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8 versions/sizes of this photograph, all with same catalog number; 9 in. x 4.75 in. back text: "Pasadena's first chemical engine"; 7 in. x 5 in. back text: "FIRE DEPARTMENT--First Hook and Ladder--1888, Acc to V. La Veaga, P.F.D. This is a hose cart. MB 5/20/93"; 9 in. x 4.75 in. front text: "City's First Chemical Engine and its 'Flying' Horses." back text: "First Chemical engine in Pasadena. Acc to V. La Veaga, P.F.D., This is a hose wagon, not chemical MB 5/20/93"; 5 in. x 3.75 in. back text: FIRE DEPT. 1st Hook & Ladder 1888"; 8 in. x 10 in. front text: "City's First Chemical Engine And its 'Flying' Horses" back text: "Hose Wagon, Not Chemical, Acc. to V. La Veaga P.F.D.; 8 in. x 10 in. front text: "Fire Dept. Pasadena" back text: "Early Fire Apparatus in Pasadena. About 1906-12 Hose Wagon, Info. From V. La Veaga of P.F.D."; 5 in. x 8 in. front text: "Fire Dept. first hook and ladder 1888 Copied 1937"; 8.5 in. x 11 in. front text: "1885 Our first horse drawn fire engine was names 'The M.M.Parker'. He was head of the Fire Commission and, for years, a fine Sunday School teacher of a man's class in our church. First Methodist" back text: "Hose cart acc. to V. La Veaga, P.F.D."
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