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Portland (Or.). Fire Department

 Organization

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Coe I. Durland papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2919
Abstract

Collection includes drawings, 1961-1979, including many for the Portland Fire Department; Portland Fire Department ephemera, 1912-1919; a typescript history of Woodstock, Portland, Oregon; material relating to Ontario teacher Callie Shelton; and material relating to schoolhouses in Harney and Sherman counties, Oregon.

Dates: 1912-1979

Absolom Hallock papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 92
Abstract

Papers of Absolom Hallock include mixed journals and account books; correspondence relating to business, personal matters, and the Portland Fire Department; and receipts. Hallock (1826-1892) was a mechanic, draftsman, civil engineer, and surveyor. He served on the Portland Common Council as chief of the Fire Department, and was the first postmaster of the Barnegat post office in Tillamook County, Oregon.

Dates: 1851-1892

Mrs. Martin L. Johnson photographic collection on the Portland Fire Department

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 742
Abstract

Eight black and white photographs of Portland firefighters, horse-drawn fire trucks, a Portland Fire Department float in the Rose Parade and portraits of firefighter Glenn N. Griffin and Grace Batchelor.

Dates: circa 1894-1908

Location of fire alarm boxes

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 907
Abstract

Photocopy of the architect's original list of fire alarm boxes in Portland and Albina.

Dates: circa 1900-1930

Board with photographs and text relating to new Multnomah Engine Company No. 2 engine house

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1130
Abstract

Collection consists of a board or piece of cardstock with photographs and reprints of articles about Multnomah Engine Company No. 2 and the opening of the company's new engine house in May 1975.

Dates: 1875 May

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correspondence 2
photographs 2
Fire alarms -- Oregon -- Portland 1
Fire departments -- Oregon -- Portland -- Photographs 1
Fire engines -- Oregon -- Portland -- Photographs 1