100th anniversary of Niagara Fire Department
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Text
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- Black and white panoramic photograph of the Niagara Fire Brigade members in full dress ceremonial uniforms: white pants, white dress shirts, white peaked hats and dark jackets with initials NFD (Niagara Fire Department). There are two rows of firemen, standing and kneeling, with a chief holding a banner with emblem and anniversary dates: "Niagara Fire Brigade 1826-1926".
The picture's frame is made of weathered wood painted gold.
Eddy Smith, Bill Gallop, Doug Read, Ernie Grimstead, Headly Read, Jack Redhead, Jim Connelly are some of the firefighters on this picture. - Notes
- "In 1826, the Niagara Volunteer Fire Department became the first fire department in the history of Upper Canada to be incorporated by an Act of Parliament, thereby guaranteeing that all buildings would be protected by the fire department."
Noel Haines: "History of Niagara-on-the-Lake Fire Department" - Inscriptions
- "Panoram photo No 1283
[...?]
Hamilton" - Date of Publication
- 1926
- Dimensions
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Width: 57 cm
Height: 29 cm
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 46cm
Image Height: 18cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- FHM00058; FHM00059
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.2485248325967 Longitude: -79.0873923959923
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- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian law. No restrictions on use.
- Location of Original
- Niagara-on-the-Lake Fire Hall Museum
2 Anderson Lane
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON L0S 1J0 - Contact
- Niagara-on-the-Lake Public LibraryEmail:localhistory@notlpl.org
Website
Agency street/mail address:10 Anderson Lane P.O. Box 430
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON L0S 1J0
905-468-2023
