Name/Title
Fire Dept. St. Joseph, MO, Firemen with Fire Wagon, Photo, c. 1875Entry/Object ID
P1995.1H.306Description
Fire Dept. St. Joseph, MO, Firemen with Fire Wagon, Photo, c. 1875. b/w. Two photos, different poses of the Firemen and their fire wagons, Fire Station not identified. See Museum Graphic, Spring, 1956, Vol VIII, No. 2, p. 10.
The men are posed with the Fire Engine "Bluebird" Asst. Fire Chief C. B. Claggett is pictured in coat at right. (This engine was sold for scrap during World War II in 1943).
95.1H.307 = Photo of nine men posed in front or on top of Fire Wagon, hoses spread out on ground in front. The men wear white shirts, trousers, and identical vests with badge pinned to front, one man with watch fob. Two men have jacket over vest. All wearing hats.
Handwritten below photo: "St. Joseph Fire Department, St. Joseph, Mo. 1875. No. 1, W.B. McNutt, Chief. No. 2, C.B. Claggett, Asst Chief"
95.1H.308 = More distanced view showing three fire wagons in a line, the firemen, dresses as above, posed in front. The fire wagon on right has enormous wheels, the one on left smaller, A fireman is sitting on the drivers seat on both left & right wagons. 11 men total. Same inscription as above.
D.S. Mitchell, Photographer.
Original digital scan located on History CD 05.Made/Created
Date made
1875Place
City
St. JosephState/Province
MissouriLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
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Fire departments, FiremenSearch Terms
St. Joseph Fire Department, Fire WagonRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
C.B. Claggett
