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Industrial Fire Medicine AssociationBiblio.com

Journal of the Industrial Firearms Association Volume 70-7476-919396-114123-125137138-147 55 volumes

Chelsea Massachusetts FireBiblio.com

1908 Chelsea Massachusetts Fire Disaster Archive Documenting of Burned Churches Schools Hospitals and Civic Infrastructure

1908232131908. Chelsea fire real photo postcard archive documenting the destruction of civic religious medical and financial institutions in Chelsea outside of Boston Massachusetts after the November 1908 fire one of the most destructive urban fires in early twentieth century New England. This collection displays not only the ruined architecture but on the functions that had to be reestablished after the fire including places of worship schooling banking and medical care. Not only do these images display a developing New England city in ruins but the involvement of the surrounding community that was left displaced to pick up the pieces. Photo archive of 12 silver gelatin real photo postcards each 3" x 5.5" Chelsea Massachusetts circa 1908. The cards show skeletal masonry walls roofless church towers leveled residential blocks ash fields and streets lined with stripped tree trunks and scattered debris. Printed captions identify multiple sites including "Ruins of Unitarian Church Chelsea Mass." "Universalist Church Fourth & Chestnut St." "Ruins of Fay School Chelsea Mass." "Ruins of Public Library" "Central Church from Broadway Chelsea Mass." "Ruins of Williams School & First Universalist Church Chelsea Mass." and "Remains of Frost Hospital." Several views are wide panoramas taken from elevated ground or across open lots showing block after block reduced to foundations and chimneys while others isolate single institutional buildings left standing as shells. Human figures appear throughout as scale markers and witnesses with pedestrians moving through cleared streets and one especially important card showing uniformed cadets and coast artillery guards with rifles outside the Chelsea Savings Bank. The Great Chelsea Fire burned through a substantial section of the city in 1908 and displaced thousands making it one of the most destructive urban fires in New England in its period. These postcards preserve the public facing record created immediately after the disaster when churches schools hospitals libraries and banks were photographed not as isolated ruins but as essential parts of a city whose institutional framework had to be defended and rebuilt. Some edge and corner wear; minor toning. Overall very good condition. A concentrated record of urban destruction emergency security and civic reconstruction in Chelsea Massachusetts. unknown

Max Rambod Inc. · États-Unis550,00 $US≈ 465,35 €

Fire Department ModernizationBiblio.com

Modernizing Fire Departments in Massachusetts and the Northeast Archive of 33 Photos Documenting the Transition from Horse-Drawn Steam Engines to Modern Automotive Fire Trucks 1910-1940s

1910233921910. TechnologyRescue Operations American fire engine modernization archive documenting the transition from horse drawn steam engines to motorized trucks and rescue wagons in Massachusetts and across the Northeast between the 1910s and 1940s. Fire departments across the U.S. began to transition from horses and steam pumpers to gasoline powered apparatus to account for urban growth taller buildings electrical wiring and automobile traffic changing the speed and scale of emergency response. The archive records identified departments and apparatus makers including Mack GMC Ford Seagrave Studebaker American LaFrance and Maxim mostly showing departments across Massachusetts departments and with additional images from New York Pennsylvania New Jersey Rhode Island and Vermont. Photo archive of 33 silver gelatin photographs many with captions ranging from 2 x 3 to 4 x 6 inches chiefly Massachusetts with additional material from Vermont Pennsylvania New York New Jersey and Rhode Island 1910s to 1940s. Fire engines and firefighters appear in station fronts street parades apparatus portraits airport grounds and active fire scenes. Captions identify New York City Rescue 1 Mack; Syracuse Rescue 1 GMC; Highland Park Pennsylvania Rescue 2 Mack; Plainfield New Jersey Rescue GMC; Chelmsford Massachusetts Emergency No. 7 Studebaker; Camp Edwards Massachusetts Mack Engine 4; Needham Massachusetts Mack Engine 3; Lawrence Massachusetts Engine 3 American LaFrance; Boston Ladder 8 Ladder 9 and Ladder 21; Cambridge Engine 3; Canton Massachusetts Mack engine; Shrewsbury Massachusetts Engine 3 and Ladder 3; Barrington Vermont; Stoneham Massachusetts Bell Block; River Street Boston; First Scientist Church Somerville; and Fort House Somerville. Horse drawn apparatus appears outside Hope No. 1 in Pittsburgh and in a parade scene while motorized ladder trucks carry long wooden extension ladders hose reels searchlights bells sirens polished pumps and side mounted tools. The images provide a side by side record of old and new fire protection: horse teams exposed steam machinery open cab ladder trucks and later motorized emergency vehicles. Chas. E. Beckwith's Fire Dept. Photographer stamp connects at least part of the group to a specialist working for Massachusetts fire departments. Photographs stapled to eight disbound black album pages; scattered fading handling wear with legible captions. Some with additional handwritten captions on versos. Overall in good condition. unknown

