Fire Fighting & Rescue Gear, Groupings, etc.

ARTIFACT: This is a cool vintage 1950s Pembroke, New Hampshire fireman's dress hat with badge number 5 on the front. The hat is a size 6 7/8 and has a union label inside. Pembroke is located in the Granite State's Merrimack County. VINTAGE: Circa 1950s...

ARTIFACT: This is a nice old circa 1940s or 1950s Western Coventry Fire District Deputy Chief plate topper from Greene, Rhode Island. The Fire District was incorporated in January 1942 and serviced a 15 square mile area bordering on Connecticut. The...

ARTIFACT: 1920's ??? 1930's Boston Fire Department Wire Division brass plaque #15The Wire Division of the BFD was tasked with maintaining the wired connections inside 'theaters, places of amusement, and public halls' and to maintain the operational...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1910s fireman's grave marker from an unknown New England department. The marker is in cast iron. Its border is a thick fire hose and it reads LADDER The marker has a maker's mark on reverse. VINTAGE: Circa 1910s...

ARTIFACT: Early 1900'S Fire Mark from Home Insurance Co. of New York. The black and gold painted tin fire mark is in remarkable condition and reads: "INSURED HOME NEW YORK". Fire marks were purchased from firefighting companies by building owners as a...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1880's roof/shingle rake for the Moses H. Goodrich Steam Fire Engine Co. No. 4 of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Steam Fire Engine Company No. 4 was established in 1871 and was housed at 42 Hanover Street. This rake has a red...

ARTIFACT: 1880's ??? 1890's Central Falls, Rhode Island fireman's parade belt 'buckle' in dyed leather. The handmade buckle shows a white star in the center against a background of red and surrounding it reads: "CENTRAL FALLS" in nice, hand-cut...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful circa 1900 fireman's grave marker, most likely from the Biddeford (Maine) Fireman's Relief Association (BFRA). The marker is in painted cast iron. The round top of the marker is bordered with a thick fire hose...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful circa 1880s or 1890s fireman's grave marker, most likely from the Worcester (Massachusetts) Fireman's Relief Association (WFRA). The marker is in cast iron and shows a high-eagle helmet at the very top. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1900 fireman's dress visor hat from the Concord, New Hampshire Fire Department, Old Fort Engine Company #2 which was a Hand Pump Engine in East Concord (one of the 3 'villages' that make up Concord: also West Concord and...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful circa 1890s fireman's grave marker from the Westbrook (Maine) Hook Company #The marker is in cast iron painted in a great old shade of red paint. VINTAGE: Circa 1890s. SIZE: Approximately 17" in height and 6" in...

ARTIFACT: This is an extremely rare circa late 1820s fire bucket named to T.(Thomas) B. Newhall of the Lynn Fire Club of Lynn, Massachusetts. The Newhalls were an old and prestigious Lynn family: Thomas B. was an attorney and founding member of the Lynn...