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Putting out a fire at Baker's Place
Unknown, 1900, Photograph
Putting out a fire at Baker's Place
Putting out a fire at Baker's Place
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Item no
21200
Title
Putting out a fire at Baker's Place, Stockbridge, Edinburgh
Description
A fireman crouches on the roof of a tobacconist's shop in Baker's Place, Edinburgh attempting to put out a fire in the building behind. He is wearing a brass helmet and is pointing a hose through an open window. At ground level other firemen can be seen as well as passers by. Smoke is gushing from the roof and front windows of the building on fire.
Artist / maker
Unknown
Date
1900
Type
Photograph
This image is from the collections of the
Museum of Scottish Fire Heritage
, formerly the Museum of Fire at Lauriston Place.
Exhibitions with this item
Whose Town? Arthur Pordage
Museum of Fire Collections
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Emergency services and rescue work
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Fire engines
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Fires
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Ornamentation
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Health and safety
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