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not easy for these early recruits, they shared the same 2 beds at the firehouse, brought their own utensils for use in the kitchen, did not share in the activities of the white firefighters as was the case in other cities during the era of civil rights. More classes with black probies followed and this added to the number of black firefighters. Mostly, he followed his passion and with pass cards issued by many different fire depts, crossed fire lines to photograph fire scenes. The auxiliaries were sanctioned by the fire dept and had a working replica of a call board, when a third alarm was called they would assist, setting up ladders and directly assisting in fighting fires.
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Should funding be secured, the association has plans to create a working museum and reclaim the blighted property. Over the years elementary school groups, clubs and churches have visited the current location and Cephas envisions an expanded museum to allow him to display many of the artifacts he has in storage. The collection of museum quality artifacts include an alarm gong, call boxes, signs, hoses, photographs, fire engines models, lanterns, bells, and water buckets. Copies of newspaper articles, photo prints, helmets, badges, calendars, correspondence and fire patches from departments all over the world round out the collection.
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firefighters were. He was prolific, and dated all of the replies he got in return, amassing a collection of letters that filled black binders in his home in West
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Company No. 13 and Truck
Company No. 16 on McMechen Street was dedicated. After he died, He passed the care of his collection to a new generation of fire buffs in the person of Guy Cephas, an auxiliary firefighter who mentored over at Fire Station No. 36 by Hardy and other firefighters. Along with a board of directors Cephas hosts the modest museum which opens 2 days each week and by request.
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provided training to the black volunteers and they were assigned throughout the city to assist the firemen on runs. He served in the Army during World War II for six months until he was honorably discharged in 1943 because he was overage. He later worked as a janitor at the Johns
Hopkins University
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and in 1954 the Negro
History Bulletin by Carter G. Woodson called him "A Real American Fire Fan". When He died he was considered one of the greatest fire buffs in America, and the Baltimore fire dept named a fire house after him. In 2004 the renamed The Arthur "Smokestack" Hardy Station of Engine
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was formed he was called on as the foremost historical authority on black firefighters. He filled his house with the items that firemen sent him until there was no room for a visiting reporter to sit during an interview. Documentaries were produced in which he played a major part. Twice he was a
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Smokestack was unique in that he was voracious in his appetite for fire arcana, especially black fire memorabilia. He wrote to people all over the country then around the world. Everyone in fire service knew him and received his missives. Mostly his inquiries were to find out where the black
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in 1904 from the roof of his grandmother's house and it profoundly influenced his life. As a child, he would run alongside the fire engines with their short black smokestacks on top, which caused the firemen to nickname the youth and fire buff "Smokestack". The advent of
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A collage of prints and images of the
African American Fire Museum in Baltimore, Maryland
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The museum began as the front room of Cephas's home.
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180:Migrations
111:Juneteenth
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706:Socialism
671:Garveyism
646:Anarchism
450:Good hair
277:Soul food
247:Folktales
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950:Redbone
676:Leftism
377:Kwanzaa
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215:Culture
144:Aspects
89:Slavery
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1500:Israel
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252:Music
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