Quincy Fire Department
View Full Item in Quincy Public LibraryHook and Ladder truck with ladder fully extended purchased in 1886. Based on the crowd's dress and decorations, this is believed to be a demonstration near Washington Park. BW Exterior 5" x 8".
Armin Korthauer and Willard Schoppe in the 4th of July parade, circa 1984
UnknownView Full Item in Bensenville Community Public LibraryArmin Korthauer and Willard Schoppe ride a vintage firetruck in the 4th of July parade for Bensenville's Centennial celebration, July 4, 1984.
Quincy Fire Department
View Full Item in Quincy Public LibraryQuincy Fire Station #1, also known as Vermont Street station or Central Station. Four fire trucks including the aerial truck purchased in 1940. BW Exterior 5" x 4".
Quincy Fire Department
View Full Item in Quincy Public LibraryQuincy Fire Department aerial truck being driven down the street in 1941. BW Exterior 5" x 4".
Quincy Fire Department
K.B. McMillen, Galesburg, ILLView Full Item in Quincy Public LibraryQuincy Fire Department Steam Engine No. 3, "Al Beebe." Taken by McMillen in Galesburg, IL in 1877 at the State Fire Tournament. Includes ten men and two boys posed with "Al Beebe." BW Exterior 7" x 5"…
Quincy Fire Department
View Full Item in Quincy Public LibraryQuincy Fire Department Hose and Apparatus of Water Witch Fire Co. #2. Ordered September 2, 1857. BW Exterior 6 1/4" x 5 1/4".
Atlas Map of Adams County Illinois, 1872
Andreas, Lyter, & Co. Davenport, Iowa, 1872View Full Item in Quincy Public LibraryPDF File Only! Content scanned from "1872 Atlas Map of Adams County, IL" book. See "SOURCE" below for more information. (Page numbers = pg 10, pg 11, pg 14, pg 15, pg 18, pg 19, pg 22, pg 23, pg 26, p…
Quincy Fire Department
View Full Item in Quincy Public LibraryQuincy Firemen standing in front of Fire Station #2. Fred Luehrs at the wheel of the front truck and George Winters standing. In the background is South 5th Street. BW Exterior 7" x 5".
Quincy Fire Department
View Full Item in Quincy Public LibraryView of the fire damage after the September 6, 1879 fire at J.H. Wheeler & Co which destroyed Quincy Academy of Music. This is the corner of 4th and Maine Street. BW Exterior 7 3/4" x 10".
Bensenville volunteer Fire Department, 1949
UnknownView Full Item in Bensenville Community Public LibraryPortrait of Bensenville Fire Department staff on the site of the future fire hall which they built at 15 North York Road.
Bensenville volunteer Fire Department staff, 1957
F. P. FritzView Full Item in Bensenville Community Public LibraryPortrait of Bensenville volunteer fire fighters, August 4, 1957.
Village Hall & Fire Dep't, Lake Zurich, Ill.
View Full Item in Bess Bower Dunn Museum of Lake CountyView of the village hall and fire department building in Lake Zurich.
Quincy Fire Department
View Full Item in Quincy Public LibraryFire Engine parked outside the Vermont Fire Station #1. BW Exterior 10" x 8".
Bensenville volunteer Fire Department staff, 1949
UnknownView Full Item in Bensenville Community Public LibraryLeft to right, back row: Walter Kehoe, Albert Born, Dayton McIntyre, William Webb, Edward Jorns, Alwin Mahler, Edward Heinrich, Arthur Seiber, Walter Olhaber, Rudy Laho. Front row: Edward Franzen, Ver…
William "Buck" Hade (1850-1912)
View Full Item in Quincy Public LibraryWilliam "Buck" Hade, December 8, 1850- October 26, 1912. Buck Hade was a famous hose cart driver, one of the original Quincy volunteer firefighters and one of the first on the organized fire departmen…
Quincy Fire Department
View Full Item in Quincy Public LibraryFire Prevention Parade. BW Exterior 5 9/10" x 3 3/5".
George Korthauer, Al Kolze, and Ritchie Thomas working on steak broiler, circa 1950s
UnknownView Full Item in Bensenville Community Public LibraryFront L-R: George Korthauer, Treasurer of the Bensenville Firemen's Association, Al Kolze, and Bensenville Village President, Ritchie Thomas, circa 1950s.
Quincy Fire Department
View Full Item in Quincy Public LibraryQuincy Station #4 along 4th and State. Man on far left is William Buck Hade, hose cart driver. BW Interior 7" x 5".
Quincy Fire Department
View Full Item in Quincy Public LibraryQuincy Fire Department members in 1946. Major George Meyer is sitting in the center in the light colored suit. Clyde Schnoover, back row fourth from the right. Lamb, in back row left of center. BW Ext…
Bensenville Officials, 1961
UnknownView Full Item in Bensenville Community Public LibraryLeft to right; Illinois State Representative William Redmond presents a State House Resolution commending the police and fire departments for their work in the crash of a Northwest Orient Airlines pla…