The Firefighters Collection
The Firefighters Collection
The New York State Library has one of the most extensive collections of historic resources on the individual fires, firefighters and firefighting equipment of New York State. The images below are just a small sampling of those in the Firefighter Collection, which includes photos and historic documents dating from the 1880s through 1930s.
Images from the Collection
Albany Fire Protectives - Group Portrait
The Albany Fire Protectives worked for the Albany Board of Underwriters, salvaging buildings and their contents following a fire.
Albany Fire Protectives
Albany Fire Protectives in the street.
Early fire engine
A rendering of the first fire engine manufactured in the U.S. (18th century) from "Ye Olde Fire Laddies" by Herbert Asbury, 1930.
"Giving Succor to the Victims of a Fire. A Scene in Engine 5's House."
An illustration from "Reminischences of the Old Fire laddies and Volunteer Fire Departments of New York and Brooklyn," 1885, by J. Frank Kernan.
"Let her go"
An illustration of a fireman pulling a hose carriage from The Story of the Volunteer Fire Department of the City of New York, by George W. Sheldon. New York, Harper & Bros, 1882.