Max Rambod Inc. · États-Unis650,00 $US≈ 549,97 €

Trinity United Methodist Church FireBiblio.com

Sequential Photographs of the Fire Destruction of Trinity United Methodist Church Clearfield Pennsylvania: Large Scale Urban Fire and Volunteer Firefighting Operations December 1968

1968233001968. Fire destruction of Trinity United Methodist Church on South 2nd Street in Clearfield Pennsylvania photographed during the active overnight blaze of December 21 1968 in a dramatic sequential record of one of the borough's largest twentieth century urban fires. The archive captures the church while fully engulfed preserving flames erupting through the roofline smoke pouring from the arcaded façade hose streams striking the structure from darkened streets and the silhouette of the church tower rising above the fire. The photographs record not only the destruction of a major downtown religious landmark led at the time by Rev. Oliver H. R. Krapf but also the operational reality of late 1960s volunteer firefighting systems in small town Pennsylvania where borough police volunteer companies ladder apparatus hydrant pressure and regional mutual aid networks were rapidly assembled in an effort to contain a spreading structural fire. The blaze was first spotted around 2:10 a.m. by taxi driver Billy Knepp after which Fire Chief William Swisher summoned neighboring companies to prevent the fire from spreading beyond the church into the surrounding civic center. Photo archive of 16 silver gelatin photographs mounted to a large cardstock sheet measuring approximately 20" x 14" each image roughly 3.5" x 5" Clearfield Pennsylvania December 1968. Each photograph is numbered by hand from 1 to 16 and together they function almost cinematically moving through different stages and vantage points of the firefight. The images center the church's cut stone arcades and bell tower as bright interior firelight blows outward through the large arched openings and flames tear across the roof structure above. Several photographs show powerful hose streams cutting diagonally across the frame toward the burning façade while others pull back into wider nighttime street scenes where bare winter trees utility poles parked cars wet pavement and gathered onlookers remain visible beneath smoke and reflected firelight. One frame includes a firefighter seen from behind at street level facing the inferno while another captures a bicyclist or passerby entering the foreground as the church burns behind him. Multiple views emphasize the repetition of the long arcade row transforming the church exterior into a glowing sequence of arches illuminated by active fire inside the structure. The resulting series preserves not only the destruction itself but the visual atmosphere of the emergency response: steam smoke glare darkness reflective pavement and shifting vantage points from the surrounding streets as firefighters attempted to control the blaze. The archive is especially significant as documentation of pre modernized municipal fire response during a period when Pennsylvania boroughs depended heavily on intercompany volunteer assistance for major structural fires. The identified responding companies from Lawrence Township Hyde Curwensville Philipsburg and Chester Hill gives the group great specificity within the history of regional mutual aid firefighting networks. At the same time the photographs preserve the loss of an architecturally prominent early twentieth century Methodist church before widespread sprinkler retrofitting and later fire protection standards transformed many American religious and civic structures in the decades that followed. Mount toning with expected contrast loss and glare in several high intensity night exposures. Overall good condition. unknown

Max Rambod Inc. · États-Unis780,00 $US≈ 659,96 €

Fire department photo albumBiblio.com

Early Motorized Fire Department Photo Album Apparatus and Firefighting Technology California 1912

