Union City Fire Fighters - 1939

My brother Marty sent me the picture of the old fire ladder trailer that was used in the early 1900's in Union City.  See the posting below to see the ladder trailer that is on loan to the Michigan Firehouse Museum in Ypsilanti, Michigan.

Comments from Marty ....This 1939 picture is of three fireman with the ladder wagon. They are on East High Street in front of from the old fire station. Note they were pulling the wagon with a tractor instead of horses and also note the rubber fire bucket on the ground. The fireman on the right is Arthur Merchant. The other two are unknown. In the background is the vacant lot where the Union Hotel stood.

Blacksmith/Livery Stable, City Hall, and Fire Department in Union City

The postcard from about 1910 was on East High Street. The building on the left was the a blacksmith shop/livery barn (Stan Smith commented that in our generation the blacksmith shop was known as Vic Ockerman’s blacksmith shop) , the next building was the City Hall-Fire Department. The building which housed the Fire Department was razed after the new Fire Station was built on Hammond Street.

Corner of Broadway at East High Street at the Union City Jubilee, September 25, 1908 - #7

The Barbecue ( a series of postcards) in Union City, Michigan celebrating a Jubilee event on September 25, 1908.

Note - The most likely event Union City would have been celebrating on September 25, 1908 would have been surviving the flood that devastated the town on March 8, 1908. The Broadway bridge was washed away, possibly the celebration was that the new bridge had been erected?? The postmarks on the postcards that celebrate the Jubilee are first seen in October of 1908. I am assuming the festival being celebrated on September 25, was in 1908.

The Grove

I want to thank Beatrice Lake for taking the time to take the picture below of what "The Grove" looks like today.

Anyone know the location of these homes, the only note on the picture is "The Grove"?

Comment sent to me from Beatrice Lake ..."The Grove" is the south end of John Street and the east end of High Street. I went down today and compared your picture with the street scene. Also, on page 97 fourth paragraph of the "Bicentennial Union City, 1976".