Skokie Fire Department Chief Gold Badge
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- Created Date
- 1966
- Description
Skokie Fire Department Chief Gold Badge worn by Chief Ed Steek. Retired Chiefs wear gold badges. The text on the badge is: Chief, Skokie, Fire Dept. The image in the center of the badge is a cluster of five trumpets. The number of trumpets on a badge vary depending on the rank of the firefighter. One trumpet is for lieutenant, two for captain, and three to five for assistant chief and chief.
- Contributing Institution
- Skokie Public Library
- Collection
- Skokie Fire Department History Project
- Subjects
- Badges
Fire-departments
Municipal services
Niles Center Fire Department
Niles Center Volunteer Fire Company
Skokie Fire Department - Location
- Skokie
Illinois
United States - Type
- physical object
- Format
- Tagged Image File Format (TIFF), 600 DPI, 24-bit color, Epson Expression 1640XL
- Language
- English
- Rights
- This item may be protected by copyright and is made available here for noncommercial research and education purposes. You are responsible for ensuring your use of this image is in line with all applicable law and rights. Where copyright may fall to the Skokie Heritage Museum, we authorize a free CC-BY-NC-SA license. For commercial licensing, please contact the Skokie Heritage Museum.
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- Chicago citation style
- Skokie Fire Department Chief Gold Badge. 1966. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/skokiepo003/id/443. (Accessed April 19, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- (1966) Skokie Fire Department Chief Gold Badge. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/skokiepo003/id/443
- MLA citation style
- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/skokiepo003/id/443>.