Sunday, May 14, 2006

Little known Lovecraft anecdote

Fire occasionally came to bear in HPL's stories.

"At ... seven or eight, he joined some neighboring youngsters in forming a fire fighting brigade which moved up and down the streets of the Antient {sic} Hill with hook-and-ladder equipment of miniature size which they managed to put together fromwooden crates and garden hoses."















PROVIDENCE RI WATER WITCH HOSE CO 6 ON BENEVOLENT ST PC












PROVIDENCE RI FIRE KING HOSE NO 3 FIRE DEPT. ON POND ST












PROVIDENCE RI PROTECTIVE FIRE DEPT. ON RICHMOND ST PC


These vintage images and their real life counterparts inspired the Lovecraft gang to play firemen.


amer on the Night Side, 1975, p. 29

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