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San Diego,CA - 1922 - Fire Department Photograph :

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Photographic Images Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 600.00 USD
San Diego,CA - 1922 - Fire Department Photograph :
Collage of fire stations. Photograph measures 8 1/8”x6”, black single matte with border 12”x10”, high contrast, and the focus is sharp. Matte has wear on lower left corner, otherwise good condition. Photographer identified as Petty. Collage consists of various fire stations with fire fighters posing in front of their engines. San Diego was the first city on the West coast, by 1917, to mechanize their entire department with engines. In the lower right corner of the photo is a picture of a fire boat. The city was the first fire department in the world to have a gasoline powered fire boat, 1919. Great photo commemorating early achievments of the SDFD.