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Subject Fire Prevention

1. Photo 247/3(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 247/3(10)
Title:
Fire signal tower, Calcutta. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking along the roadway towards a flimsy wooden tower used for firewatching. For a sketch by Colesworthy Grant of a similar fire tower, see his 'Anglo-Indian domestic life' (Calcutta, 2nd edition, 1862), p. 10: 'Fires, however, we certainly have in ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1851-1852
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 247/3(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 247/3(25)
Title:
Kidderpore Bridge, Calcutta. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking along the side of the Kidderpore suspension bridge (built c. 1826) and across the canal known as Tolly's Nullah, towards the fire watching tower on the far side.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1851-1852
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1225/6(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1225/6(11)
Title:
The Fire Line [San Francisco].
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1912
Extent:
1 item

4. PP.3803.bha, 1/17(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
PP.3803.bha, 1/17(2)
Title:
A fire tower, Yedo [Tokyo]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of a wooden fire tower at Tokyo: 'All over Yedo, and in all the great cities of the Empire, are towers similar in their general design to that depicted...The tower pictured in the photograph is somewhat dilapidated; and is the only portion of the ya...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1871
Extent:
1 item

5. PP.3803.bha, 2/19(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
PP.3803.bha, 2/19(3)
Title:
The Geyshiu Yashiki, Yokohama. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of a modern Japanese fireproof house: 'It belongs to a merchant, the agent for the prince formerly known as Matszdaira Aki no Kami — more frequently spoken of under the name of his province 'Geyshiu;' and is the best specimen of Japanese house architecture ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1872
Extent:
1 item