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Image Not Available for The only youth fire brigade in Germany. The team pulls together to get the hoses up the hill.
The only youth fire brigade in Germany. The team pulls together to get the hoses up the hill.
Image Not Available for The only youth fire brigade in Germany. The team pulls together to get the hoses up the hill.

The only youth fire brigade in Germany. The team pulls together to get the hoses up the hill.

Creator Peter Koester
Date1930s
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 17.7 x 23.5 cm (6 15/16 x 9 1/4 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift, 2002
Category
  • Photographs
Object number2002/1248
LocationNot currently on display

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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 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 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.
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 The boys prepare the pump for activation.
The boys prepare the pump for activation.
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 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 Man on sidewalk standing against large cinema photo of Ingrid Bergman pulls his collar up to get warm. New York. 1959.
Man on sidewalk standing against large cinema photo of Ingrid Bergman pulls his collar up to get warm. New York. 1959.
Christian Cambazard
Photograph
Image Not Available for Fire fighters use a torch to thaw the water hoses from frost while fighting a major fire in the business section of Berlin
Fire fighters use a torch to thaw the water hoses from frost while fighting a major fire in the business section of Berlin
Associated Press of Berlin
1937
Photograph
Image Not Available for A Stiff Pull
A Stiff Pull
Peter Henry Emerson
c. 1886; printed 1888
Photograph
Image Not Available for Young woman in hotel room pulls sandal on her feet as she talks to someone
Young woman in hotel room pulls sandal on her feet as she talks to someone
Bert Hardy
1951
Photograph
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