Fire, New Hamburg [Published]

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Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photographic Negative Collection

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Title: Fire, New Hamburg [Published]
Abstract: Photo caption from published version of 54-5866_002: "PLANT GUTTED - Firemen from New Hamburg, Kitchener, Wellesley and Baden battled the blaze for more than two hours. The building housed the New Hamburg Wood Specialties Company and the Murawky Furniture Company."
Item description: Image of a firefighter crouched on the ground directing water from a hose at a burning building taken at night. New Hamburg Furniture is visible on the side of the building.
General note: Title supplied by Kitchener-Waterloo Record staff.
54-5866_002 and photo missing from envelope appeared on Page 3 of the Saturday, March 27, 1954 edition of the newspaper as part of the article: "$150,000 Fire Guts New Hamburg Plant."
Caption for missing photo not transcribed.
Publisher: Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Collection: Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photographic Negative Collection
Location: 54-5866
Identifier: 54-5866_002
Date created: 1954-03-27
Date published: 1954-03-27
Extent: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 8 x 10 cm
Genre: negatives
Corporate creator name: Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Subject(s): Fire fighters
Fires
Continent: North America
Country: Canada
Province: Ontario
Region: Waterloo (Ont. : Regional municipality)
City: Wilmot Township
City section: New Hamburg (Ont.)
Usage rights: Public Domain
Preferred citation: University of Waterloo Library. Special Collections & Archives. Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photographic Negative Collection. Fire, New Hamburg [Published]. 54-5866_002.