This is to certify that John G. Lubben. having served the time prescribed by the laws of the State of California in the Alameda Fire Department

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  This certifies that ... is a member of ... Company; No. ... Fire Department

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  This is to certify that C. G. Carter has been a member of the Owego Fire Department

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  Image of a firefighter's exempt membership certificate from the Owego Fire Department of Owego, New York, made out in manuscript to C. G. Carter of the Ahwaga Hose Company and dated October 1896, with surrounding vignettes of fire equipment including a hose carriage; a manual fire engine labeled "1862"; a hook and ladder truck with hand buckets labeled "Defiance"; a steam fire engine; two fire hydrants; and a bottom image of an eye-level landscape view of the Tioga County Courthouse building in Owego with a gazebo, trees, and park around it; the certificate has an embossed gold seal of the Tioga County 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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  Cambridge Fire Department. This is to certify that William T. King is appointed a member of Engine Company No Five

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