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 Image: Title: Date: Description:
1. Rialto Building Rialto Building n.d. Identified on front of photograph as old Rialto Building located at 9th and Grand. Indicates it burned and was 8 degrees below zero.
2. Ninth Street Theater Ninth Street Theater 1893 Identified as the 9th Street Theater after a fire dated January 18, 1893, 3:44 A.M. Appears to have been extensively damaged. According to the 1893 Kansas City city directory, theater was located at 324...
3. Nichols & Shepard Implement House Nichols & Shepard Implement House August 9, 1893 Exterior view of remains after a fire at the Nichols & Shepard Implement House. According to the 1893 Kansas City, Missouri city directory it was located at 1323 Hickory. Time of fire noted as 7:23 p.m....
4. Lon Hale Lon Hale n.d. Portrait of Lon Hale in firemen's uniform.
5. Kansas City Riverfront Kansas City Riverfront n.d. Early view of the Kansas City riverfront with numerous railroad tracks and some cars in view.
6. Kansas City Firemen in Scotland Kansas City Firemen in Scotland 1893 View of 10 identified Kansas City firemen standing/sitting by a model of Chief Hale's water tower. Taken in Glasgow, Scotland.
7. Kansas City Firemen and Equipment Kansas City Firemen and Equipment 1889 An exterior view of a group of 14 identified firemen standing by fire equipment in front of Fire Department headquarters building and Hook & Ladder No.1. Photo also includes dog on equipment. Includes...
8. 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...
9. 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....
10. 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.
11. 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]...
12. Kansas City Firemen Kansas City Firemen March 30, 1893 Exterior view of Kansas City firemen with equipment in use at the Campbell Glass and Paint building at 11th and Hickory. Building appears to have been on fire and is timed at 2:35 a.m. (Found in scrapbook...
13. John C. Egner John C. Egner n.d. Fire Chief John C. Egner seated behind the wheel of a vehicle.
14. 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
15. 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...
16. 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.
17. 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.
18. Firemen Laying Floor Firemen Laying Floor 1895 Identified as laying of a concrete floor by the members of Headquarters, Kansas City Fire Department.
19. 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.
20. 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...