1912177181912. Fire department photo album ca 1912 a visual record of early motorized firefighting that documents the transition from horse drawn apparatus to mechanized emergency response in California. The album centers on a small town department identified by the uniform insignia "CCFD" capturing a moment when motor vehicles were beginning to replace traditional equipment even as many larger cities still relied on horse drawn engines. The presence of specialized vehicles and organized crews reflects the modernization of municipal and volunteer fire services in the early twentieth century as departments adopted new technologies to improve response speed and operational capacity. Photo album containing 42 silver gelatin photographs housed in original string bound black leather covers. Images depict firefighters posed with motorized apparatus including vehicles associated with Kissel an early automobile manufacturer known for producing service and utility vehicles. Several photographs show crews at fire scenes alongside the charred remains of structures while others document equipment group portraits and operational contexts. One loose photograph bears the caption "This Rig is used for carrying back dirty hose. The other three are useless" providing a candid comment on equipment function and intra crew perspective. Additional imagery includes a woman seated on a Kissel automobile indicating the broader presence of early motor vehicles within the community. The album documents a transitional phase in firefighting history when mechanization reshaped emergency services reducing reliance on animal power and enabling more complex logistical coordination. Departments adopting motorized equipment during this period often represented early adopters of automotive technology within their communities and their visual documentation provides insight into both technological change and local organization of public safety. The combination of posed and candid images captures both formal representation and everyday practice within a fire brigade adapting to new tools and methods. Covers show light wear with secure string binding; photographs remain clear and well preserved. Overall very good condition. unknown

Max Rambod Inc. · États-Unis850,00 $US≈ 719,19 €

UNIDENTIFIED FIRE FIGHTERBiblio.com

BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT 1903 Manuscript Daily Log

1903000006bBoston Massachusetts MA. Fair. 1903. Hardcover. Wonderful all handwritten 9" x 11" hardback daily hour by hour journal from an unspecified fire department but almost certainly Boston. Dated July 1903 through Oct. 1903. The day of horse drawn fire engines. 300 pages. No missing pages. The log is written in black ink with all the fire calls written in red ink. Contains information on the care of the engines and horses roll call who's in charge of meals who's absent and on vacation fire call addresses and names of all the fire men etc etc. Items too numerous to mention. A typical days entry: Sunday Oct 4th 1903. 12am York relieved Ryan on house patrol. 1am Water in Engine 38 and 39 at 4th and 3rd gauge . Steam at 100 lbs. 2am Hart relieved York on house patrol. 3am 3 and 4 G's of water in engines 38 and 39. Steam 95 lbs 4am Heaters OK. Patrol completed York and Hart. 4am Burke relieved Hart on house patrol. 6:45am Morning call struck. 7am Lt. Lynch Marden Ryan Doughtery Burke Gilligan to breakfast. 7:25am Received alarm from box 38 Tapper and Gong. Engine 39 responded to fire at #70 Long Wharf. Connected to hydrant opposite 62 Long Wharf. Company services not required. Reports to Chief Cheswell and ordered to quarters by same. 1 officer and 5 men responded with apparatus. 2 officers and 6 men responded to fire. While responding to the above alarm horse #677 was injured by colliding with post of elevated structure receiving injuries that caused him to be killed. Company returned. Absent 35 minutes. Other entry: Responded to Railroad car #355 in NY NH & H railroad yard caused by fierce exploding company. Used 1 extinguisher. Another entry: Still alarm for fire inside building #33 and 37 Wormwood St. Engine 39 hose wagon responded to fire on 2nd floor. Run 200 feet of hose from hydrant on Wormwood St and passed water 5 minutes. Absent 55 minutes. THIS IS A WONDERFUL ONE OF A KIND FIREFIGHTER HISTORICAL ITEM. Most of the pages are loose with yellowing on the edges with some tatters. The spine is missing and taped.; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Hand Written Personal Americana Memoir Fire Department Fireman Fire Stations Public Service Arson Handwritten hand written autograph autographs signed letters document documents manuscript manuscripts writers writer author holograph personal Americana Firefighters Fireman BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS MA . hardcover

