Print, Photographic

Sepia-toned composite photo of the firefighters of Ladder Company No. 18 in 1931, composed of fifteen separate oval-shaped head-and-shoulders portraits. Lieutenant Anthony J. Buss, Captain Michael F. Karbowski, C. Boers, S. Colborne, F. Masch, G. Barber, F. Walker, J. Blackman, E. Gotham, A. Hoffman, T. Putrycus, L.Albrecht, R. Church, H. Graham, and R. Self are pictured, Line drawings of a torch, and a bugle against a Maltese cross, are also incorporated into the layout. The mark of the Metropolitan Art Studio, at 8746 Gratiot Avenue, is also printed near the lower right. "John R & Seven Mile," is handwritten on the verso.