Portrait of Firemaster Pordage in ceremonial dress

Category

Library Item

Item no

21252

Title

Portrait of Firemaster Pordage in ceremonial dress, showing cropping and hand-decoration on print

Description

Portrait of Firemaster Pordage in ceremonial uniform including a Merriweather helmet. His jacket has double rows of brass buttons and brass epaulettes. A smaller section of the image has been masked off and hand-decoration applied to the print.

Artist / maker

Drummond Shiels

Date

1920

Size

6.7 x 10.5 cm

Type

Photograph

This image is from the collections of the Museum of Scottish Fire Heritage, formerly the Museum of Fire at Lauriston Place.

Arthur Pordage was Firemaster of Edinburgh Fire Brigade from 1896-1927. In 1911 Firemaster Pordage devised a set of signals for firemen to use at emergency situations to avoid the need to shout and ensure that messages were received correctly. The signals were based on Army and Navy semaphore.

Pordage had this portrait taken at Drummond Shiels photographers who were based at 70 & 72 Lauriston Place, right beside the fire station.

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