Old Memphis Fire Photos

Today, we are adding a new category to the web site. We will periodically post pictures here of old Memphis Fire Department activities, including fire scenes, fire apparatus, and people.

Photographed by Louis J. Tibbs, who was listed as staff photographer for the News Scimitar, a local newspaper in Memphis from 1907 to 1926. In 1926, the paper merged with the Memphis Press to become the Memphis Press-Scimitar. That newspaper remained in circulation until 1983. The fire was in a commercial building at 383 Vance Avenue, which housed the Monarch Theater Supply Company and the Film Booking Offices of America. The firemen appear to be moving in with salvage covers, and it is believed that the officer at the door is former Assistant Fire Chief Henry Brenner, who was later killed in the line of duty. This fire occurred in 1926, but the date is unknown.

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