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Horse-Drawn Fire Wagon

Date: 1910
Description: Horse-drawn fire wagon coming down a cobblestone street in Milwaukee. The fact that automobiles are also in the photograph suggests that the transition to ...
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Fire Truck on Country Road

Date: 1918
Description: Four men dressed in fire fighting gear driving a fire truck on State Highway 47 near Appleton. The Wisconsin Highway Commission which published this photo...
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Steam Fire Engine with Three Horses

Date: 1900
Description: A steam fire engine of Milwaukee's Fire Company #2 drawn by three white horses racing to a fire. Prior motor driven fire equipment was a greater danger tha...
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Fire Engines in Street

Date: 1931
Description: Three horse-drawn fire engines are in the street with steam rising from their tanks. Other fire vehicles are to the right. Many pedestrians are on the stre...
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Pedestrians on Street Near Fire

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Description: A large cloud of smoke blankets the end of the road, and snow covers the ground. Pedestrians are the sidewalks. A woman is running across the street, and a...
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Horse-Drawn Fire Wagon

Date: 1890
Description: Horse-drawn fire wagon in front of several brick buildings, including the Capitol Publishing building, near the water tower. The man driving the wagon may...
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Horse-Drawn Fire Engines

Date: 1900
Description: A view of two horse-drawn engines. The engine to the left has three horses attached, with three firemen sitting in the wagon. The water tank is on the left...
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Fire Station No. 4

Date: 1910
Description: A view of two horse-drawn engines sitting in front of the fire station. The engine on the left holds the water tank and is pulled by two horses. Two men ...
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Mastic Fire Department and Truck

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Description: A view of the Mastic, Long Island firemen. A fire engine is parked on the street, to the left of the station. Five firemen are posing in it, two in the fro...
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Spotswood Fire Department Engine

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Description: A view of the engine, with four men posing on it, one in front and three in the back. It is parked in an empty lot, with a house to the left. This struct...
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Fire Department

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Description: A view of the fire department and its engines. The garage consists of two bays, with a small, circular window placed above, the gabled roof forming a tria...
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Brandywine Fire Department

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Description: A view of the fire department and two engines in the middle of the street. The engine on the left contains three men, one at the wheel and two standing on...
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Washington Fire Company, No. 1

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Description: A view of the station and two engines. The brick building has two garage doors, with a door to the left, set off with a stone arch. The building has three...
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Valdosta Fire Department

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Description: A portrait of the firemen, standing in front of the engine. The engine is seen from the side, and eight men, in uniform pose, five in front of the engine, ...
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Enid Fire Department

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Description: A portrait of the firemen posed with the engine, parked in the middle of the street. The five men are grouped closely together, two sitting on the side of ...
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North Pole Road

Date: 04 1951
Description: "The camera looks south on the bridge on North Pole Rd."
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Firemen on North Pole Road

Date: 04 1951
Description: "Theresa firemen drill on the bridge on North Pole Rd. The camera faces north. Some of the firemen are Les Beck, Andrew Schnitzler, Armand Zimmel, & Les Zi...
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Crowd after Winning State Championship

Date: 1978
Description: "Lomira High School's girls receive a rousing reception on their return from Madison."
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Fire Truck Initiation

Date: 06 1996
Description: "When Theresa firemen purchased a new truck, as is customary, other fire departments came to initiate the new truck."
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New Fire Truck

Date: 06 1996
Description: "New fire truck celebration at Theresa."

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