Record number 181
Identification
Institution name Robbinsdale Historical Society
Object number GF003
Number of parts Over 100
Distinguishing features Photos, Newspaper Articles, Recollections, Booklets
Object name and title
Object category Government Files
Object name Fire Department
Title Robbinsdale Fire Department
Production dating
Date (early) 1926
Date (late) 1991
Content description
Description Events and Members of the Robbinsdale Fire Department
Physical description
Description Several reproduced or photocopied photos along with a CD-ROM
of more pictures, plus multiple different newspaper articles
decribing fire department events, plus four descriptive
paper programs, and eight different pieces of paper
displaying information regarding the fire department
Inscriptions and markings
Inscription / marking (Kids and man in truck) Adolf Jullie Former Fire Chief; (Car
Fire) Firefighters cautiously look over a car which burst
into flames last week outside Rainbow Foods in Robbinsdale;
(Firemen in basket) Francis “Bud” Gallagher and Will Jacobs
and Bill Linderholm 1966; (Fireman spraying church) 1973
fire destroyed Sacred Heart Church note the new snorkel at
work; (Police car in front of building) Fire and Police
station Hubbard and 41 1/2 St. taken in 1991; (Costume
party) Adolph and Florence Jullie, Fran and matie Gfroeser,
Len and margaret Carlson, 1947 or 1948; (Memorial plaque)
1984 Volunteer Fireman Memorial; (Fireman talking to
children) Jim “Bud” Robinson; (Crowd watching fire) Howard
Lumber Fire, picture given by Will Jacobs; (Fire department
building) City Council met on 3rd floor 1954-70; (Fire truck
in parade) A member of the Robb. FD wets down the crowd
along the W. Broadway at Sunday’s Whiz Bang Days Parade;
(Collection of eight pictures of rubble) Robb. Farm Store
and Lumber Yard May 1974; (Man in pool) Henn. Co. Sheriff’s
Dept. Water Patrol Diver Roald Knutson get “five” from 3 yr.
old Ryan Meyer, Edina at the Robb. FD Open House; (Enveloped
fire engine pictures- captions on the outside of envelope);
(Clasped envelope of photos) Ask Don Owatta about these
“fire” photos; (Men laying cement) Laying cement for
driveway for the first fire station which was added to the
city hall, circa 1933; (Three men in front of fire engine)
April 1949 Left to right, Howard Hommes- Past Chief of the
Fire Dept., Frank Cherveney- Current Chief- Charles O.
Wallace- Mayor; (13 Men standing in front of fire engine)
Volunteer fire department “Bucket Brigade” organized in
1894, volunteer firemen in front of 1st “real” fire engine
1926; (Man standing on fire engine) Charley Wallace with new
fire rig 1926;
Object history
Object history note This extensive file contains several artifacts portraying
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the Robbinsdale Fire Department. There are several photos
depicting rosters of firemen, various modes of department
transportation, action photos of fires and other events, as
well as several newspaper cut outs describing various
activities. There is also a large amount of other artifacts
such as commemorative programs recounting department
history, copies of department constitution and by-laws, as
well as several sheet of papers that describe individual
bravery, a list of major fires that took place within the
city, descriptions of these fires, and other commemorations
of the department. This file is very extensive, and
describes the exciting history of the fire department in
great detail.
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Date 2014-02-16
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