Print, Photographic

Object number
P4988
Date
1877
Description
Sepia toned photograph of firefighters in front of the fire station on Young Street. Fire station number 7. There are 11 men standing in the foreground in uniform. There are two men and a young boy in a horse drawn carriage, as well as 3 men (one seated and two standing) on a fire pumper. Photo also shows the house directly next to the fire station at 18 Young Street. Reverse of photo: "The building is up and the rooms on the lower floor are finished and ready for occupancy. Hall 2nd floor unfinished Jas. Fludder architect Wm S. Cranston, Jr. builder N. Mer. Oct. 22. 1927 (In cal 50 yrs ago). See card in paper room under Fire department."