Bard College Fire Dept

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I found these picture of a student fire dept at Bard College that I thought was interesting, the site describe the collection with the following statement.

"The photographs in this collection document the existence of a student-run volunteer fire department at Bard College. Initially organized in 1942, the Bard College Fire Brigade (later called simply the Bard College Fire Department) became a central campus organization when founder George Blackstone returned from military service in 1946. Intended to protect the Bard community and to provide student members with fire fighting skills, the company fought fires as far away as Rhinecliff and Clermont during its active years. As years passed, however, leadership faltered. Suffering from lack of funds and dwindling membership, President Kline closed the department on May 3, 1960. "

http://www.hrvh.org/cdm4/results.php?CISOO...re%20Department

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Interesting

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i found this intresting.