Firemen with floodlights, no identification, Louisville, Kentucky. Two firefighters in black pants, white shirts, black ties, and black hats with emblems kneel holding floodlights. A fire hat is in the background. The photograph has been touched up...
Firemen with hose, no identification, Louisville, Kentucky. Two firefighters spray a hose diagonally towards a building with a fire escape; no fire is visible. The back of one man's uniform reads "No. 1 Truck." The photograph is tall and...
Fire stations; Group portraits; Fire fighters; Fire engines; Steam engines
Group portrait of firefighters sitting and standing around a steam engine at the Engine Company No. 6, located at present day 2427 Portland Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky, 1874. The address at the time was listed in the City Directory as...
Fire stations; Fire fighters; Fire engines; Group portraits; Uniforms
Group portrait of seven firefighters in front of the open doors of a firehouse at 1328-1330 South Preston Street in 1915. Three men sit atop two separate horse-drawn hook and ladder fire engines. Photo taken by the Royal Photo Company, as indicated...
Fire fighters; Industrial facilities; Buildings; People; Men
A fireman takes a drink of water. Two gentlemen wearing coats and caps carry mugs and a pail of water. Behind them firefighters spray water on a smoldering building. Beyond that the top of the Bourbon Stock Yard Co. can be seen.
Fire fighters; Industrial facilities; Fire engines; Utility poles; People; Transportation; Buildings
A crowd watches as firefighters work on a fire at Thirteenth and Main Streets in the Portland neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky. At the left are two steam-powered pumps. In the background a fireman in a light-colored hat and coat climbs a ladder...
Fire fighters; Fire engines; Vehicles; People associated with health & safety; Uniforms
Uniformed firefighters stand on fire engine No. 2. Image is discolored and marked from age. Written on another copy of image: "Louisville, Kentucky, April 14-1918; Enlargement by R.G. Potter." Original information associated with this...
Fire engine with ladder against building and firefighters practicing with equipment at Louisville, Kentucky fire department training school. Handwritten on back of print: "Fire Dept.-Training school." Title supplied by cataloger.
Louisville Salvage Corps fire engine No. 2 in front of fire station in Russell neighborhood, Louisville, Kentucky. From 1888-1941, the Louisville Salvage Corps served to protect fire victims' belongings while firefighters concentrated on putting...
Fire engine with ladder against building and firefighters practicing with equipment at Louisville, Kentucky fire department training school. Title supplied by cataloger.
Fire fighters; Fire engines; Firefighting equipment; People associated with health & safety
Firefighters stand next to a three-wheeled steam fire engine in Louisville, Kentucky. Image looks watermarked and discolored. Printed on image: "ENG. CO NO 1.--1874, Andy. Kreitzer. CAP'T." Handwritten on bottom of mounted print:...