Contributed by Hose 5 Fire Museum
Description
This is an 1900 rubber bucket. They were kept in people's homes and used in the event of a fire. The earlier buckets were made of leather and always kept in the home and in the event of a fire everyone would bring them outside to be filled with water and passed from person to person or what was called a bucket brigade.
About This Item
- Title: Rubber Fire Bucket, ca. 1900
- Creation Date: circa 1900
- Subject Date: circa 1900
- Location: Bangor, Penobscot County, ME
- Media: Rubber
- Object Type: Physical Object
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Hose 5 Fire Museum247 State Street, Bangor, ME 04401
(207) 945-3229
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