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1. 11th and Grand Avenue 11th and Grand Avenue 1889 Street view with firefighting equipment and firemen. Identified on photograph as 11th and Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri, 1889 Chief Engineers Convention. View includes what appears to be Hale's water...
2. 9th Street Theater Ruins 9th Street Theater Ruins 1893 Street level view of the ruins from the 9th Street Theater fire, dated January 18, 1893. Firemen and equipment in view. Theater located at 324 W. 9th Street.
3. Armourdale Fire Armourdale Fire 1895 Ruins of an Armourdale, Kansas City, Kansas fire identified as the Reed Bros. Packing House. Also visible is the Fire Department's water tower. Dated March 24, 1895.
4. Baird Building Baird Building 1894 Full street view of the Baird Building located on the southwest corner of 6th and Wyandotte. Taken after a recent fire. According to information written on the photograph, the building burned October 25,...
5. Chief Hale's Water Tower Chief Hale's Water Tower n.d. Street level view of what is identified as "Chief Hale, first water tower.." Device is sitting on the street in front of Keith F. & C. Co. store on Walnut between 8th and 9th Street.
6. Fire Chief George Hale Fire Chief George Hale 1893 Full body view of Kansas City Fire Chief George Hale shaking hands with Chief Patterson, Glasgow, Scotland. A model of Hale's Water Tower is on the floor beside them.
7. Fire Department Equipment Fire Department Equipment n.d. Fire station interior view of wagon and harness used by the fire department.
8. Fire Ruins Fire Ruins 1892 Identified on photograph as Peak Bros. Overall Fact[ory] and Rigly Ramsey Printing Co. Remains of fire dated January 17, 1892. Same photograph as I.D. 210718.
9. Fire Ruins at Browning, King and Company Fire Ruins at Browning, King and Company 1892 Icy remains from a fire identified as Browning, King and Company and dated January 17, 1892 with the temperature 17 degrees below zero. A newspaper clipping with the photo indicates it was the Deardorff...
10. Fire Scene Fire Scene January 17, 1893 Fire ruins of overall factory, paper box factory and Ramsey Printing Company. Time noted is 12:40 a.m. and 6 below zero. Written on the photographs is "Central bet.." Same as I.D.#210724.
11. Firemen Laying Floor Firemen Laying Floor 1895 Identified as laying of a concrete floor by the members of Headquarters, Kansas City Fire Department.
12. Hale Water Tower Hale Water Tower n.d. Exterior view taken at 19th and Central showing firemen and George Hale's water tower. Probably taken in the 1880s/1890s.
13. Hale Zouaves Hale Zouaves ca1880s Group of men and women, identified on the photograph as Hale Z[o]uaves, K..C., Mo. Includes an African American youngster as well as a man in perhaps a Civil War uniform.
14. Hale's Water Tower In Action Hale's Water Tower In Action n.d. Street level view looking south of Hale's Water Tower in action in front of the Walnut Street Methodist Church, South located on Walnut Street between 8th and 9th. The Federal Custom House and Post Office...
15. Jaccard Jewelry Company Ruins Jaccard Jewelry Company Ruins 1893 View of the ruins at the rear of the Jaccard Jewelry Company building after a fire. Photograph is dated January 13, 1893
16. John C. Egner John C. Egner n.d. Fire Chief John C. Egner seated behind the wheel of a vehicle.
17. Kansas City Firemen Kansas City Firemen n.d. Composite view of 17 identified Kansas City firemen. Found loose in front of the scrapbook. Includes Chief John Egner in the center of the composite. Dated sometime between 1906 to 1918 when Egner was...
18. Kansas City Firemen Kansas City Firemen October, 1901 Exterior view of group of 13 identified Kansas City firemen with fire horses Buck and Mack. Location is identified as a street fair exhibition, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1901. Found on page four of the scrapbook....
19. Kansas City Firemen Kansas City Firemen 1888 Exterior view of a group of Kansas City firemen in front of Hose Co. No. 2 and Fire Department Headquarters building at 8th and Walnut. The name "Andy Ryan" is written on the photo.
20. Kansas City Firemen Kansas City Firemen 1899 Exterior street level view of Kansas City firemen in front of the Fire Department Headquarters building which housed Hook & Ladder No.1 and Hose Co. No.2. Identified on photograph as aerial H[ook] & L[adder]...