Fire "Buff" (from NYC)

Mon May 16 08:25:30 UTC 2005

_http://www.barrypopik.com/article/830/fire-buff_
(http://www.barrypopik.com/article/830/fire-buff)
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I've had a little trouble finding early citations for "buff" (a New York
City term, surprisingly),  but the later citations are interesting. I'll  try to
look through the following when I'm not doing a ten-hour day of parking
tickets.
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Call #
_IRM  (Brooklyn) (Brooklyn. Fire dept. Our  firemen)_
(http://catnyp.nypl.org/search/cIRM+(Brooklyn)+(Brooklyn.+Fire+dept.+Our+firemen)/cirm+brooklyn+brookl
yn+fire+dept+our+firemen/-2,-1,0,E/2browse)     _SX  (Brooklyn. Fire  dept.
Our firemen)_
(http://catnyp.nypl.org/search/cSX+(Brooklyn.+Fire+dept.+Our+firemen)/csx+brooklyn+fire+dept+our+firemen/-2,-1,0,E/2browse)    Author _Brooklyn
 (New York, N.Y.). Fire Dept._
(http://catnyp.nypl.org/search/aBrooklyn+(New+York,+N.Y.).+Fire+Dept./abrooklyn+new+york+n+y+fire+dept/-2,-1,0,B/browse)
Title Our firemen: the official history of the  Brooklyn Fire  Department,
from the first volunteer to the latest  appointee. Compiled from the records of
the Department.  Illustrated with etched portraits and scenes.    Imprint
Brooklyn, N.Y., 1892.
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    Call # _SX  (Costello, A. E. Our firemen. 1888)_
(http://catnyp.nypl.org/search/cSX+(Costello,+A.+E.+Our+firemen.+1888)/csx+costello+a+e+our+firemen+++1
888/-2,-1,0,E/2browse)    Author _Costello,  Augustine E._
(http://catnyp.nypl.org/search/aCostello,+Augustine+E./acostello+augustine+e/-2,-1,0,B/browse)
 Title Our firemen : a history of the New York Fire  Departments, volunteer
and paid / [by Augustine E.  Costello].   Imprint
New  York :  Knickerbocker Book Pub. Co., 1888.
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    Call # _IRH  (Sheldon, G. W. Story of the volunteer fire  department of
the city of New York)_
(http://catnyp.nypl.org/search/cIRH+(Sheldon,+G.+W.+Story+of+the+volunteer+fire+de/cirh+sheldon+g+w+story+of+the+volunteer+fire+departm
ent+of+the+city+of+new+york/-2,-1,0,E/2browse)      _IRH  (Sheldon, G. W.
Story of the volunteer fire  department of the city of New York)_
(http://catnyp.nypl.org/search/cIRH+(Sheldon,+G.+W.+Story+of+the+volunteer+fire+de/cirh+sheldo
n+g+w+story+of+the+volunteer+fire+department+of+the+city+of+new+york/-2,-1,0,E
/2browse)      _SX  (Sheldon, G. W. Story of the volunteer fire  department
of the city of New York)_
(http://catnyp.nypl.org/search/cSX+(Sheldon,+G.+W.+Story+of+the+volunteer+fire+dep/csx+sheldon+g+w+story+of+the+volunteer+fire+depar
tment+of+the+city+of+new+york/-2,-1,0,E/2browse)     Author _Sheldon,  George
William, 1843-1914._
(http://catnyp.nypl.org/search/aSheldon,+George+William,+1843-1914./asheldon+george+william+1843-1914/-2,-1,0,B/browse)    Title The
story of the volunteer fire  department of the city of New York, by  George W.
Sheldon. With one hundred and  forty-five illustrations.   Imprint New  York,
Harper & brothers,  1882.
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            Call # _*ZAN-9657  [Microfilm] Library has: Vol. 3, no. 1 (Jan.
4,  1879)-v. 10, no. 14 (Sept. 30, 1882), v. 10, no.  16 (Oct. 14, 1882)-v. 15,
no. 26 (June 27,  1885), v. 17, no. 1 (Jan. 2, 1886)-v. 17, no. 26  (June 26,
1886)._ (http://c
atnyp.nypl.org/search/c*ZAN-9657/c*zan+++9657/-2,-1,0,E/2browse)     _*SXA+  (Fireman's journal) [Print] Library has:  1885-Jan.,
July/Nov. 1886._
(http://catnyp.nypl.org/search/c*SXA++(Fireman's+journal)/c*sxa++fireman's+journal/-2,-1,0,E/2browse)    Title _Fireman's  journal (New York, N.Y.
