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- Description:
- A view of what is described in LFD history as the World's First Motorized Apparatus which was placed into service December 17, 1908. Firefighters appear to be spraying box cars on nearby train tracks. Individuals in this photograph are not identified.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing Fire Department Station No. 1 Photographs
- Notes:
- Firemen putting out a fire at the Columbia Storage Company located at 435-439 Ionia Avenue SW.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Fire Marshall Boughner trying out new fire apparatus. Two men in a fire fighter's uniform stand behind fire hoses that have been mounted on a device on the weedy shore of the river, and are spewing water into it. One of the city's bridges can be seen in the background. An automobile can be seen parked near an unidentified building behind the men.
- Date Created:
- 1930-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- A group of ten men in uniform stand in front of a Fire Department Ladder Truck. Two men are seated inside the cab of the truck, and one man is seated at the rear of the truck. Two boys stand near the front of the truck against the brick building in the background. The truck's lettering on the cab reads: Department Public Safety. Note: Image labeled as 1267-1254, o1254 not on file.
- Date Created:
- 1937-10-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Firemen putting out a fire at the Columbia Storage Company located at 435-439 Ionia Avenue SW.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Firemen putting out a fire at the Columbia Storage Company located at 435-439 Ionia Avenue SW.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Firemen putting out a fire at the Columbia Storage Company located at 435-439 Ionia Avenue SW.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Fireman putting out a fire at the Columbia Storage Company located at 435-439 Ionia Avenue SW.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Description:
- A view of what is described in LFD history as the World's First Motorized Apparatus which was placed into service December 17, 1908. Firefighters appear to be spraying box cars on nearby train tracks. Individuals in this photograph are not identified.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing Fire Department Station No. 1 Photographs
