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Oakland Fire Department Collection

Owning Institution: Oakland Public Library, Oakland History Center

About this Collection

This collection features images of Oakland Fire Department personnel and equipment from 1896 to the 1950s. View this collection on the contributor's website.

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19 items found in this collection

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African American members of Oakland Fire Department engine company No. 22 pose …
Engineer works with the equipment in the Oakland Fire Department high pressure …
Man demonstrates how to operate a fire-alarm box, numbered 3551, in Oakland, …
A member of Oakland Fire Department truck company No. 6 slides down …
Members of an unidentified Oakland Fire Department engine company attach a hose …
Members of Oakland Fire Department Engine Company 11 pose with a steam …
Members of the Oakland Fire Department pose on top of a pumping …
Members of the Oakland Fire Department pose with steam engine No. 5, …
Members of the Oakland Fire Department scale a ladder to the roof …
An Oakland Fire Department fire engine pulls onto 14th Street in front …
Oakland Fire Department's Fire Alarm building, Oak Street between 13th and 14th …
Oakland Fire Department's fireboat, The Port of Oakland (formerly USS Hoga), cruises …
Oakland Fire Department's first Gorham centrifugal pumping engine in front of fire …
Pumper engine in front of fire house No. 23, corner of Foothill …
School children and teachers from Golden Gate School pose with Oakland Fire …
Schoolboy describes his emergency to the officer of an Oakland Fire Department …
Storybook-style fire house in the Montclair district of Oakland, California.
Three members of the Oakland Fire Department demonstrate how to operate their …
Young boy describes his emergency to members of an unidentified Oakland Fire …
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