This dissertation is an examination of fire department response times in eight major cities of the United States including Houston, TX, Charlotte, NC, St. Paul, MN, Portland, OR, Seattle, WA, Louisville, KY, San Francisco, CA and Miami, FL. This...
Fire fighters; Fire stations; Fire engines; Vehicles
Louisville Fire Department fire fighters posed on No. 13 fire engine, in front of Louisville, Kentucky fire station. Sign or advertisement on fire engine reading: Schebler Replace Them All. Title supplied by cataloger.
Address: 439 Roselane, Louisville, Kentucky. Four firemen are on a fire truck in front of a station with a sign noting "Engine No. 9." The truck also has a number 9 painted on its side and sits on brick pavement. Behind the truck is a...
Fire fighters; Fire stations; Fire engines; Automobiles; Uniforms; Hats; Clock towers; Historic buildings; People; Transportation; Buildings
Address: 617-621 West Jefferson Street, Louisville, Kentucky. This street scene shows a fire engine coming out of Steam Engine Co. #2 and fire department headquarters as onlookers watch. Above the fire engine bay a sign says, "STOP, Caution,...
Fire fighters; Fire stations; Fire engines; Automobiles; Uniforms; Hats; Historic buildings; People; Men; Buildings
Address: 619 W. Jefferson Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Fire officials pose with their fire engines and other vehicles in front of the Fire Department headquarters. Near the roof of the building, two men's faces are carved. A number 2 is also...
Fire fighters; Fire stations; Fire engines; Uniforms; Hats; Brick wall signs; Signs (Notices); Historic buildings; People; Men; Buildings
Address: 619 W. Jefferson Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Fire officials pose with their fire engine in front of the Fire Department headquarters. This building is in Richardsonian Romanesque style and was added to the National Register of Historic...
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...
In Shelbyville, Kentucky, a man pulls two fire hoses from a fire truck, over a cavern in the ground and around a telephone pole where there may be a fire hydrant. A large brick building is visible to the left with a woman in white standing nearby.
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 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 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:...
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; Firefighting equipment; Fire stations; Men; Uniforms
Firemen from Louisville, Kentucky Engine Company #21 pose in front of fire engine and firehouse on Frankfort Avenue. Handwritten on front of image: "ENG. CO. #21, 1930; Anderson, Lou. Ky." Handwritten on back: "Frankfort."
Fire fighters; Automobiles; Vehicles; Men; Uniforms
Louisville Fire Department Second Battalion Chief's car, with two uniformed men standing on either side, fire bell on front, and convertible roof. Title supplied by cataloger.
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.
Fire engine with ladder against building and firefighters practicing with equipment at Louisville, Kentucky fire department training school. Title supplied by cataloger.
Buildings; Government facilities; Fire stations; Fire fighters
Men in front of the St. Matthews Fire Department. Two fire trucks are parked at an angle in front of the building. Two men sit in the front of each of the trucks. The truck on the left is labeled "St. Matthews Fire Department." Five men...
Fire engines; Firefighting equipment; Fire stations; Fire fighters
Firemen stand on and around fire truck, labeled "No. 6." The firemen wear cloth uniforms. They stand in front of a stone building bearing the inscription "Headquarters C.F.D." Postmarked 1913 on verso. Published by S.H. Kress...
This two-story building includes an open tower on top with a statue depicting a man with a horn and one arm pointed out. Another horn and a ring is depicted on the wall of the tower and the wording "Volunteer Firemen's Historical...
