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2023DADAX145593092XNFPA 2023-11-15. Eighth. loose_leaf. New. 0.00x0.00x0.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. NFPA unknown
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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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
184415216Berlin, Wilhelm Ernst & Sohn, 1844. Mit 1 lithogr. Frontispiz und zahlreichen Text-Abbildungen in Holzstich.. Lwd.d.Zt. (mit Rückentitel), VII; 304 S., 8° [3 Warenabbildungen]
2022SONG145592914XNational Fire Protection Association NFPA 2022-07-01. loose_leaf. Used: Good. 0.00x0.00x0.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) unknown
19702091502135419023Industrial Firearms Association 1970. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 55 Industrial Firearms Association paperback
1993mon0000135118Fire Protection Association 1993-01-01. Unknown Binding. Good. in x in x in. NOT ex-library. Clean copy in good condition. Fire Protection Association unknown
ria9781566767996_inpPaperback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; This book compares technical information of various fire retardant coatings for electric cables. It also summarizes various testing methods with a special emphasis on the Factory Mutual testing standard. paperback
1825102273<p>Letter sheets 8" x 12" 3 pages plus integral address leaf. Extensive tape repairs to folds mostly archival tape but some regular tape too which has caused a little browning in areas long tear obscures writers signature but partially visible creased normal aging and browning remnant of wax seal; otherwise good or better. The letter is to Boston Mayor Josiah Quincy 1772-1864 a future head of Harvard and served eight years in Congress. It appears after becoming Boston's mayor he sent delegates to New York and Philadelphia to study fire fighting techniques in those cities. The author of this letter read about this mission and sent Mayor Quincy a lengthy letter on the subject. The probable author is Solon Robinson 1803-1880 although his signature is partially obscured by a tear. However on the back page a smudged docketed note identifies him as Solon Robertson or Robinson. Robinson was a writer and would become a well known Indiana pioneer. In any case the author would suggest a far more modern system for fighting fires than the existing practice of engines carrying water to fires which would become useless when the water ran out. he proposed putting lead aqueduct pipes "laid deep underground and leading to every part of the city." While her does not use the term fire hydrants the water would be accessed from locked iron covers that would serve that function. ABN.</p>
1825102273<p>Letter sheets 8" x 12" 3 pages plus integral address leaf. Extensive tape repairs to folds mostly archival tape but some regular tape too which has caused a little browning in areas long tear obscures writers signature but partially visible creased normal aging and browning remnant of wax seal; otherwise good or better. The letter is to Boston Mayor Josiah Quincy 1772-1864 a future head of Harvard and served eight years in Congress. It appears after becoming Boston's mayor he sent delegates to New York and Philadelphia to study fire fighting techniques in those cities. The author of this letter read about this mission and sent Mayor Quincy a lengthy letter on the subject. The probable author is Solon Robinson 1803-1880 although his signature is partially obscured by a tear. However on the back page a smudged docketed note identifies him as Solon Robertson or Robinson. Robinson was a writer and would become a well known Indiana pioneer. In any case the author would suggest a far more modern system for fighting fires than the existing practice of engines carrying water to fires which would become useless when the water ran out. he proposed putting lead aqueduct pipes "laid deep underground and leading to every part of the city." While her does not use the term fire hydrants the water would be accessed from locked iron covers that would serve that function. ABN.</p> books
186429021415Anthony Coventry RI 1864-1894. General wear and toning. The smaller of the two notebooks has semi detached covers. . A set of two notebooks containing nearly thirty years of the meeting minutes of the annual July 4 gathering of the Coventry Factory Fire Engine Company. These minutes includes a list of members and officers voted in each year as well all the outcome of any topic put to vote. The meetings take place in Anthony RI which is a small village within Coventry RI. The smaller copybook is completely full and contains minutes from their annual meetings dating from 1864 to 1881. The second and larger notebook begins where the first notebook left off in 1882 and continues until 1890 when at the annual meeting there was no quorum present and as such "the charter of the company was declared forfeited sic and the company disbanded." In August of 1893 the company was reorganized under the old charter. Four more meetings follow in 1893 with the last meeting recorded stating that the fire company met to compete at the Kent Co. Fair and won the third prize of ten dollars. Included with this set are several receipts and notes of the fire company. There are eight 8 receipts dating between 1893-1894 two of them are undated. One scrap piece of paper which served as a draft for a portion of one of the annual meeting minutes. A roll call list of members from the 1893 annual meeting. A list of dues paid by each individual member. And lastly a note dated September 15 1893 which certifies that the fire company won the third prize in