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Weccacoe Fire Compy. Instituted 1800, Incorporated 1833

Description: Image of an elevation view of the side of a double-deck manual fire engine with with an ornately decorated center condenser case containing an image of a bare-chested mermaid and man and the label "Weccacoe."; a firefighter wearing a top hat labeled Wecca[coe] 1800" and a cape with the letters "F" and "A" stands at the front of the wagon; with a small image in bottom center margin of a Roman soldier dressed in a military costume with a bow and arrows.
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Date: approximately 1855
Call number: priJLC_FIRE_001474
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)

This is to certify that H. H. Flagg ... Gold Hill Fire Department

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Image of a firefighter's membership certificate from the Gold Hill Fire Department of Gold Hill, Nevada, made out in manuscript to H. H. Flagg and dated May 22, 1867, with multiple vignettes including bare-chested goddesses riding two horses, with one holding a triton; a manual fire engine and a steam fire engine; a firefighter returning a rescued baby to its mother; a wounded firefighter on a mattress being nursed by a young woman while another fireman on a ladder behind them lowers a bundle tied in a rope; two eye-level exterior views of firehouses, both labeled "Yellow Jacket Engine Ho."; and an elevated landscape view presumably of the town of Gold Hill, Nevada; the certificate and vignettes are decorated with borders containing ivy leaves, bean pods, grapes, and other plants and firefighting equipment including fire hydrants, hoses, ladders, hats, speaking trumpets, a lantern, censers, and axes.

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This is to certify that ... has pursuant to law ... a member of the fire department

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Image of a blank stock certificate for membership in a fire department with a central image of firefighters fighting a large fire in a town with the ruins of buildings in the background and four vignettes of individual firemen including one beginning to pull a manual fire engine out of a fire house; a firefighter with a horn in the middle of the street pointing towards a burning building; a firefighter rescuing a woman in her bedroom; and a firefighter spraying water from a fire hose on flames; certificate and vignettes are decorated with an ornate border with images of firefighting equipment including fire hydrants, ladders, speaking trumpets, as well as censers, bells, and a vase of flowers.

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This certifies that ... is a member of ... Company; No. ... Fire Department

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Image of a blank stock firefighter's membership certificate with surrounding vignettes of a firefighter returning a rescued baby to its mother; a female nurse tending to a wounded firefighter; a firefighter with a speaking trumpet; firemen in a city street at night before a burning building with steam fire engines and hoses; a firefighter pulling a fire engine; and firefighters aiming a house towards flames; certificate decorated with images of firefighting equipment including fire hats, speaking trumpets, axes, bells, lanterns, preventers, ladders, buckets, censers, fire hydrants, and fire hoses.

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Exempt certificate. This is to certify that George H. Waite has served seven full years as an active member of Rescue Hook & Ladder Co. Watkins, NY Fire Department

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Image of a firefighter's exempt membership certificate from the Village of Watkins, New York, made out in manuscript to George H. Waite of the Rescue Hook and Ladder Company, and dated January 21, 1903; surrounded by eight vignettes depicting a goddess holding a spear and surrounded by mining and industrial equipment; a firefighter with a speaking trumpet climbing onto a building; a wounded firefighter at the bottom of a ladder being helped by a female nurse and other firemen; side views of a steam fire engine and a manual fire engine; a hook and ladder truck and hose carriage on the street before a building; a firefighter bringing a rescued child down a ladder towards her mother; and firefighters climbing a ladder to bring a hose up to the roof of a building; the certificate has an orange embossed seal of the Village of Watkins at lower center.

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Chas L. Andrews Minuet Carnival Co. : The prize march of the fire laddies in Michael Strogoff

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Image of a band of female fire brigade officers clad in uniforms of red shirts, black pants, boots, and firefighter helmets marching in two lines and blowing horns; scroll and eagle emblem top center; "CLA" monogram logo in gold shield in top left corner; the poster advertises the melodrama "Michael Strogoff" adapted by Charles L. Andrews from the novel by Jules Verne.

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Eagle Fire Engine No. 13. as she appeared in the procession on the fourth of November 1825 at the Grand Canal celebration in the city of New York

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Image of a side view of a parade float driven by four horses with four grooms wearing Middle Eastern Turkish costumes and turbans walking beside the horses and a firefighter and two link-boys with torches standing next to a manual fire engine labeled "Eagle Co. 13" with an American flag on the platform; the image depicts a float in the Grand Canal Celebration for the opening of the Erie Canal in New York City on November 4, 1825.

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Weccacoe Fire Compy. Instituted 1800, Incorporated 1833

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