Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections
Filter: Categories of Wisconsin Historical Images
Filter: Subject of Fire fighters
Filter: Subject of portrait photography
| Date: | 01 02 1934 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Fire Chief John Lahm standing in front of a fire truck parked in front of the Central Fire Station, 18-20 South Webster Street. |
| Date: | 1868 |
|---|---|
| Description: | William Thomas Fish, who served as Madison's fire chief, 1867-1868. Although posed for a formal studio portrait, Fish is wearing his uniform and hat and h... |
| Date: | 1903 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Group portrait of the Madison Fire Department, consisting of 17 individual oval portraits and the station on Webster Street. |
| Date: | 02 05 1955 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Fireman Bill Carow, member of the 1956 United States Olympic Ice Speed Skating Team. |
| Date: | 01 04 1955 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Fireman Bill Carow, member of the 1955 United States Olympic Ice Speed Skating Team, lacing his son's, Michael Carow, skates. |
| Date: | 09 13 1944 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Portrait of Edward J. Page, selected as new chief of Fire Department by the Police and Fire Commission. He is a fourteen year veteran of the Fire Departmen... |
| Date: | 1858 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Sixth plate daguerreotype of Frederick Moessner wearing a fireman's hat for Madison Engine Co. No. 2. He was one of the original members of Madison Fire Co... |
| Date: | 04 30 1947 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Madison retired fire chief, Fred L. Peabody, on his 85th birthday. |
| Date: | 08 10 1948 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Close-up of Fireman John Hoffman at the wheel of a 1929 pumper truck which is going to be "retired". |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Fire Department chief, sitting at a desk in a profile view. |
| Date: | 1961 |
|---|---|
| Description: | George William Piernot (1922-2000) standing outdoors wearing his Madison Fire Department uniform in front of the home of his parents George Francis and Rho... |
| Date: | 1961 |
|---|---|
| Description: | George William Piernot (1922-2000) standing outdoors wearing his Madison Fire Department uniform near the garage and home of his parents George Francis and... |
| Date: | 1970 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Head and shoulders portrait of George William Piernot (1922-2000). Piernot served as a member of the Madison Fire Department from about 1946 until his reti... |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Studio portrait of John Murphy, the world hose coupling champion. |
| Date: | 03 1953 |
|---|---|
| Description: | William Scott, former torch boy, holding one of the kerosene torches used in fire fighting in the 1880's. |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railway engine no. 812, class G5, built by Schenectady Locomotive Works in December of 1890. There is a device on the right ... |
| Date: | 06 23 1954 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Madison Fire Chief Edward Page, left, and Police Chief Bruce Weatherly hold the new Chief's Trophy that will go to the winner of an upcoming police-fireman... |
| Date: | 1932 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Three men, Henry Dietrich, Frank Eckstein and Peter Bausch, are posing with the fire truck they built. They took the truck to Dubuque to have the bright wo... |
| Date: | 11 1995 |
|---|---|
| Description: | "Theresa Firemen Gene Koll, 21-year veteran, models a 1920 Fireman's uniform. Gene's wife, Pam, beamed approvingly." |
If you didn't find the material you searched for, our Library Reference Staff can help.
Call our reference desk at 608-264-6535 or email us at:
