Peasley Warehouse Fire

Peasley Warehouse Fire
Item Description
Date
August 24, 1948
Description
A fire sends smoke into the air at the Peasley Transfer and Storage Company warehouse at the corner of 13th and Front Streets in Boise. A crowd watches the fire in the foreground on the other side of Front Street while fire fighters shoot water from hoses off an aerial ladder fire truck in the background. This view is looking east on Front Street.
Subject
Fire departments--Equipment and supplies--Aerial ladders
Fire extinction
Fire fighters
Fire engines
Smoke
Warehouses
Location
Boise (Idaho)
Member of
Doc Roach
Collection
William Francis "Doc" Roach Papers, MSS 071
Genre
photographs
Resource Type
Still Image
Digital Format
image/jpeg
Local Identifier
MSS71_174
Language
English
Creator
Henry R. Griffiths, Jr.
Citation
Peasley Warehouse Fire, [date], MSS71_174, William Francis "Doc" Roach Papers, MSS 071, Special Collections and Archives, Albertsons Library, Boise State University
Finding Aid
https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv61544/
Contributing Institution

Special Collections and Archives, Albertsons Library, Boise State University

Rights
In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
Rights Note
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