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Materials relating to the San Francisco Fire DepartmentCreator/Contributor:
Bowlen, Frederick J., 1882-1945, creator, author,, compiler.Creator/Contributor:
Nahl, Charles Christian, 1818-1878Creator/Contributor:
Online Archive of CaliforniaAbstract:
Typescript (carbon) narratives on various aspects of the history of the San Francisco Fire Department written and compiled
by Frederick J. Bowlen, who served the S.F.F.D. as Battalion Chief and Department Historian.
Date:
1935 (issued)Contents:
volume 1. Fires we have fought [a narrative of famous fires in San Francisco], 1944 (105 pages) -- volume 2. Fire horses :
farewell, good and faithful servants, 1938 ([4], 155 pages) -- volume 3. Firefighters of the past : a history of the old Volunteer
Fire Department of San Francisco from 1849 to 1866, 1939 (168 pages) -- volume 4. Roster of exempt firemen : also, Roster
of the exempt fire company of San Francisco, 1940 ([6], 125, [16] pages) -- volume 5. Fire in the Bancroft Building, San Francisco,
April 30, 1886, undated (7 pages; includes photographs) -- volume 6. Fire Department certificate, Volunteer Fire Department
of San Francisco, July 1, 1850 to December 3, 1886 [notes on the design of the certificate by Charles Christian Nahl and its
adoption], 1940 (4 pages) -- volume 7. Reports of fire officers of the San Francisco Fire Department on the fire of 1906,
1935 ([71] pages).
Subject:
n-us-caFire departments -- California -- San Francisco -- Officials and employees
Fire stations -- California -- San Francisco -- History
Engine companies -- California -- San Francisco -- History
Fire fighters -- California -- San Francisco -- History
Fire extinction -- California -- San Francisco -- History
Volunteer fire departments -- California -- San Francisco -- History
Volunteer fire fighters -- California -- San Francisco -- History
Fires -- California -- San Francisco -- History
San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906
Services des incendies -- Californie -- San Francisco -- Fonctionnaires
Casernes de pompiers -- Californie -- San Francisco -- Histoire
Pompiers -- Californie -- San Francisco -- Histoire
Incendies -- Extinction -- Californie -- San Francisco -- Histoire
Pompiers volontaires -- Californie -- San Francisco -- Histoire
Incendies -- Californie -- San Francisco -- Histoire
Tremblement de terre de San Francisco, Calif., 1906
Volunteer fire fighters
Volunteer fire departments
Fire stations
Fire fighters
Fire extinction
Fire departments -- Officials and employees
Engine companies
Earthquakes
Fires
San Francisco (Calif.) -- History -- 19th century
San Francisco (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century
California
California -- San Francisco
San Francisco (Calif.). -- Fire Department -- History
Bancroft Library -- History
A.L. Bancroft & Company -- History
A.L. Bancroft & Company.
Bancroft Library.
San Francisco (Calif.). -- Fire Department
Bowlen, Frederick J -- 1882-1945 -- Archives
Note:
Volumes 3 and 7: Also available on microfilm with call number BANC FILM 3109.
Volume 7: Also available in digital format: accessible through Online Archive of California.
Society of California Pioneers, San Francisco, CA.
San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA.
California State Library, Sacramento, CA.
Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, CA.
Frederick John Bowlen (April 28, 1882-March 8, 1945) was appointed to the San Francisco Fire Department from the truckman's
list on November 6, 1903 at the age of 21. He served the department continuously in various positions, achieving the ranks
of Lieutenant in 1913 and Captain in 1916. He was appointed Battalion Chief on February 7, 1919. From 1929 until his retirement
in 1944, he also served as the San Francisco Fire Department Historian.
Materials relating to the San Francisco Fire Department, BANC MSS C-R 68, The Bancroft Library, University of California,
Berkeley.
In English.
Type:
photographs.Photographs.
Archives.
History.
Photographs.
Photographies.
Physical Description:
print
microfilm reel
0.4 (7
1 microfilm reel (176 frames) : negative (BNEG Box 3012) and positive
1 microfilm reel : negative (BNEG Box 983:3) and positive
Language:
English