Katz Fine Manuscripts Inc. · Canada995,99 $US≈ 842,71 €

[EARTHQUAKE & FIRE -- SAN FRANCISCO STEREOGRAPH PHOTOS]. JOHNSON, Clinton (Photographer).Biblio.com

An exceptional group of 10 stereoview albumen photos of after-effects from the catastrophic 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire the devastation afterwards and relief efforts. Masonic Hall in the distance 21; Lick Baths 24; McCormick Building looking up Market Street 26; Looking down Folsom Street 29; Near corner of Battery and Front 35; General scene of devastation 38; Emporium from Jessie Street side 44; Refugees in line for relief 55; Ruins manufacturing district 64; Ruins Hopkins Institute Nob Hill 82.

190660850San Francisco & Los Angeles CA: Clinton Johnson 1906. Ten albumen mounted stereoview photos sized 6.4 x 3.25 in. mounted on 7 x 3.5 in. flat gray studio board mimeographed typescript title labels mounted on all versos most images w/ photographer’s imprint w/in the negative at lower fore-edge all w/ rounded corners very minor edgewear still a NF grouping. This outstanding group of very scarce albumen Woodbury-type stereograph photos vividly capture the widespread damage from the April 18 1906 earthquake and subsequent fires which destroyed over 80% of the city of San Francisco which at the time was the largest city on the West Coast. Nearly three-fourths of the population were left homeless and makeshift refugee camps in Golden Gate Park the Presidio the Panhandle and the beaches between Ingleside and North Beach operated for years after the disaster as the city rebuilt. Reconstruction and commercial activities began almost immediately with a couple of these images showing the roadways largely cleared of debris with piles of rubble and devastation spreading into the distance. Many of the images show gutted buildings advertising signs faintly visible in the ruined brick facades and immense piles of masonry and smoking ruins. One of the images capture groups of men hunkering down reading papers smoking and largely shell-shocked waiting in the refugee line for aid. The historic James Lick Baths are depicted in ruins ine one of the images and were rebuilt following the disaster utilizing as much of the original structure as possible in order to remain in operation and the facade was simplified from the original Richardson Romanesque Revival to Renaissance Revival and would operate as one of five public baths from 1906 to 1920. The structure was later converted to the People’s Laundry in operation until 1973. Another of the stereoviews depicts the remnants of the McCormick Hotel before it would later be destroyed along with all of the surrounding ruins by the US Army Corps of Engineers. In fact one sergeant of the battalion narrowly escaped death as the building collapsed while he was placing the charge in the basement. Johnson 1875-1948 appears in street directories in Los Angeles as photographer from 1896-1906 but appears on no census or business trade listings for the period and also managed to eschew registering for the draft. His stereograph series for the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake & Fire appears to be relatively uncommon and the only major institutional holdings are in the Bancroft library with 39 BANC PIC 1905.02074-.02118--STER however nearly all of the images in this collection are not represented. In addition these images correspond mostly closely in format to the Bancroft’s version which were issued with decorative printed boards and captions rubber stamped below while these do not bear the printed boards and captions are mounted on versos. Clinton Johnson, hardcover

Zephyr Used & Rare Books · États-Unis1 250,00 $US≈ 1 057,63 €

[CALCUTTA FIRE INSURANCE]Biblio.com

Tariffs of the Calcutta Fire Insurance Agents' Association. Corrected to 1st January 1912

