Men of the Fire Brigade of Ayers Village and West Haverhill, Massachusetts, 1897
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Artifact Overview
This group of 12 Massachusetts firefighters proudly posed with their hand-drawn hose wagon and pumper in 1897. Effective firefighting depended on hoses to carry water from a source to a pumper, and from the pumper to the fire. The hose reels on larger carts might have held several hundred feet of leather, cotton, or rubber hoses.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
1897
Subject Date
1897
Creators
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
34.142.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8 in
Width: 10 in
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