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Title
L.A.'s first fire engine returns after 63 years
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1959
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Old No. 2, one of Los Angeles' first fire engines, rolled home to its old stomping grounds. Taking it to Plaza Fire Station are: Wendell K. Davis; Assistant Fire Chief Curtis Hart; Dr. J. Richard Sneed; and Fire Chief Wm. Miller, driver. Photo dated June 12, 1959.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00039056
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 1656
CARL0000044060
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/12398
Subject
Sneed, J. Richard
Miller, William L
Hart, Curtis
Los Angeles (Calif.).--Fire Department
Los Angeles (Calif.).--Fire Department--Officials and employees
Plaza Fire House
Fire fighters--California--Los Angeles
Frie chiefs--California--Los Angeles
Clergy--California--Los Angeles
Fire departments--California--Los Angeles
Horse-drawn vehicles--California--Los Angeles
Streets--California--Los Angeles
Methodist Church--Clergy
Plaza Street (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles Street (Los Angeles, Calif.)
El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Group portraits
Portrait photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
Time Period
1951-1960

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