Invitation to the Tempest Engine Company No. 2 Festival, 1861.

dc.coverage.temporal	Battle Creek. Michigan, circa 1861.	en_US
dc.identifier.other	LPC-034-001-004	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://dspace.willardlibrary.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/13087
dc.description	Card advertising a festival sponsored by the Tempest Engine Company No. 2 in 1861. The original Tempest No. 2, hand engine company was organized August 2, 1856. It was disbanded during the Civil War. Until the city's formal Fire Department was organized in 1891, fires were fought locally by volunteer fire companies which not only fought fires but participated in state-wide competitions of firefighting skills. Caption on front: Fifth Annual Festival Tempest Engine Company No. 2, At Stuart Hall, January 25, 1861. You are respectfully invited to Attend. Room Managers Theodpre W. Akelee G. W. Hyatt Thomas Hart John Nichols Carriages in attendance at six o'clock. Music, Hull & Arnold's Band	en_US
dc.format.medium	red & white invitation	en_US
dc.language.iso	En	en_US
dc.subject	Fire Department	en_US
dc.subject	Fairs and Festivals - Tempest Engine Company No. 2	en_US
dc.subject	B.C Fire Departments	en_US
dc.title	Invitation to the Tempest Engine Company No. 2 Festival, 1861.	en_US
dc.type	Image	en_US