About This Item

  • Call NumberOSOS_0645
  • TitleNotice memorializing members of the Vulcan Society, Inc. FDNY killed in the September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
  • SummaryText reads, "Vulcan Society, Inc., FDNY, Captain Vernon A. Richard, Ladder7; Gerarde L. Baptiste, Ladder 9; Vernon Cherry, Ladder 118; Coleman Tarel, Squad 252; Karl Joseph, Engine 207; Andrew R. Fletcher, Rescue 5; Keith Glascoe, Ladder 21; Ronnie Henderson, Engine 279; Keithroy Maynard, Engine 33; Leon Smith, Ladder 118; Shawn Powell, Engine 201; William L. Henry, Rescue 1." Includes essay entitled, "For this purpose I was born' [by] ... Alice B. Nixon-Barr ..." Donor's note, "Vulcan Society, society of black fire fighters [offering] community service, tutoring, talks at schools."
  • Date2001
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 image file : digital, TIFF, black-and-white
  • Genreblack-and-white photographsfliers (printed matter)
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. Date from donor. Original photograph, [dimensions unknown], digitized on March 08, 2016 as a TIFF. Donated for capture by the Richard family at Boys and Girls High School. Collected through the Our Streets, Our Stories community heritage project, a part of the Culture in Transit grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation's Knight News Challenge.
  • Creator[unknown]
  • SubjectPortraits ; New York (N.Y.). Fire Department ; African American fire fighters ; September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001
  • CollectionOur Streets, Our Stories collection
  • PlaceNew York (N.Y.)
  • Cite AsOur Streets, Our Stories collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
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