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F.A. Wharton - Atwood Rural Fire Department
This is the glass negative of F.A. Wharton, a firefighter at the Atwood Rural Fire Department. The photo was taken by Charles Wasson of Wasson Studios in Decatur, IL on February 4, c. 1920.
Firefighters Practicing Falls
Firefighters practicing catching falling civilians taken in the early 1900's.
Tags: 1900, Decatur IL, Fall, fire, Fire Department, Firefighters, Firemen, Jump, Photo File: Fire Department, practice
Flag Raising at Firehouse #1
Photograph of the ceremonial flag raising at Firehouse #1 in Decatur, IL. Wording at the top of the photograph denotes the topic of the photograph and where the photo can be found in the book.
Tags: Decatur IL., Fire Department, firehouse 1, flag raising, World War I, WWI
Mrs. E. F. Platt (Bertha)
Photograph of Mrs. E. F. Platt; (born 4/2/1875; died 4/8/1955). Married Edward Platt, he was twice chief of the Decatur Fire Department; she was superintendent of the Girls Welfare Home from 1920-1927. Photo by Lindquist Studio, ran in the Decatur…
Photograph of a Fire Truck on Franklin St.
Photograph of a fire truck on Franklin St in Decatur during a safety lane fire run on September 11 of 1936.
Photograph of Arthur C. Spence
Photograph of Arthur C. Spence; died March 3, 1955; married to Mary Stine in 1906. Assistant Fire Chief, retired May 1941 after serving 39 years. Member of Grace Methodist Church, the Ionic Lodge 312, AF&AM, and the Springfield Consistory.
Photograph of Charles W. Devore
Photograph of Charles W. Devore; died March 31, 1920. Decatur Fire Chief for 30 years and on the Fire Department force for 36 years. He was appointed a member of the National Bureau of Fire Prevention. He was the last member of the first paid Fire…
Photograph of Ed Platt Receiving Medal
Photograph of Fire Chief Ed Platt being presented by Commissioner Tom Moran a gold medal as a token of the esteem of businessmen and friends of the East Eldorado street business district in which is located No. 2 firehouse where he served for 39…
Tags: 1934, biography, Business, Chief, Decatur IL, Ed Platt, Eldorado, fire, Fire Department, Firemen, Medal, Moran, Photo File: Fire Department, Platt, Tom Moran
Photograph of Edward Platt and Lawrence L. Gibbons
Photograph of Fire Chief Edward Platt and head of detectives Lawrence L. Gibbons as Chief Platt claims the trophy as a token of his department having won the annual firemen-policemen baseball game.
Photograph of Fire Truck Designed by Fire Chief
Photograph of a fire truck designed by Fire Chief Will Platt of Decatur. Costing nearly $17,000 and weighing almost 8 tons, the truck embodied a radical change in cab style and equipment. Seven men, including the driver, rode in the cab; none on the…
Tags: 1939, ACME, Chief, Decatur IL, Design, fire, Fire Department, Fire truck, Photo File: Fire Department, Truck, Will Platt
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Board of Directors Meeting on June 17, 1966.
Board of Directors meeting on June 17, 1966 to discuss auditors' report, book purchases, new hires, resignations, Civil Service Commission, overdue…