The expansion of the Hoffman Library in 1963. Two builders stand among piles of lumber, metal scaffolding, and ladders. The book shelves are covered in plastic under a newly constructed ceiling.
An aerial shot of one of the first trucks used by the Student Fire Department with ladders and hoses loaded onto the attached 500 gallon pumping trailer. The pump was removed from the trailer and placed on a 1928 vintage fire truck in 1948.
Advertisements; Fire engines & equipment; Fire extinguishers;
The disastrous fire of 1876 destroyed downtown Chester. To protect the village from future fires, the citizens of Chester under took to build both a water system and a fire company. This illustrated advertisement was sent to store owner Joseph...
3 boys on ladders, 3 men on ground with barrels under apple tree. Unused photographic postcard with divided back. Printed on front: "Picking Apples, Berk. Ind. Farm, Canaan, NY"; Printed on back: "H.M. Gillet, Photgraphic Post Cards, Lebanon...
Water; Private utility companies; Power industry; Pulleys;
Five photographs. The photos are an out-of-order sequence of the installation of the water softner. A large multi-metal sheet tube, being placed with pulleys, planks, and ladders. On the bottom of the top right photo someone has written "July...
fire engines; fire fighters; fire extinguishers; trucks; roads; streets; automobiles; buildings; homes & haunts; wheels; ladders; postcards; photographic postcards; photographs;
Sepia toned photograph of a fire truck from the early 1900s. On it are the words, "Scoresby" and "E. F. D."
Photographs; Fire fighters; Fire engines & equipment;
Two photographs of an early fire truck. City service truck of Suffern Hook & Ladder Company No. 1. The first photograph is a side view of a fire truck. There are ladders running down the side of the truck. The second photograph is of two...
This image is of the dismantling of a church. The church is located along a sidewalk between two other street-front buildings. There is a wrought-iron fence that runs along the sidewalk in front of the church. The entire center section of the front...
Folded rectangular shaped lithograph card with a green front and back with yellow holly leaves. The front has a message, also in yellow, that reads ""A Hearty Greeting"" with ""from Bijou"" written in black ink below. Interior view is of three...
