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Image Not Available for The team with the fire pump on the road to the scene of the fire.
The team with the fire pump on the road to the scene of the fire.
Image Not Available for The team with the fire pump on the road to the scene of the fire.

The team with the fire pump on the road to the scene of the fire.

Creator Peter Koester
Date1930s
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 17.3 x 23.5 cm (6 13/16 x 9 1/4 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift, 2002
Category
  • Photographs
Object number2002/1254
LocationNot currently on display

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The only youth fire brigade in Germany. The team pulls together to get the hoses up the hill.
Peter Koester
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for The boys prepare the pump for activation.
The boys prepare the pump for activation.
Peter Koester
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for The boys find that manning the pumps is heavy work.
The boys find that manning the pumps is heavy work.
Peter Koester
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for After the practice the youth fire brigade marches down the street with their flag which was donated in 1888.
After the practice the youth fire brigade marches down the street with their flag which was donated in 1888.
Peter Koester
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for A fire bride in Oevenum which is a municipality on the Island of Föhr off Germany. It is a custom in the village that every small firefighter has to have a "bride". The firefighter visits the bride's family for coffee and cake which serves as payment for
A fire bride in Oevenum which is a municipality on the Island of Föhr off Germany. It is a custom in the village that every small firefighter has to have a "bride". The firefighter visits the bride's family for coffee and cake which serves as payment for
Peter Koester
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for A young man practices with the water hose on the roof of a barn.
A young man practices with the water hose on the roof of a barn.
Peter Koester
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for A young man grimaces as he tries to lift a heavy ladder.
A young man grimaces as he tries to lift a heavy ladder.
Peter Koester
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for The most important post is manning the hoses. You can read the sense of responsibility on their young faces.
The most important post is manning the hoses. You can read the sense of responsibility on their young faces.
Peter Koester
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for Dog Team and Sled
Dog Team and Sled
Peter Kakee
before 1979
Sculpture
Image Not Available for A man unfreezing a water pump with fire.
A man unfreezing a water pump with fire.
Schostal
unknown
Photograph
Image Not Available for "Fire Alarm' when the engines carried old-fashioned steam pumps which spouted flames and smoke, and the horses' shoes flashed sparks.
"Fire Alarm' when the engines carried old-fashioned steam pumps which spouted flames and smoke, and the horses' shoes flashed sparks.
Look Magazine
October 10, 1939
Photograph
Image Not Available for An Oxcart on a Country Road
An Oxcart on a Country Road
Peter de Wint
c. 1820
Watercolour
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