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Photo, Print, Drawing Irkutskai︠a︡ polit︠s︡eĭskai︠a︡ pozharnai︠a︡ komanda. Parovai︠a︡ pozharnai︠a︡ truba i arsenal'skiĭ kolodet︠s︡. Иркутская полицейская пожарная команда. Паровая пожарная труба и арсенальский колодец.

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Title

  • Irkutskai︠a︡ polit︠s︡eĭskai︠a︡ pozharnai︠a︡ komanda. Parovai︠a︡ pozharnai︠a︡ truba i arsenal'skiĭ kolodet︠s︡.

Other Title

  • Иркутская полицейская пожарная команда. Паровая пожарная труба и арсенальский колодец.

Translated Title

  • Irkutskaia politseiskaia pozharnaia komanda. Parovaia pozharnaia truba i arsenal'skii kolodets.

Summary

  • This collection of photographs and documents from the private archive of Sergei Mikhailovich Chashchin relates to the establishment of a firefighting service in eastern Siberia in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It includes materials about early firefighting equipment, the organization of a Siberian firefighting team, and the leaders of Siberia's first firefighting service. World Digital Library.

Names

  • Prorokov, R.

Created / Published

  • Irkutsk, Russia : [publisher not identified], 1894

Headings

  • -  firefighters
  • -  equipment
  • -  transportation
  • -  architecture
  • -  Russian Federation
  • -  Irktusk Oblast

Notes

  • -  Original image at: Private Archive of Sergei Nikolaevich Chashchin
  • -  From the photo album "Пожарные города Иркутска."

Medium

  • 1 photograph : 16.3 x 23.2 cm ; photo paper, black & white photo print.

Source Collection

  • Firefighting in Irkutsk Province

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2018684485

Online Format

  • image

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IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Prorokov, R. Irkutskai︠a︡ polit︠s︡eĭskai︠a︡ pozharnai︠a︡ komanda. Parovai︠a︡ pozharnai︠a︡ truba i arsenal'skiĭ kolodet︠s︡. Irktusk Oblast Russian Federation, 1894. [Irkutsk, Russia: publisher not identified] Photograph. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2018684485/.

APA citation style:

Prorokov, R. (1894) Irkutskai︠a︡ polit︠s︡eĭskai︠a︡ pozharnai︠a︡ komanda. Parovai︠a︡ pozharnai︠a︡ truba i arsenal'skiĭ kolodet︠s︡. Irktusk Oblast Russian Federation, 1894. [Irkutsk, Russia: publisher not identified] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2018684485/.

MLA citation style:

Prorokov, R. Irkutskai︠a︡ polit︠s︡eĭskai︠a︡ pozharnai︠a︡ komanda. Parovai︠a︡ pozharnai︠a︡ truba i arsenal'skiĭ kolodet︠s︡. [Irkutsk, Russia: publisher not identified] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2018684485/>.