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The first half of the sub-series of mostly group photographs and is arranged by fire company, keeping the Hook and Ladder No. 1, Engine and Truck No. 1, Potomac, Columbia No. 4, and Relief No. 5 together.  The rest of the sub-series is arranged by subject, including funerals for specific firemen, Christmas celebrations, and portraits of members of the AFD.","Ashton \"Mike\" McKenney was a long time member of the Alexandria Volunteer Fire Department, starting in 1940.  Later in his career, he worked as the historian for the AFD and wrote  A History of the Relief Truck and Engine Company No. 1 of the Alexandria Fire Department (1788-1958) . In 1956, Mike moved in with close friend Thomas Mills, Jr. and his family. He retired in 1972 from the Dulles International Airport Fire Department, and lived out his days with the Mills family in Colonial Beach where he was a charter member of the Colonial Yacht Club.","Thomas Mills III was a firefighter with the Alexandria Fire Department.  Both he and his father had a penchant for grabbing their camera while headed to a fire, in order to capture the efforts of the fire companies.  Tom also loved fire trucks and engines and documented that love with research and photographs, while both Mills and McKenney collected photos that documented the history of the AFD.","This collection contains research materials, ephemora, and photographs collected by or created by Mike McKenney, Thomas Mills Jr., and Thomas Mills III, that document the Alexandria Fire Department.","Folder contains various notes and writings on the Alexandria Relief Fire Company written by Mike McKenney.  Much of this material led to the publishing of his book on the subject.","This folder contains many various photocopies of newspapers taken from microfilm, from 1855-1935 newspapers.  The subject matter collected by McKenney is anything fire department related.","Folder contains photocopies of portions of  Seaport in Virginia  by Gay Montague Moore, along with a letter from her nephew, F. Breckenridge Montague, granting permission to use portions of the article.","This folder contains photocopied newspapers from 1855-1856, along with correspondence between McKenney and Harold J. Seibert, and photographic negatives surrounding the firefighters memorial at Ivy Hill Cemetery.","Folder contains handwritten notes and photocopies of an unidentified publication on the Great Fire of 1827 in Alexandria.","Folder contains various notes and transcriptions related to the history of the Alexandria Fire Department.","Folder contains notes on fire department state conventions in the nineteenth century.","Folder contains photocopied newspapers and notes about the injury and death of the \"Baby Fireman\" George Whalen, who was severly injured in a fall while fighting a fire.","Folder contains a photocopied article written by Ashton \"Mike\" McKenney.","This folder contains several mock-ups of the program for the 200th anniversary of the Relief Truck and Engine Company No. 1, in 1988.","Folder contains several newspaper articles about whether or not the AFD should be able to utilize volunteers in the fire department.","This folder contains several small articles from the Alexandria Gazette's \"Years Ago\" series.  These were compiled by Ashton \"Mike\" McKenney and mostly focus on the Alexandria Fire Department's history.  These articles were kept in the order they appeared in McKenney's notebook, along with the black sheets that some of them are still taped to.","This folder contains miscellaneous newspaper clippings curated by Ashton \"Mike\" McKenney.","This folder contains several miscellaneous items including a ticket to the Annual Escursion of the Columbia Engine and Motor Co. No. 4 on July 26, 1921, a constitution and by-laws of the Friendship Veteran Fire Association, newspaper clippings of articles written by J. H. Mansfield, programs for the first annual retirement banquet from December 10, 1970, and stamps from 1981 commemorating the 1860 fire pumpers.","This folder contains various note and research materials about fire trucks, especially in the Alexandria fire department.  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