[Hook and Ladder Company of the Vancouver Volunteer Fire Department]

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[Hook and Ladder Company of the Vancouver Volunteer Fire Department] The Great Eastern Photographic and Advertising Company

Description

Group portrait of the No.1 Hook and Ladder Company of the Vancouver Volunteer Fire Department in 1888.
The caption on margin is written by the major, Jame Skitt Matthews, who was appointed as City Archivist of the Vancouver City Archives in 1933.
His handwritten annotation on recto reads, "Presented, 10 Nov. 1941, by Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Tupper. 1969 West 10th. Mrs. Tupper is a daughter of Mr. & Mrs. William McGirr. City Archives. Top row, centre man with beard, Wm [William] McGirr. Middle row: end man, on right: P. Larson, and end boy below him, Wm [William] McGirr, junior. Remainder unknown, but most Frenchmen.
Vancouver Volunteer Fire Department, 1888. No.1, Hook and Ladder Company. William McGirr captain; Peter Larson, assistant.
Uniform: Thick hard leather helmet with metal helmet plate with embossed "1". White leather belts with light blue trimmings with figure "1" on leather keeper (metal clasp beneath keeper). Leather plaited (helmet band) chin strap wound on helmet (all purchased in eastern Canada). Shirt of red flannel without embroidery. Dark blue, almost black velvet collar and cuffs with half inch white braid, and embroidered with hook and leather, and "Vancouver" arched above "H" and "L", with "Company" in base. Studded with embroidered white but-tons. The shirt, cuffs, collar and shield were all hand needlework, and made and embroidered by Mrs. William McGirr, wife of company captain; others may have assisted. Authority: Hugh E. Campbell, Birch St, an original member of Fire Brigade, who, Oct. 1941, still treasures his red shirt."
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Tupper donated this photo to the City of Vancouver Archives in 1941.
Identical copies can be found in UBC Library's Uno Langmann Family Collection of BC Photographs, UL_1518_0005 and the City of Vancouver Archives' collection, AM54-S4-: FD P27.
Title taken from recto.

Item Metadata

Title	[Hook and Ladder Company of the Vancouver Volunteer Fire Department]
Creator	The Great Eastern Photographic and Advertising Company
Contributor	Matthews, James Skitt, 1878-1970
Publisher	[unknown]
Date Created	1888
Description	Group portrait of the No.1 Hook and Ladder Company of the Vancouver Volunteer Fire Department in 1888. The caption on margin is written by the major, Jame Skitt Matthews, who was appointed as City Archivist of the Vancouver City Archives in 1933. His handwritten annotation on recto reads, "Presented, 10 Nov. 1941, by Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Tupper. 1969 West 10th. Mrs. Tupper is a daughter of Mr. & Mrs. William McGirr. City Archives. Top row, centre man with beard, Wm [William] McGirr. Middle row: end man, on right: P. Larson, and end boy below him, Wm [William] McGirr, junior. Remainder unknown, but most Frenchmen. Vancouver Volunteer Fire Department, 1888. No.1, Hook and Ladder Company. William McGirr captain; Peter Larson, assistant. Uniform: Thick hard leather helmet with metal helmet plate with embossed "1". White leather belts with light blue trimmings with figure "1" on leather keeper (metal clasp beneath keeper). Leather plaited (helmet band) chin strap wound on helmet (all purchased in eastern Canada). Shirt of red flannel without embroidery. Dark blue, almost black velvet collar and cuffs with half inch white braid, and embroidered with hook and leather, and "Vancouver" arched above "H" and "L", with "Company" in base. Studded with embroidered white but-tons. The shirt, cuffs, collar and shield were all hand needlework, and made and embroidered by Mrs. William McGirr, wife of company captain; others may have assisted. Authority: Hugh E. Campbell, Birch St, an original member of Fire Brigade, who, Oct. 1941, still treasures his red shirt." Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Tupper donated this photo to the City of Vancouver Archives in 1941. Identical copies can be found in UBC Library's Uno Langmann Family Collection of BC Photographs, UL_1518_0005 and the City of Vancouver Archives' collection, AM54-S4-: FD P27. Title taken from recto.
Extent	1 photograph : black and white
Subject	Fire fighters; Community service; Uniforms; Group portraits
Geographic Location	Vancouver (B.C.)
Genre	Photographs
Type	Still Image
File Format	image/jpeg
Language	English
Notes	Located in Box 3
Identifier	UL_1518_0004; UL_1518_0004
Collection	Uno Langmann Family Collection of B.C. Photographs
Source	Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Uno Langmann Family Collection of B.C. Photographs. UL_1518_0004
Date Available	2023-02-10
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Image provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books and Special Collections http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca
Catalogue Record	http://rbscarchives.library.ubc.ca/index.php/uno-langmann-family-collection-of-b-c-photographs-2
DOI	10.14288/1.0424338
Aggregated Source Repository	CONTENTdm

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Image provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books and Special Collections http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca

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