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Los Angeles Fire Department Engine #14 at full speed on a city street, ca. 1910



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  • Cambridge Fire Department. This is to certify that William T. King is appointed a member of Engine Company No Five

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    Image of a firefighter's membership certificate from the Cambridge Fire Department of Cambridge, Massachusetts, made out in manuscript to William T. King and dated August 13, 1879, with surrounding vignettes of a hook and ladder truck with a driver being drawn by two horses; a fire hose carriage with a driver being drawn by a horse; two side views of steam fire engines attached to a fire hydrant; and the rubble and ruins of buildings during a fire; the certificate and vignettes are bordered by utility poles and fire hoses.

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    This is to certify that H. H. Flagg ... Gold Hill Fire Department

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    Image of a firefighter's membership certificate from the Gold Hill Fire Department of Gold Hill, Nevada, made out in manuscript to H. H. Flagg and dated May 22, 1867, with multiple vignettes including bare-chested goddesses riding two horses, with one holding a triton; a manual fire engine and a steam fire engine; a firefighter returning a rescued baby to its mother; a wounded firefighter on a mattress being nursed by a young woman while another fireman on a ladder behind them lowers a bundle tied in a rope; two eye-level exterior views of firehouses, both labeled "Yellow Jacket Engine Ho."; and an elevated landscape view presumably of the town of Gold Hill, Nevada; the certificate and vignettes are decorated with borders containing ivy leaves, bean pods, grapes, and other plants and firefighting equipment including fire hydrants, hoses, ladders, hats, speaking trumpets, a lantern, censers, and axes.

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  • Residence of S. B. Lewis, Adams Street, Los Angeles. 1898

    Residence of S. B. Lewis, Adams Street, Los Angeles. 1898

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  • Engine Company No. 6, 1279 West Temple Street, Los Angeles

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    View of firefighters and fire engine trucks in the driveway of Los Angeles Fire Department Engine Company No. 6 located at 1279 West Temple Street in Los Angeles, California. With a sign on the building "Engine Co. No. 6. Truck Co. No."

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