Fire fighters at Capitol High School fire
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Description
Fire fighters by hose spraying water on burning high school, with spectators behind. Wreckage covered with ice. Stamped on mat back: "From Alvord & Co., exclusively commercial photographers, 55 Rowland St., Detroit, Mich., ground floor." Handwritten on mat back: "Detroit High school. Burned Jan. 27, 1893."
Details
- Creator:
- Alvord & Co.
- Resource ID:
- DPA2433
- Subject:
- Fires--Michigan--Detroit
- Fire extinction--Michigan--Detroit
- Fire fighters--Michigan--Detroit
- Schools--Fires and fire prevention
- Photographers--Michigan--Detroit
- Albumen prints
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1893-01-27
- Format:
- 1 photographic print mounted on mat board ; image 7.5 x 9.25 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- D/Fire Department-Fires
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.