Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
[Great Kills Engine No. 1 and Hook & Ladder Co. No. 1] |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Photographer |
Griffith, Charles D. |
Date |
ca. 1905-1910 |
Collection |
Staten Island Geographic Collection |
Description |
Original B&W print on a dark gray cardboard mount. View of the firehouse of Great Kills Engine No. 1 and Great Kills Hook & Ladder Company No. 1, in Great Kills, Staten Island. A group of 14 firefighters in uniform stand alongside a horse-drawn ladder wagon in front of the two-story firehouse, which has large central double doors with a smaller door on each side. Above each of the smaller doors is a window with an inscription. Inscription over the door at left: "GREAT KILLS / ENGINE / NO. 1." Inscription over the door at right: "GREAT KILLS / HOOK & LADDER / CO. NO. 1." A fire bell tower is at far right, behind the firehouse. Another building is partially visible at left, with painted sign "B. C. REITZ, / CONFECTIONERY, TOBACCO & CIGARS." There is a stamped inscription on the reverse of the mount: "C. D. GRIFFITH, / WEST NEW BRIGHTON. / STATEN ISLAND." (Keywords: New York City, Early Twentieth Century) |
Print size |
7.625 x 9.75 |
Earliest Date |
1905 |
Latest Date |
1926 |
Subjects |
Fire engines & equipment Fire fighters Fire stations Group portraits |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Catalog Number |
PH01.2269 |
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. |