1931 antique FDNY FIRE DEPARTMENT LEDGER brooklyn ny ENGINE 211 500pg FIRE COMPANY JOURNAL LOGBOOK

$595.00

Original period item

Type

Book

Place

New York

Era

1930s

AI-assisted description: This description was prepared with AI assistance from the photographed pages of the volume. While every effort has been made to accurately identify and describe the contents, errors are possible. Please examine all photographs carefully and use your own judgment regarding condition, completeness, and historical significance. Exceptional original 1931 FDNY Engine Company 211 handwritten company journal/logbook from Brooklyn, New York. The company number 211 is handwritten on the spine, identifying the volume with Engine 211. This is a massive working firehouse record measuring approximately 9" x 14" and containing 500 numbered pages, densely filled with handwritten entries documenting the daily operation of the company. The photographed records begin May 29, 1931 and continue through September 1, 1931, with entries made throughout the day and night—often recording events to the exact minute. The journal provides an unusually detailed primary-source account of FDNY operations during the Depression era. Entries repeatedly document alarms of fire received by telegraph, special calls, company and apparatus responses, returns to quarters, fire watches, platoon assignments, personnel reporting for duty, inspections, drills, calisthenics, department property, apparatus maintenance, messenger assignments, leaves and other routine and emergency activity. The journal contains extensive references to the 35th Battalion and numerous Brooklyn locations, addresses and departmental assignments. Captain Richard Mangels is prominently represented throughout the volume, with his name and signature appearing repeatedly on company reports, inspections and official entries. Numerous firefighters and officers are named throughout the approximately 500 pages, giving the journal considerable additional value for FDNY personnel and genealogical research. Among the surnames visible in the photographed pages are Conway, Ranker, Fitzpatrick, Hastings, McLaughlin, Kiefert, Moller, Howard, Timmendinger, Gallagher, Wallacher and others. Many entries record which individual firefighters reported for duty, were assigned to watches, relieved other men, went on leave or were detailed elsewhere. The volume also provides an excellent record of the FDNY's fire-alarm telegraph system, with large numbers of alarms and special calls recorded by station or box number. Apparatus movements and responses involving other fire companies are also documented. Particularly interesting are the administrative records at the rear of the book. Separate handwritten sections headed “GASOLINE,” “OIL,” and “SUPPLIES RECEIVED” record requisitions and quantities used or delivered for the company's motor apparatus. These pages add another layer of information concerning the actual operation and maintenance of an FDNY engine company in 1931. This is not a commemorative book or later compilation—it is an original working FDNY Engine 211 firehouse journal, written as events occurred and containing hundreds of pages of operational information. Authentic period piece related to family, history or local heritage - well-suited for historical collections, genealogical /genealogy research, or museum acquisition. Vintage or Antique.