Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
[Firefighter of Medora Hook & Ladder Company No. 3] |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Photographer |
Schoerry, H. |
Date |
1890 |
Collection |
Staten Island Geographic Collection |
Description |
Original B&W photo. Seated full-length portrait of a fireman in uniform. He sits in an upholstered chair with his left arm resting on the arm of the chair. His uniform shirt has a "3" in the center and a maltese cross-shaped badge. His belt has the number "3". His helmet rests on a table next to him; the frontpiece is inscribed "MEDORA / 3 / GEF." The painted backdrop suggests that he is in a photographer's studio. Printed inscription on the mount below the photo: "H. Schoerry, 43 Ave. A., N.Y. / 1890." (Keywords: New York) |
Print size |
6.250 x 4 |
Acquisition |
Collection of the Staten Island Historical Society |
Ownership and History |
Medora Hook & Ladder Company No. 3 was volunteer firefighting company in New Brighton, Staten Island. The company was organized in 1868 and disbanded in 1905. |
Earliest Date |
1890 |
Latest Date |
1890 |
Subjects |
Fire fighters Portrait photographs |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Catalog Number |
PH01.0144 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, July 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. |