Firemen and Junior, Front View | Historic Pittsburgh

ca. 1930-1940

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Title
Firemen and Junior, Front View
Date
ca. 1930-1940
Identifier
20091117-ocl-0133
Source Identifier
2003.01
Description
Oakmont Volunteer Fire Department members pose standing alongside and in the fire truck. Junior, the unofficial mascot of the fire department is also included in the picture, sitting atop the truck. Junior was extremely faithful and ran to the station as soon as the whistle blew to ride the fire truck to the fire. The dog was so dependable, he appeared in a page one article in the Advance Leader on January 14, 1938, that reads in part, "Bulletin! Here's News! Junior, mascot of the Oakmont Volunter Fire Department, missed the first fire of his life at the fire station. For some unknown reason, he missed the fire truck." Accounts vary as to when the fire department was founded. A group organized in 1907 as volunteer firemen, and then reorganized within the borough in 1921. Originally from Mark Carlberg Collection.
Type
still image
Genre
photographs
Subject
Oakmont (Allegheny County, Pa.)
Fifth Street (Oakmont, Pa.)
Oakmont Volunteer Fire Department (Oakmont, Pa.)
Dogs--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
Firemen--Pennsylvania--Oakmont
Fire Departments--Pennsylvania--Oakmont
Fire Fighters--Pennsylvania--Oakmont
Fire Station--Pennsylvania--Oakmont
Fire trucks--Pennsylvania--Oakmont
Source
Oakmont Carnegie Library Archives
Contributor
Oakmont Carnegie Library
Collection
Oakmont Historical Image Collection
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