Portland Fire Department Engine 3 encrusted with ice after a fire in March of 1944. From the Portland Public Library archival collection of Portland Press Herald, Maine Sunday Telegram and Evening Express photos.
Portland firemen battle a building fire on a January night in 1941.
Portland Fire Department Central Station, 1951.
Portland Fire Department Fireman Terry McGovern (right), March 16, 1947.
Portland Fire Department Fireman Terry McGovern at the desk, March 16, 1947.
Portland firemen playing pool in the firehouse, March 16, 1947.
A Portland Fire Department fireman on a ladder truck, April 17, 1947. Second Parish Church, 371 Congress St., in background.
Patricia Ann Markley (left), of Ponce Street, and John W. Lane with fireman James H. Markley at a Portland Fire Department station, May 29, 1949.
Fire scene at 12-14 Frost Street, Springvale, undated.
Dedication of the Portland Fire Department Museum on Spring Street, July 8, 1985.
Charles N. Anthoine, Jr. (left) and Charles N. Anthoine with a Springvale Fire Department engine on May 18, 1947.
Capt. James L. MacVane. Portland Fire Department, Peaks Island, Feb. 1, 1948.
John A. Olson, with new fire rescue truck, Rescue 1, from the Portland Fire Department, May 5, 1948.
Portland Fire Department Engine 8, in front of central fire station on Congress Street, 1953.
The Portland Fire Department fights a fire at Etheridge Foundry, 440 Fore Street in 1951.
Children visiting a Portland Fire Department fire house in 1960.
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