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Title |
Berne Volunteer Fire Department |
Date |
30 Oct 1895 |
Description |
Berne Volunteer Fire Department - This is a photo of the Berne Volunteer Fire Department that was taken at the time of its inception. The photo shows the men posing in front of the fire house in downtown Berne, which was located on the south side of Main St., in a brick building which is currently the clothing store "Nora Gray". On the left side of the building you can see a double, wooden door with three panels in each. This was the double wide entry for the fire equipment to be rolled into and stored. Two smaller wooden doors can be seen behind the flage in the picture. These have transom windows over them and were probably used by the firemen to enter and exit the building. Another to the right is an open space the same size as the doorway on the far left, so this was probably another entry for more fire equipment. Four large windows then span the entire front of the building above these doors. You can't really see the equipment the men are in front of. There is a long metal bar that the two men in the back are leaning on, and you can see wheels with wooden spokes on either side of the picture and in the center bottom of the photo you can see two water hoses crossed on the ground in front of the man seated in the very center. Some of the men have thrown their hats onto the hoses. The men are all wearing suits and ties, but no uniforms. The photographer has written on the picture, "BERNE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT Organized October 30th AD 1895". "Officers of Company Jess Michaud.....Pres Menno Liechty ..... Secy Emil Franz .....Chief Eli Baumartner..Vice Pres Frank Amstutz....Tres Emil Liechty .....Asst. Chief". All the men in the group have then been identified on the back of the photo by someone other than the photographer. Front row L to R: Jesse A. Michaud, Peter Hilty, Frank Amstutz, Wilhel von Gunten, Louis Gehrig, Chris Hilty, John Hilty, Eli Baumgartner, Simon F. Lehman. 2nd Row: David Eckrote, Otto Franz, Sam Stucky, Charles Marks, Jacob Neuenschwander, David Sommer, Abraham Wahli, Carl Lehman, Noah Baumgartner, Samuel Wittwer. 3rd Row: Emil Franz, William Tucker, harry Graham, Paul Felber, Joel Liddy, Amos Schindler, Amos Snyder, Lwarence Yager, Abraham A. Habegger, Mennon Neuenschwander, Emil Liechty, Rear: George Braun, Eli A. Luginbill. |
Catalog Number |
2022.009.08 |
People |
Michaud, Justin A. "Jesse" (1876 - 1940) Hilty, Peter J. Amstutz, Frank Von Gunten, Wilhelm Gehrig, Lou Hilty, Chris Hilty, John J. Baumgartner, Eli Lehman, Simon Eckrote, Dave Franz, Otto Stucky, Sam (1878-1910) Marks, Charley Neuenschwander, Jakob Sommer, David Wahli, Abraham Lehman, Carl Baumgartner, Noah Wittwer, Sam Franz, Emil Tucker, William Graham, Harry Felber, Paul Liddy, Joel Schindler, Amos Snyder, Amos Yager, Lawrence Habegger, Abraham A. Neuenschwander, Menno Liechty, Emil Braun, George Luginbill, Eli A. |
Search Terms |
Berne Volunteer Fire Department |
Classification |
Men Organizations Social & Personal Activity |
Subjects |
flags fireman fire station |