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Historical Society offers vintage Fire Department artifacts for display
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This vintage photograph, from 1896, shows the Baldwin Fire Department in its first parade after it was organized in February 1896.
Photos by Maureen Lennon/Herald
An antique fire alarm on display at the Baldwin Historical Society.
Historical Society President Gary Farkash shares a booklet about an installation at the Fire Department in 1992.
Historical Society members Bruce and Doris Lister, members of the Baldwin Historical Museum, in front of vintage items from the fire department. Doris Lister is the treasurer and researcher at the Historical Society.
Mary Kasper, left, and Barbara Sirianni, members of the Baldwin Historical Society stand in front of artifacts from the Fire Department.
Firefighting was the subject at last week’s Baldwin Historical Society meeting, with President Gary Farkash showing visitors an array of vintage photographs and artifacts from the Baldwin Fire Department.
Among the items was a photograph of the department on parade in Far Rockaway, Queens, in 1896 —the oldest known photograph of the department.
Many of the items came from the personal collection of former chief James C. McKeon.
But for all the vintage items, there were a few new items, Farkash said, including a new computer system that projected the images on a large screen for viewing. The displays last week marked the first time the new equipment was used at a Historical Society presentation.
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