After a day of strenuous exercise, or of more placid enjoyment in the mountain air of the Valley, the round fireplace in the beautiful Lounge provides an interesting place to relax and reminisce. 5 Associates, San Francisco, California Mirro-Krome by H.S. Crocker BSY-50 via Flickr http://flic.kr/p/vYFyRR
Read More →The new Chicago Fire Academy was dedicated in May 1961, and in view of its many outstanding and unique facilities, promptly nicknamed "The West Point of the Fire Department." The Snorkel pictured in front of it was conceived by Chicago’s Fire Commissioner, Robert J. Quinn, and Chicago was the first Read More →
In this shop the blacksmith makes and repairs all kinds of ironware using the simple tools of the eighteenth century. One of the operating Craft Shops, it is open to the visitor to Williamsburg. OFFICIAL COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG CARD Mirro-Krome Card by H.S. Crocker Co., Inc., Baltimore, Md. 21224 Number: 525 Read More →
In this shop the blacksmith makes and repairs all kinds of ironware using the simple tools of the eighteenth century. One of the operating Craft Shops, it is open to the visitor to Williamsburg. OFFICIAL COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG CARD Mirro-Krome Card by H.S. Crocker Co., Inc., Baltimore, Md. 21224 Number: 525 Read More →
On April 19, 1904, fire ripped through downtown Toronto in what is now the Financial District. It started in a tie factory. Wooden exterior fire-escapes and window-sills meant it spread quickly. New-fangled elevators became chimneys. Because of the strong winds and cold, ice congealed on the telegraph wires, the streets Read More →
Taken just a year and a few weeks after the Great Toronto Fire of 1904, this dramatic shot of the fire at the Canadian Feather & Mattress Company on Melinda St. just east of Bay Street, illustrates the difficulty that the new taller buildings posed to firefighters. The relatively newly-developed Read More →
In the mid 19th-Century, Rossin House Hotel was one of the most prestigious hotels in Toronto and one of the early city’s tallest structure. Located at the southeast corner of King and York Streets in Toronto, it was originally built in 1856. As this picture shows, it was destroyed by Read More →
This lithograph depicts the great fire at St. John, NB, on June 20th, 1877. “The Fire broke out on York Point at half past two P.M. and burned furiously until after midnight, consuming several hundred buildings among which were the Post Office, Custom House, Academy of Music, eleven churches, a Read More →
The Legislative Building at Queen’s Park was built between 1886 and 1893. While adding an extension 1909, workers accidentally set fire to the roof of the west wing. The fire spread quickly. MPPs and staff formed a bucket brigade to save the Legislative Chamber, but sadly the damage included the Read More →
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