the Hand Engine Contest Open at the Kent Co. Fair. Below is an excerpt from one of the entries: "The squirt gun was tested and proved very satisfactory. It was voted that Lt Capt Byron Matteson be a committed to inspect the Hay Cart and any other machine he may see fit and report as soon as posable. There being more business the meeting adjourned to the call of the Captain." - August 3 1893 Meeting These journals most likely belonged to Arthur J. Matteson 1859-1925 who was the Secretary of the Company from 1888-1893. Matteson lived in Coventry RI and worked as a machinist. Small Notebook: Brown illustrated wrappers depicting several scenes of children on a farm. The back cover has a multiplication table and a decorative border. String binding. Completely full. Measures 8" x 6 1/2" Large Notebook: Black decorative paper over boards. Red fore edge. One fourth filled. Measures 8 1/2" x 6 3/4" <br/><br/> hardcover books
193329817New York 1933. Brown pebbled cloth quarter bound with red leather. Pink paper labels with inclusive dates on spines; journal number written in black ink over-written in white ink. As to be expected with volumes put to daily use the bindings are worn & soiled with fraying front joint cloth to #79. Nevertheless an About VG - VG set. 2 volumes. 1000 numbered pages. 14" x 8-1/2" 36 cm x 23 cm. <br/><br/>Hook and Ladder Company No. 27 was originally part of Combined Engine Company 46 - Bronx which was organized on July 11 1881. The Company moved to new quarters at 451 E. 176th Street on April 1 1895. The Combined Engine Company was disbanded in order to organize Engine 46 and Hook and Ladder Company 27 on June 1 1904. In a NYTimes article of April 18 1904 it was announced that Fire Commissioner Hayes had established a new Fire Department Battalion in the Bronx to be known as the Seventeenth. This Battalion included Hook and Ladder Company 27. Hook and Ladder Company 27 was located at 453 E. 176th Street. The Company was relocated to new quarters at 460 Cross Bronx Expressway on November 6 1972 at which time it was disbanded to organize Ladder 58. The two journals provide an in-depth and fascinating glimpse into the daily operations of one of New York's finest Hook and Ladder Company No. 27. Noted down to the minute are the times the men came on duty and when they were relieved; when drills took place; inspections; testing of the telegraph equipment; who was on house watch and when he was relieved; exactly when an alarm came in by what method and from what station. Certain members of the Company were more complete in their entries stating that the Company and apparatus responded to alarm where they found the fire and when they returned to the station. A nice set documenting a segment of the NYFD's long illustrious history. hardcover books
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1918642306General Fire Extinguisher Company; Grinnell Co 1918. First Edition. Paperback. Good. Complete run of 36 issues starting with #1 in May 1918 through March 1925 of the company magazine of America's largest manufacturer of automatic sprinkler sytems and fire safety equipment. QUITE RARE. Illustrated in b/w throughout. Bound in two black cloth Emerson binders several covers loose some wear. Bound in is a typed letter signed by the editor. One issue the 'Special Smile Issue' is entirely devoted to smiling employees while another - covering an employee theatrical performance - features employees in blackface. General Fire Extinguisher Company; Grinnell Co paperback
087939269X-8-1Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting. unknown
181855212Providence: Miller & Hutchens printers 1818. Bifolium approx. 15" x 10" printed text and table on page 1 the integral leaf consisting of a pro-forma document accomplished in manuscript: "No. 16. Columbian Fire Company of Providence. This Policy of Insurance Witnesseth That.in consideration of Thirty Dollars to them paid by the Insured herein named the Receipt thereof is hereby acknowledged Do Insure William P. Greene of Providence. against Loss or Damage by Fire in the amount of Three Thousand Dollars on the stock in trade consisting of Dry Goods and contained in the lower story of Store No. 7 Market Square directly opposite in said Providence. Said store is built of Wood and two stories high as per application filed No. 16-- $3000." Further printed text setting forth terms and conditions with signatures of William Wilkinson President of the company and Charles Norris Tibbitts witness and dated November 7th 1818 at bottom. Manuscript docket on verso. There are old folds and the two leaves of the Proposals and accompanying policy are partially separated. There is some staining and browning to the margins and at the top of the Proposals extending into text. The prospectus is quite striking typographically. Not in OCLC or American Imprints. William P. Green 1784-1855 the insured was a Providence ship owner and merchant. Included with the Proposals and integral policy are twelve manuscript letters sent to Greene in 1818 being business correspondence from Savannah Richmond Boston among other places. The letters are variously browned and stained though legible. <br/><br/> Miller & Hutchens, printers unknown books
REDLTVFQBX1SIntl Fire Service Training Assn. paperback. Good. in x in x in. Intl Fire Service Training Assn paperback
