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Title: Kansas City Firemen
Description: Exterior view of group of 13 identified Kansas City firemen with fire horses Buck and Mack. Location is identified as a street fair exhibition, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1901. Found on page four of the scrapbook. John Egner is included and identified.
Date: 1901-10
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City Firemen
Description: Exterior street level view of Kansas City firemen in front of the Fire Department Headquarters building which housed Hook & Ladder No.1 and Hose Co. No.2. Identified on photograph as aerial H[ook] & L[adder] Truck No.1. Location is 8th and Walnut, Kansas City, Missouri.
Date: 1899
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Firemen Laying Floor
Description: Identified as laying of a concrete floor by the members of Headquarters, Kansas City Fire Department.
Date: 1895
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Armourdale Fire
Description: Ruins of an Armourdale, Kansas City, Kansas fire identified as the Reed Bros. Packing House. Also visible is the Fire Department's water tower. Dated March 24, 1895.
Date: 1895
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Baird Building
Description: Full street view of the Baird Building located on the southwest corner of 6th and Wyandotte. Taken after a recent fire. According to information written on the photograph, the building burned October 25, 1894 and the alarm went off at 9:05 P.M.
Date: 1894
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Nichols & Shepard Implement House
Description: Exterior view of remains after a fire at the Nichols & Shepard Implement House. According to the 1893 Kansas City, Missouri city directory it was located at 1323 Hickory Street. Time of fire noted as 7:23 p.m.
Date: 1893-08-09
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City Firemen
Description: Exterior view of Kansas City firemen with equipment in use at the Campbell Glass and Paint building at 11th and Hickory streets. Building appears to have been on fire and is timed at 2:35 a.m. (Found in scrapbook on page 26.)
Date: 1893-03-30
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fire Scene
Description: Fire ruins of overall factory, paper box factory and Ramsey Printing Company. Time noted is 12:40 a.m. and 6 below zero. Written on the photographs is "Central bet.." Same as I.D.#210724.
Date: 1893-01-17
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City Firemen in Scotland
Description: View of 10 identified Kansas City firemen standing/sitting by a model of Chief Hale's water tower. Taken in Glasgow, Scotland.
Date: 1893
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Jaccard Jewelry Company Ruins
Description: View of the ruins at the rear of the Jaccard Jewelry Company building after a fire. Photograph is dated January 13, 1893
Date: 1893
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 9th Street Theater Ruins
Description: Street level view of the ruins from the 9th Street Theater fire, dated January 18, 1893. Firemen and equipment in view. Theater located at 324 W. 9th Street.
Date: 1893
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fire Chief George Hale
Description: Full body view of Kansas City Fire Chief George Hale shaking hands with Chief Patterson, Glasgow, Scotland. A model of Hale's Water Tower is on the floor beside them.
Date: 1893
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Ninth Street Theater
Description: Identified as the 9th Street Theater after a fire dated January 18, 1893, 3:44 A.M. Appears to have been extensively damaged. According to the 1893 Kansas City city directory, theater was located at 324 W. 9th Street.
Date: 1893
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fire Ruins at Browning, King and Company
Description: Icy remains from a fire identified as Browning, King and Company and dated January 17, 1892 with the temperature 17 degrees below zero. A newspaper clipping with the photo indicates it was the Deardorff building fire with several different businesses within the building.
Date: 1892
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fire Ruins
Description: Identified on photograph as Peak Bros. Overall Fact[ory] and Rigly Ramsey Printing Co. Remains of fire dated January 17, 1892. Same photograph as I.D. 210718.
Date: 1892
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fire Service of Kansas City Cover
Description: Front cover of Fire Service of Kansas City: A Souvenir, Containing An Account of the Service, From Leather Bucket Times to the Present Fire Department, published in 1891. A firefighter driving a horse drawn steam pumper fire engine is shown.
Date: 1891
Object Type: Artwork

Title: Kansas City Firemen and Equipment
Description: An exterior view of a group of 14 identified firemen standing by fire equipment in front of Fire Department headquarters building and Hook & Ladder No.1. Photo also includes dog on equipment. Includes both George Hale and John Egner. Found on page four of the scrapbook.
Date: 1889
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 11th and Grand Avenue
Description: Street view with firefighting equipment and firemen. Identified on photograph as 11th and Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri, 1889 Chief Engineers Convention. View includes what appears to be Hale's water tower.
Date: 1889
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City Firemen
Description: Exterior view of a group of Kansas City firemen in front of Hose Co. No. 2 and Fire Department Headquarters building at 8th and Walnut. The name "Andy Ryan" is written on the photo.
Date: 1888
Object Type: Photograph

Title: John C. Egner
Description: Fire Chief John C. Egner seated behind the wheel of a vehicle.
Object Type: Photograph

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