Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
[Medora Hook & Ladder Company No. 3] |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Photographer |
Miller Bros. |
Date |
ca. 1903 |
Collection |
Staten Island Geographic Collection |
Description |
Original B&W print on a black cardboard mount. Front view of the Medora Hook & Ladder Company No. 3 firehouse on Castleton Avenue in New Brighton, Staten Island. The two-story brick building is decorated with flags and bunting, and has a sign near the top of the building: "MEDORA H & L Co. No. 3." A group of 44 men and one child are posed in two rows in front of the building. Most of the men are wearing suits; a few are wearing firefighters' uniforms, and the child wears a uniform-style cap. Stamped inscription on the lower edge of the photo: "Miller Bros / WEST NEW BRIGHTON / S.I." (Keywords: New York City, Early Twentieth Century, North Shore Fire Department, NSFD) |
Print size |
12 x 9 |
Earliest Date |
1900 |
Latest Date |
1905 |
Subjects |
Fire fighters Fire stations Group portraits |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Catalog Number |
PH01.2266 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, January 2020. |
Legal Status |
Items represented here are from the collections of the Staten Island Historical Society. Materials reproduced for personal non-commercial use must credit the Staten Island Historical Society. Commercial licensing is available. |