Fire Fighting & Rescue Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1870s or 1880s Chief Engineer badge from the Sioux City, Iowa Fire Department. The badge is big and bold with an eagle at its top and some fire equipment shown in relief at its center. VINTAGE: Circa 1870s-1880s...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1880s-1890s "thumbnail" fire badge from N. F. Fire Department Hose #The badge has a wonderful cut-out design with a number one at center detailed with a scrolling design. The badge also has a delicate border and detailing around...

ARTIFACT: This is an early dance card for the First Grand Ball of the Buena Vista Hose Company No.1 which took place at the Hiller-Hallock Opera House in Buena Vista, Colorado. The opera house was built in 1882 and is long gone. Inside, one of the dances...

ARTIFACT: This is a framed circa 1910s photograph of the Waynesboro, Pennsylvania Fire Truck No. 1 and its crew. They are posing in front of the town's Fire Hall, which was built in 1899. VINTAGE: Circa 1910s. SIZE: Approximately 11-3/8" in height by...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1890s cabinet photograph of Concord, New Hampshire Fire Chief William C. Green. Green is in his full uniform with his breast badge and a great cut-out style hat badge. Green was a machinist in the Granite State capital city's...

ARTIFACT: Cool, old 1890's Springfield, Massachusetts Fireman cabinet photo. The photo shows the fireman in full uniform and hat with badge. The bottom of the photo reads: "GOLDSMITH 374 MAIN ST. SPRINGFIELD MASS.". The reverse reads: "LARGEST AND FINEST...

ARTIFACT: This is a great old New Hampshire Department of Forestry forest fire prevention poster. Dramatically designed, the poster shows a charred landscape against a crimson sky and warns you to PREVENT FOREST FIRES Ð IT PAYS. The reverse of the poster...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa World War I "death penny" memorial medal from the United Kingdom. It is inscribed to Sher Ali, who served as a fireman in the Indian Merchant Service and died in 191This medal was given to the families of men who fell in service...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1920s badge for the Rescue Squad of Northern New York Utilities. The badge is numbered 3. VINTAGE: Circa 1920s. SIZE: Approximately 2-5/16" in height and 1-1/2" in width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Nickel-plated brass with...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1900 Boston globe newspaper reporter badge, and was possibly a "Fire Lines" badge, which functioned as a press pass at fire scenes. The badge is numbered 92 and shows the City Seal at center. VINTAGE: Circa 1900...

ARTIFACT: Great 1920's Baltimore Junior fire department celluloid promotional pin given out by the Baltimore Evening Sun newspaper. The center of the pin features a fireman's helmet, ladder, hook, and axe and reads: "BALTIMORE JUNIOR FIRE DEPT. ORGANIZED...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful early 20th century reporter/fire lines badge from The Milwaukee Sentinel newspaper of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Journal-Sentinel (the name changed from the original Sentinel) is the largest Wisconsin newspaper and was once...