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Title
Three horses pulling a fire engine on an emergency call in San Francisco, ca.1880
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1880
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of three horses pulling a fire engine on an emergency call in San Francisco, ca.1880. Three white horses are visible galloping next to one another towards the left pulling a fire engine. A man wearing a buttoned-up jacket and hat is visible driving the hitch. Children can be seen at left behind the horses, while buildings are visible in the background.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
20 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m8854
USC-1-1-1-8989 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-43262
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m8854
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-43262.jpg
Subject
Fire engines
San Francisco County--General views
Transportation features
Time Period
circa 1880
Place
California
San Francisco
USA
Source
43262 [Accession number]
CHS-43262 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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