:  1879)_
(http://catnyp.nypl.org/search/tFireman's+journal+(New+York,+N.Y.+:+1879)/tfiremans+journal+new+york+n+y+1879/-2,-1,0,B/browse)     Fireman's
journal  [microform].   Imprint New  York :  Fireman's Journal, 1879-1886.
(http://catnyp.nypl.org/record=b2654433)       LOCATION  CALL NO.  STATUS
_Humanities-Genrl  Res_ (http://catnyp.nypl.org/screens/loc_h.html)   _SXA+
(Fireman's journal)_
(http://catnyp.nypl.org/search/cSXA++(Fireman's+journal)/csxa++fireman's+journal/-2,-1,,E/browse)    1885-Jan. 1886    AVAILABLE
_Humanities-Genrl  Res_ (http://catnyp.nypl.org/screens/loc_h.html)   _SXA+  (Fireman's
journal)_
(http://catnyp.nypl.org/search/cSXA++(Fireman's+journal)/csxa++fireman's+journal/-2,-1,,E/browse)    July/Nov. 1886    AVAILABLE          Location
Humanities-Micro & Humanities-Genrl  Res  Vol./date Vol. 3, no. 1 (Jan. 4, 1879)-
 Descript 18 v. : ill. ; 30 cm.  Frequency Weekly  Note Ceased publication
with v. 18, Dec.  1886.   Title from caption.   Official paper of the National
Association  of Fire  Engineers.   Microfilm. Vol. 3, no. 1 (Jan. 4, 1879)-v.
17, no. 26 (June 26, 1886):[Gaps]. New York : New York Public  Library, 1992.
6 microfilm reels ; 35 mm. (MN  *ZZAN-20325).  Continues _National  fireman's
journal_
(http://catnyp.nypl.org/search/tNational+fireman's+journal/tnational+firemans+journal/-2,-1,0,B/browse)    Cont'd by _Fire and  water_
(http://catnyp.nypl.org/search/tFire+and+water/tfire+and+water/-2,-1,0,B/browse)
Subject _Fire  prevention -- Periodicals._
(http://catnyp.nypl.org/search/dFire+prevention+--+Periodicals./dfire+prevention+periodicals/-2,-1,0,B/browse)    Add'l
name _International  Association of Fire  Chiefs._
(http://catnyp.nypl.org/search/aInternational+Association+of+Fire+Chiefs./ainternational+association+of+f
ire+chiefs/-2,-1,0,B/browse)    Donor _National  Endowment for the Humanities
Preservation Grant  1992_
(http://catnyp.nypl.org/search/mNational+Endowment+for+the+Humanities+Preservation/mnational+endowment+for+the+humanities+preserva
tion+grant+1992/-2,-1,0,B/browse)
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            Call # _SXA+  (Fire and water engineering)_
(http://catnyp.nypl.org/search/cSXA++(Fire+and+water+engineering)/csxa++fire+and+water+engineering/-
2,-1,0,E/2browse)    Title Fire and water.   Imprint New York, N.Y. : [F.W.
Shepperd],  -1902.  (http://catnyp.nypl.org/record=b7546006)       LOCATION
CALL #  STATUS   _Humanities-Genrl  Res_
(http://catnyp.nypl.org/screens/loc_h.html)   SXA+ (Fire  and water engineering)           Location Humanities-Genrl
Res  Descript v. : ill. ; 34 cm.  Frequency Weekly  Note Began with vol. 1
(1886); ceased with vol.  32 (1902).   Description based on: Vol. 19, no. 2 (Jan.
 11, 1896); title from cover.   Vol. 17 omitted in numbering.   Continues:
Fireman's journal.   Continued by: Fire and water  engineering.  Subject _Fire
prevention -- Periodicals._
(http://catnyp.nypl.org/search/dFire+prevention+--+Periodicals./dfire+prevention+periodicals/-2,-1,0,B/browse)     _Water-supply
 engineering -- Periodicals._
(http://catnyp.nypl.org/search/dWater-supply+engineering+--+Periodicals./dwater-supply+engineering+periodicals/-2,-1,0,B/brows
e)