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City of Newport Beach. Fire Department Records
2019_09
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Title: City of Newport Beach. Fire Department Records
Dates: 1929-1955
Collection Number: 2019_09
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 7 volumes; 4 photographs and 20 negatives.
Repository:
Sherman Library and Gardens
Corona del Mar, California 92625
Abstract: This collection contains materials relating to the history of the Newport Beach Fire Department. The records include two fire
record books (1947-1953 and 1954-1955), a photo scrapbook (1944-1946), three newspaper scrapbooks, a framed certificate of
appreciation given to Chief Frank Crocker in 1933, photographs and negatives, and a scrapbook (1927-1942) created by Chief
Rufus Janvier “Jan” Briscoe.
Language of Material: English
This collection is open for research.
Property rights to the physical object belong to the Sherman Library. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by
the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The Sherman Library do not hold the copyright.
City of Newport Beach. Fire Department Records. Sherman Library and Gardens
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection contains materials relating to the history of the Newport Beach Fire Department. The records include two fire
record books (1947-1953 and 1954-1955), a photo scrapbook (1944-1946), three newspaper scrapbooks, a framed certificate of
appreciation given to Chief Frank Crocker in 1933, photographs and negatives, and a scrapbook (1927-1942) created by Chief
Rufus Janvier “Jan” Briscoe.