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Description: TWO Antique Handwritten Ledger Books from Engine Company #34 of the Buffalo NY Fire Department. There is a little time between the two ledgers so they are not perfectly continuous, but it is the same company and contains many of the same peoples names. The events of each day roughly translated to a ledger page.
- Ledger 1 begins March 24, 1914 and ends on March 4, 1915.
- Ledger 2 begins November 6, 1917 and ends on July 31, 1918.
They contain very precise information for all of the time accounted for. Much of it is which men were on watch and the corresponding times they were on watch, but every detail is logged down like roll calls, inspections, who was on meals, counts of equipment (including horses), meetings with other fire stations, men on vacation, etc.
Every fire call and other various responses are also logged and these contain precise streets and intersections to where they went. Some report fire hydrants out of commission. Many of these calls are to locations on prominent downtown Buffalo streets. There are about 731 pages of handwriting and it\'s a bit of work to read as they are in different hands. I have only scratched the surface. Each entry is an additional event and there are roughly 7000 - 8000 entries. These ledgers paint an extremely comprehensive look into the workings of this Buffalo Fire Company from 1914 to 1918.
They attended a wide range of calls, many of them marked \'Gen Call\' in the margin which is helpful to find some interesting material. Some of the random calls include:
- Call concerning a bad hole on Forest Ave just East of Grant
- Manhole cover broken on North Side of Swan Street
- Hydrant at Forest & Grant out of commission
- Hydrant out of Commission on Perry Street
- Grass fire
- All members of Buffalo Red Cross Society could march in a parade in fire uniforms
- Keep East Side of Bailey Ave Bridge over Buffalo River slow
- Water Shut off on Seneca St. between Babcock & Milton
- Have each member of your company fill out W.S.S. pledge card
- Water turned off in the Pierce Plant until further notice (Pierce Arrow?), then water all night in the Pierce Plant
- and hundreds more
It appears that Buffalo Fire Department Engine Company 34 is still operative and one of 19 Buffalo stations.
Measurements: each ledger is 9\" by 14 1/8\"Condition: Good to Fair. Exterior of the ledgers and bindings are fair/poor. Structurally, they aren\'t great. Bindings lean right so that front boards overlap back boards at fore edge. Red leather over spine of one ledger is gone and the leather on the other one has split and come up. General dust, toning and light soiling to the exterior covers and page edges. Consistent dust and toning to interior pages. Some pages have been torn from one ledger, but it doesn\'t appear they held important content. Another page has torn loose and is tucked into pages. With all of that said there is well over 700 pages of handwritten content all preserved very well. Please inspect the photos.Shipped FREE via USPS with appropriate care... Thank YOU!Payment
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