Townsend Wyatt Dry Goods Fire Scene, 502-506 Felix, 1893
Entry/Object ID
2007.33.883
Description
Townsend Wyatt Dry Goods Fire Scene, 502-506 Felix, 5th & Felix, 1893. Architect unknown. Construction date c. 1890. The photo is of an 1893 fire at the building. This was a 5-story brick building. Townsend and Wyatt Dry Goods painted at top on side of building.
07.33.883 Exterior View, Building on fire, lots of black smoke emitting from top floors. Fire Dept. with fire wagon on street. Large water stream being directed against building. Glass is broken out of all the display windows. Large pedestrian crowd about 1/2 block down Felix Street on sidewalk and in street in front of St. Joseph Book & Stationery. There is even a horse/buggy in the crowd. 3 men are fighting the fire from the roof of the adjacent building. Adjacent building in addition to book store houses, Mechanics Building & Loan, K. of P. (Knights of Pythian?), Quigley Brothers Title Abstracts. Sepia print.
