Detroit Fire Department engine house

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Description

Detroit Fire Department engine house (Engine Company #4) on Eighteenth St. near Howard. Small building with watchtower, white picket fence; a group of men and one small boy pose in front. Handwritten on back: "Engine house 1881, 18th St. near Howard St.; see Farmer, Silas, History of Detroit, v. 1, p. 515; Engine 4 built May 1897, disbanded March 1976."

Details

Resource ID:: DPA2382
Subject:: Fire stations--Michigan--Detroit; Engine companies--Michigan--Detroit; Albumen prints; Photographic prints
Date:: 1881
Format:: 1 photographic print mounted on mat board ; image 7.75 x 5.5 in.
Department:: Burton Historical Collection
Location:: D/Fire Dept-Engine Houses-Eighteenth nr. Howard
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.