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Title: Fire Station No. 1
Creator: Long Beach Fire Department
Date Created and/or Issued: 1920
Contributing Institution: Long Beach Public Library
Collection: Long Beach Photos
Rights Information: For information about copyright and ordering images from the LBPL Digital Archive, see https://www.longbeach.gov/library/research/long-beach-history-and-special-collections/
Description: Long Beach"s fire program began in 1901 with the purchase of two hose carts, 1,000 feet of hose and 35 fire hydrants. By 1923 the city"s new Fire Station No. 1, pictured here, stood on the 400 block of Pacific Avenue and Third Street in downtown Long Beach. This station was later destroyed in the 1933 earthquake. (ln) DATE NOTES: Circa 1920. ORIG. IMAGE: 6 " x 9 ", black and white matte print. NEGATIVE: No. KEYWORDS: Fire engines, occupations, automobiles, autos, vehicles, 3rd, Ave., St., LBFD.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Identifier: LBPL_11248.tif
http://lbpl.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p17164coll3/id/4864
Subject: Long Beach (Calif.)--Fire Dept. Buildings
Relation: Fire Department - 1920's

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