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Photo, Print, Drawing Usol'skai︠a︡ vol'nai︠a︡ pozharnai︠a︡ druzhina, deĭstvitel'nyĭ chlen Imperatorskogo rossiĭskogo pozharnogo obshchestva, s mestnym naseleniem. Усольская вольная пожарная дружина, действительный член Императорского российского пожарного общества, с местным населением.

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Title

  • Usol'skai︠a︡ vol'nai︠a︡ pozharnai︠a︡ druzhina, deĭstvitel'nyĭ chlen Imperatorskogo rossiĭskogo pozharnogo obshchestva, s mestnym naseleniem.

Other Title

  • Усольская вольная пожарная дружина, действительный член Императорского российского пожарного общества, с местным населением.

Translated Title

  • The Usol'e Volunteer Fire Detachment, a Full Member of the Russian Empire Fire Association, with the Local Population.

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.

Created / Published

  • Irkutskai︠a︡ gubernii︠a︡, Usol'e-Sibirskoe : [publisher not identified], 1912.

Headings

  • -  firefighters
  • -  uniforms
  • -  architecture
  • -  fire observation tower
  • -  Russian Federation
  • -  Irktusk Oblast

Notes

  • -  Original image at: Private Archive of Sergei Nikolaevich Chashchin

Medium

  • 1 photograph : 14.8 x 23.2 cm ; photo paper, black & white photo print.

Source Collection

  • Firefighting in Irkutsk Province

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2018684508

Online Format

  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Credit Line: [Original Source citation], World Digital Library

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Chicago citation style:

Usol'skai︠a︡ vol'nai︠a︡ pozharnai︠a︡ druzhina, deĭstvitel'nyĭ chlen Imperatorskogo rossiĭskogo pozharnogo obshchestva, s mestnym naseleniem. Russian Federation Irktusk Oblast, 1912. [Irkutskai︠a︡ gubernii︠a︡, Usol'e-Sibirskoe: publisher not identified] Photograph. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2018684508/.

APA citation style:

(1912) Usol'skai︠a︡ vol'nai︠a︡ pozharnai︠a︡ druzhina, deĭstvitel'nyĭ chlen Imperatorskogo rossiĭskogo pozharnogo obshchestva, s mestnym naseleniem. Russian Federation Irktusk Oblast, 1912. [Irkutskai︠a︡ gubernii︠a︡, Usol'e-Sibirskoe: publisher not identified] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2018684508/.

MLA citation style:

Usol'skai︠a︡ vol'nai︠a︡ pozharnai︠a︡ druzhina, deĭstvitel'nyĭ chlen Imperatorskogo rossiĭskogo pozharnogo obshchestva, s mestnym naseleniem. [Irkutskai︠a︡ gubernii︠a︡, Usol'e-Sibirskoe: publisher not identified] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2018684508/>.