Fire Alarm
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- Source:
- The Valentine
- Collection:
- George D. Rust Photograph Collection
- Date:
- Circa 1898
- Region:
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Richmond, Virginia
(inherited from source) - Description:
- Mounted black and white photographic print of two horse-drawn carriages parked along sidewalk in foreground, near 921 E. Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia; behind them, three men, employees of the fire alarm telegraph division (of the Richmond Fire Department?) demonstrate their climbing abilities as they work on fire alarm power circuits; brick building with sign "P. W. Rafter's Restaurant" at entrance; verso has partial black and white photographic print of stone wall. Inscription: Printed __"Fire. Alarm." __Bottom of photograph __Printed in white ink Geographic Description: Richmond, Va. --Broad Street (Richmond, Va.) --Court End (Richmond, Va.)
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Georeference Details
- By:
- mhpob
- Date:
- Feb 18, 2026
- Total:
- 1 submission
- Confidence:
- Low
- Validations:
- 0
- Notes:
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Seems to match up with the side of 921 E Broad in the 1886 Sanborn
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Feb 18, 2026 9:22 PM
37.539986, -77.433258
11°
Low Confidence
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Seems to match up with the side of 921 E Broad in the 1886 Sanborn