of Saugatuck Village Hall. Members were (L to R, front row: D. Davis, F. Davis, I. Koning, C. Bird, Koning, H. Adams, H. Hirner; back row: L. Leland, R. Ruda, K. Walz, C. Redabaugh, S. Walz, F. Metzger, J. Davis)

Create Date

September 19, 2011

Update Date

November 30, 2025