1912AQ32120Calcutta: Printed at the Criterion Printing Works 1912. 4 222pp. Original publisher's red cloth-backed printed buff paper boards. Heavily rubbed marked and discoloured upper joint starting. Upper hinge partially exposed occasional marginal staining/dust-soiling very occasional early manuscript annotations to text. Together with: Rules of the fire offices' committee foreign for automatic sprinkler installations. s.i. s.n. 1909. Second edition. 8vo. 30 3pp 1. Stapled as issued in original publisher's printed powder blue wrappers. A trifle dust-soiled contemporary manuscript note and inked ownership inscription of W. Crawford to upper wrapper staples rusted. Internally clean and crisp. And: Rules of the fire offices' committee foreign for automatic sprinkler installations. s.i. s.n. 1912. Third edition. 8vo. 2 31pp 1. Stapled as issued in original publisher's printed powder blue wrappers. A trifle dust- soiled contemporary inked ownership inscription of W. Crawford to upper wrapper coloured pencil annotation to lower wrapper staples rusted. Internally clean and crisp. And: The Calcutta Fire Insurance Agents' Association. Wiring rules for electrical installations. Adopted 22nd May 1908. Calcutta. Printed at the Industrial Printing Works 1908. 12mo. 2 41pp 1. With a folding chart. Original publisher's red cloth-backed printed red wrappers. Clean and crisp. And: Calcutta Fire Insurance Agents' Association. Fire Extinguishing Appliances. Specification of requirements necessary to obtain special reductions in Insurance Rates. Calcutta. Printed at the Industrial Printing Works 1909. 12mo. 4 59pp. Original publisher's red cloth-backed printed red wrappers. Extremities a trifle marked. A clutch of five apparently unrecorded publications relating to and issued for private circulation by the Calcutta Fire Insurance Agents' Association. . Quarto. Printed at the Criterion Printing Works hardcover

Antiquates Ltd · Royaume-Uni950,00 £GB≈ 1 084,71 €

[FIRE ENGINES -- PHOTO SALES ALBUM]. [CHILDS, Wallace J (Pres)].Biblio.com

An exceptional salesman sample photo album with 36 linen-backed silver gelatin photographs for O.J. Childs Co. fire engines primarily pumpers as well as other fire fighting equipment from this historic fire fighting equipment manufacturers.

191961612Utica NY: O.J. Childs Co. Fire Apparatus 138 Liberty ca. 1919-1922. 4to. 36 leaves unnumbered. linen-backed silver gelatin photos some hinged most negative numbers w/in negative at lower fore-edge all w/ typed captions & identifying text on versos a few w/ caption on recto below the image. Contemporary black-simulated calf vinyl 3-ring loose-leaf binder rounded corners yapp fore-edges minor edgewear & fraying to some of the linen backing on images minor occasional creasing indications of use wear & bumping to covers still a VG exemplar. This uncommon salesman sample photo album includes excellent original photographs of many significant O.J. Childs Co. fire engines and firefighting equipment manufactured in Utica NY following World War I. These factory images encompass Type â€œBâ€ Triple Combination on REO chassis; Triple Combination Pump Chemical & Hose Car on Federal 1 1/2 ton chassis; Straight Chemical Equipment o 1921 Brookway 1 1/2 ton chassis; and many other variations thereof. O.J. Childs built their own engines like American-La France because commercial truck engines not only lacked the torque but also the endurance to drive a fire pump for hours without overheating or damaging pistons connecting rods and valves. The images include fire engines supplied to the Morristown NJ Basking Ridge NJ Winsted CT Orenda Hose Co. Griffith IN East Greenwich NJ Mt. Carmel PA Loch Sheldrake NY and many others. Also used by the Childsâ€™ Co. customers were such manufacturers as Dodge-Graham Ford pleasure chassis Packard Model EX White 20-45 Chassis a Ward-La France and many more. Orlando J. Childs organized the O.J. Childs Co. Fire Apparatus in 1899 to take over the business of the Utica Fire Extinguisher Co. who were best known for their chemical fire extinguishers designed and patented originally in 1896-97 by William Pomfret and Thomas Keating. They quickly began actively selling fire extinguishers to businesses individuals and even specialized on fire extinguishers for early automobile enthusiasts during the Brass Era who suffered frequent engine fires. After producing their first Triple Combination Pump Wagon about 1910 they quick espanced into ready-made chemical tank truck fire-engines for rural fire departments. Wallace Childs acquired the Foamite Firefoam Co. in New York in 1922 and in 1926 the entire company was acquired and became a subsidiary of American-La France Fire Engine Co. No similar albums images or catalogues located in Worldcat; See: Mark Theobald O.J. Childs & Co. Foamite-Childs Corp American-LaFrance Corp. Coachbuilt 2004. O.J. Childs Co., Fire Apparatus, 138 Liberty, unknown

Zephyr Used & Rare Books · États-Unis1 850,00 $US≈ 1 565,29 €

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