- Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Atlanta Fire Department
- Creator:
- unknown
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center
- Date of Original:
- 1856
- Subject:
- Fire engines--1850-1860
Fire fighters--Georgia--Atlanta
Firefighting equipment--Georgia--Atlanta
People--Georgia--Atlanta
Uniforms--1850-1860
Buildings--Atlanta--Georgia
Atlanta Fire Department (Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Alabama Street, 33.751816, -84.388998
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Alexander Street, 33.7489924, -84.3902644
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Pryor Street, 33.7282815, -84.3924887 - Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Atlanta in 1856, Atlanta, Ga.
View of the Volunteer Fire Company of Atlanta lined up in a vacant lot in what is now Alabama Street near the original frame railroad passenger station in Atlanta, Georgia.
Volunteer Fire Company, passenger, depot, fire department equiptment, Humbug Square, Murell's Row, Atlanta Hotel, Trout House, Masonic Temple, Blue Dick, Old Reliable, ladder truck
The City of Atlanta Fire department was established in 1848 with volunteer firefighters. The last volunteer fire chiefs were elected in 1882. The Atlanta Fire Department continues service today with the mission to “To prevent or mitigate harm to life, property and the environment.” - Local Identifier:
- VIS 170.818.001
ahc170818001a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/athpc/id/1052
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S Code) Permission for use must be cleared through The Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 6 x 9 1/2 in.
- Original Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
