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Early 20th Century
bearing the name Chief Charles Higham in gilt lettering, and depicting a horse-drawn fire engine.
underside marked CFH/GDM.
Height 3 3/4 inches.
together with a postcard featuring a patriotic portrait of Chief Higham, dated 1907, along with a cellophane portrait pin, reading Chas. Higham, Chief Engineer, M.F.D., 1902.
Charles "Chick" Higham (circa 1867-1933), a native of England, immigrated with his family to the United States by 1870 and ultimately settled in Middletown, New York. In his adulthood, Higham worked as the proprietor of the Commercial House, a well-known hotel for nearly three decades and served for twenty-five years as Chief of the Volunteer Fire Department.
He was elected Fire Chief in 1897 and served in that capacity until his health began to decline in 1932. A well-respected member of the community, Higham was appointed to the Legislative Committee of the State Firemen's Association in 1906 and served for many years as the President of the DeWitt Fife, Drum, and Bugle Corps, which in 1932 changed its name to the Charles Higham Fife, Drum, and Bugle Corps in his honor.
Property from the Collection of James Carpenter, Montague, New Jersey
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US Packing and Shipping charge: In house shipping available. Will be calculated once destination known. Plus insurance at a rate of $1 per hundred.
Condition: Very Good Condition.
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