Cities & towns; Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871; Buildings
Long, four-story brick or stone building. Over one doorway is the sign 'Vose, Dinsmore & Co. National Spring Works.' Two or three men stand in front of the door. Horse-drawn carriages are on the street in front of the building. Text on left:...
Cities & towns; Debris; Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871; Buildings
Ruined shell of a building. There is one wall still standing, but the rest of the building is mostly rubble with a dirt road in front of it. The Honore Block was located at South Dearborn and West Adams Streets at the northwest corner. Text on...
Cities & towns; Debris; Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871; Buildings; Union Station (Chicago, Ill.)
Shell of a building. Part of the left, rear, and right walls still stand, surrounded by rubble. Two horse-drawn wagons are on the street in front of the ruins. Text on left: Views in Chicago & Vicinity Before and after the Fire. Text on right:...
Cities & towns; Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871; Buildings
Long, four-story building close to the street with small trees in front. Handwritten Title: Terrace Row, Mich [Michigan] Ave. Text on left: Views in Chicago & Vicinity Before and after the Fire. Text on right: P.B. Greene, Photographer, 315...
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...
Fire stations; Men; Automobiles; Children; Cobblestone streets; Buildings; People; Transportation
A shiny car is parked in front of the doors of the Fire Department Headquarters at 623 W. Jefferson Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A young boy with a hat sits at the wheel as four men stand around the car. Three of them wear hats. The side of the...
Buildings; Military facilities; Armories; Fires; Kentucky. National Guard
Interior of Arsenal building of the (Frankfort) Kentucky National Guard destroyed by fire. The arsenal caught on fire during the night of June 30, 1933, after an explosion on the second floor. The building held the state's munitions. On back of...
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. Title supplied by cataloger.
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...
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...
City & town halls; City Hall (Louisville, Ky.); Historic buildings; Clock towers; Automobiles; Brick wall signs; Signs (Notices); Fire stations; Buildings; Transportation
Address: 601 W. Jefferson Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The City Hall Annex in Italianate and Second Empire style is surrounded by cars parked on the street. The sidewalk is lined with street lamps with round globes. The clock tower shows the time...
Fire stations; City & town halls; City Hall (Louisville, Ky.); Historic buildings; Buildings
The Fire Department Headquarters built in 1891 at 617 W. Jefferson Street in Louisville, Kentucky. Designed by the McDonald Brothers in the Richardsonian Romanesque style, it was called "the most complete in the South or West" at its...
Anchorage (Kentucky) fire station, a barn construction with bell tower. A car is parked in front, and a truck with wooden sides to the left. Image is irregular shape.
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 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 fighting; Buildings; Disasters; Fires; Floods; Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods--Ohio River; Explosions
Fireman working to put out fire at Louisville, Kentucky Varnish Company on 14th and Maple streets, January 26, 1937, during the 1937 Flood of the Ohio River. 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:...
