Informal portrait showing members of the Shakopee Fire Department with 12 firefighters gathered around their fire truck parked in front of the fire station. All of the men are wearing firefighter's gear with the exception of one man, possibly the Fire Chief. Pictured from left to right are George Jaspers, Vince Stein, Emil Speilmen, Greg Hartmann, George Kopp, Butch Pass, Patsy Huth, Nick Vierling, Al Kirkabe, Frank (illegible), George Ring, and Sylvester Devenney.
Top Row: Jack Trump, Bill Henny, William Mueller, Charles Wallace, Walt, Sipe, Howard Hommes, Mike Plumedahl, Robert Clasen, Vince Hallett. Second Row: Merv Holt, Don Ackerman, Francis Gfoerer, Kenny Nesseth, Dick Genung, Bud Gallagher, Carl Matson, Matt Spurzem, Hess Linderholm. Third Row: Al Bossert, Arthur Master, James Robinson, Bill Linderholm, Joe Knaeble, Tom Shaw, Adolph Jullie, Francis Chervny.
Exterior view of the Gambles shopping center after a fire. The fire started on July 31, 1962. Several young men are moving large boxes of trash away from the back of the store.
Interior view of Gambles shopping center after a fire. A man (fire inspector?) uses a flashligh to inspect the damage. The fire started on July 31, 1962.
Onlookers, mostly children, standing in the rear of Gambles to to watch St. Cloud firefighters combat the fire at Gambles shopping center. The fire started on July 31, 1962.
Crowds of gawkers gathered behind barriers set up by police on the north side of First Street to observe the fire at Gambles shopping center. The fire started on July 31, 1962.
Exterior view of the Northfield Fire Department with firefighters and a fire truck. At left is chief Ross Phillips with his daughter, Margaret Phillips Starks, 2.5 years old.
Dick Ryan, Jack McHugh, Ed Hicks and Chief Boyhart are posed by the 1912 American LaFrance motorized pumper in front of the Central Fire Station. This was the first piece of motorized fire fighting equipment owned by the Rochester Fire Department.
Third Street SW is shown, looking north. City Hall (built in 1884) is partially visible on the left. The uniformed firemen are standing in front of the Rochester Fire Department, left to right: William (Billy) Murray, William J. Hall, Bill Cudmore, Charles Zimmerman, William Boylhart, Henry (Stoney) Jacobs, John Hohler, Jack McHugh and driver Jack Ryan. Richard Ryan rented his team to the Fire Department. The horses pictured are the first team used by Fire Department. Previous to the horses, hand carts were pulled by volunteer firemen. The Rochester Electric Light Plant (built in 1893) was located between City Hall and the Fire Department.
Front Row: Frank Cherveny, Matt Spurem, E. Gorman, Tim Eull, Bud Gallagher, Mike Plumedahl. Back Row: Archie Martin, Jack Trump, Louis Ackerman, Warren Bartlett, Herb Clausen, Merv Holt, Al Bossert, Howard Hommes, Hess Linderholm, Walt Sipe. Top Row: Wally Eull, Doug Bartlett, Louis Miller
Photograph of the Fire Department Members in front of the bus that was used to transport Fire Department Members around town. The ten members include: Joe Stahria, Lyle Esler, Wyman Barker, Oho Jensen, Chief - Russell Esler, Lee Goldsmith, H. L. Westby, Stan Humphrey, Oho Stolle, and Victor Peterson.
Group photograph of the 1907 Fire Department members in front of the Fire Hall. Captain S.D. McIlhargey, R.G. Esler, B.A. Baldowsky, Karl H. Williams, A.L. Johnstone, V.C. Ricks, Henry Bracket, John Carlson, V.W. Peterson, J.C. Kin, H.V. Eaton, others not identified.
Fire at the Hotel Norton on 104 Second Street southeast in Rochester. This was a very difficult fire to fight given the extreme cold temperatures. Several people died in this fire. The event spurred other businesses in Rochester to install sprinker systems.