Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1974.016.0011 |
Title |
James McDonald Hook and Ladder Company No. 1 |
Description |
James McDonald Hook and Ladder Company No. 1 , July 4, 1878, in front of Soldiers' Monument. Seen in background left: Sisson homestead (later the site of the Glens Falls Insurance Company building) and the Mead homestead. |
Collection |
General Photograph Collection |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Lexicon sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Date |
1878 |
Place |
Warren Co./Glens Falls |
Search Terms |
Monument Square Soldiers' Monument Glen Street Sisson Home Bay Street Mead Home |
Classification |
Fires & Firefighting Monuments & Statues People Men |
People |
Potter, E. Taylor, E. Finch, Jeremiah T. Wing, W.H. Tillotson, C. Parks, C.H. Cameron, F.H. Simons, E.D. Tearse, Ad Holman, C.E. Maynard, P.C. Jackson, L.D. Burnes, T.S. Cowles, B.S. Bentley, Capt. W.F. Hitchcock, A.W. Colvin, Addison Beecher Whitney, C.S. Smith, Tim Cool, Charles Willis DeVol, W.C. Pruyn, A.J. Chitty, F. Tilford, H.W. Joubert, F.C. Ferguson, H.D. Rugge, A.S. |
Medium |
Hand-colored photograph |
Notes |
Copy of this photograph appears on page 1 of section two of The Glens Falls Times Glens Falls Centennial Edition, Monday, April 24, 1939. James McDonald H & L organized April 20, 1875 renamed D.J. Finch Hook & Ladder Co in 1882. Volunteer company disbanded in 1903, when Glens Falls hired paid permanent fire department. Charter members McDonald H&L (officers only) B.S. Cowles, Fred Chitty, T.S. Barnes, C.W. Cool, F. G. Hicks. (A.F. Pike, History of the Glens Falls Fire Department, 1895) |
Print size |
8.75"x13" |