1980233751980. Rescue Operations Richardson Texas Fire Department photo archive documenting the sequential order of a small city rescue operation circa 1980s recording municipal crews as they move from arrival and exterior assessment to ladder access hose deployment radio communication breathing apparatus use residential fire suppression interior inspection overhaul and salvage. The archive documents firefighters wearing RFD helmets working from roofs windows ladders burned interiors refuse piles and exterior hose lines showing not just isolated scenes of fire suppression but the step by step process by which a suburban fire department managed an active emergency. Scenes capture fire crews masking up beside engines directing water into smoking structures removing material from upper floors inspecting charred rooms and coordinating around damaged buildings after flame knockdown.<br /> <br /> Photo archive of 24 glossy silver gelatin photographs 5 by 7 inches Richardson Texas circa 1980s. Firefighters wear leather turnout coats helmets marked RFD portable radios self contained breathing apparatus face masks and reflective striping. Hose streams strike wood siding rooflines and debris piles; ladders reach second story windows and eaves; crews stand on damaged roofing with hose and equipment; command and line personnel confer inside burned rooms and at exterior thresholds. Several scenes show active suppression at night with smoke water spray and charred structural elements surrounding firefighters at close range. Other scenes record quieter stages of the same work including radio use air pack preparation interior inspection and removal of burned material.<br /> <br /> By the 1980s local fire departments across the United States were increasingly shaped by portable radio communication standardized protective gear air pack training and coordinated incident response even in smaller cities outside major metropolitan departments. This archive captures that transition in practical terms with Richardson firefighters working fires in houses apartment style buildings refuse areas and heavily damaged interiors rather than posed station scenes. All complete and in very good to near fine condition. A grounded record of small town firefighting physical labor technical procedure and public safety work in a rapidly modernizing suburban fire department. unknown
1949142756New York: City of New York 1949/50. 799 pp. Quarto. Bound ledger in bound in original black cloth covered boards. Quite worn and soiled but generally very good in the interior. It would appear Engine Company No. 75 is in the Bronx. It would appear this is the ledger where details of events the Fire Dept. attended were recorded. The records are detailed and provide how signals were received and down to how much water was used. A very interesting record just after the war in the history of the New City Fire Department. Amazing this record showed up in Canada. 1949 City of New York hardcover
171521193London 1715. Broadside. Disbound. Small folio. Early folds and early stab holes in left margin. Some foxing. A rare leaflet lobbying Parliament on behalf of British merchants who had recently lost £22500 worth of sugar ginger oil and sasparilla in a great fire. The merchants had just recently imported the goods paying approximately £3000 in customs. In the present document the merchants petition the House of Commons to allow them to import goods duty-free up to the value of the customs of the goods destroyed. This is among the earliest examples of commercial lobbying literature which first began proliferating in the lobby of the House of Commons at the time of the accession of King George I and the British general election of 1715. ESTC lists three copies: at the University of London Oxford and Harvard.<br/> <br/> Goldsmiths 5228.1; Hanson 2169. unknown
169069Alessandria, Eredi Vimercati, s.d. (1799) placard petit in-folio (40 x 31 cm), texte bilingue français-italien sur deux colonnes, en feuille.
225386Paris, Moutardier, 1836 in-8, XXXI pp. (dont un titre-frontispice gravé par Guyot), 422 pp., un f. de table mal chiffré 123-124, demi-basane blonde, dos lisse orné (reliure de l'époque). Dos passé. Rousseurs. Tache d'encre marginale aux derniers feuillets.
Pages 482-576 + 30 pages of ads. Features: The "Brides" Special - when Swiss girls were regularly shipped to southern Chile to marry ranchers; Winter-Sport Mountaineering - how to avoid its dangers - article with photos; The Wreck of the 'County of Anglesea' - fight for the life of a capsized ship; Wanderings in Northern Persia - II - article with first-ever published photos of Kelat-i-Nadiri, the Gibraltar of Persia, and many other photos; A Fiery Ordeal - surviving a 1904 volcano on Mount Kloet on the island of Java; Down the Amazon from Source to Mouth, part VII; From Job to Job Around the World, Part II - fantastic travelogue of two young Americans in Japan and Korea with wonderful photos; The Saving Shadow - Rev. Wm. F. Rigge of the Creighton University Observatory uses shadows to help acquit a man facing serious charges; A Motor-Boat in Mexico - the villagers had never seen anything like it;; The Marchwood Ghost Mystery - A Highland Regiment soldier committed suicide in 1885 and his ghost was supposed to haunt the sentry's beat;;"The Heathen Chinee" - principally concerned with the Chinaman's attitude towards railways - also tells some quaint stories about the 'spirits of wind and water' which rule his actions during and after his life - article with great photos, especially all the Chinese aboard a Shanghai-Nanking Railway engine they had fled only a week before; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
SKU0198768Delmar Cengage Learning 2019-11-15. Hardcover. Good. Textbook May Have Highlights Notes and/or Underlining BOOK ONLY-NO ACCESS CODE NO CD Ships with Tracking Delmar Cengage Learning hardcover
2023Scientific-9781799601142White Press Academic 2023. Hardcover. New. White Press Academic hardcover