Sprouse-Rietz Variety Store Fire

Sprouse-Rietz Variety Store Fire
Item Description
Date
May 3, 1959
Description
Smoke pours out of the front door and windows of the Sprouse-Reitz Variety Store. Two ladders are propped up against the store front. Two fire fighters spray water from a hose directly into the store, while two fire fighters walk on the sidewalk outside the fire. Tillman Hardware Store is directly to the right of the fire.
Subject
Fire extinction
Fire fighters
Smoke
Fires
Fire hose
Stores, Retail
Variety stores
Fire departments--Uniforms
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_213
Language
English
Citation
Sprouse-Rietz Variety Store Fire, [date], MSS71_213, 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/
Reference
This image appears in "Fighting Fire on the Frontier," by Arthur A. Hart (Boise Fire Department Association, 1976), page 82.
Contributing Institution

Special Collections and Archives, Albertsons Library, Boise State University

Rights
In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
Rights Note
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