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Title
Maker of Hanford's First Fire Engine and Birthplace of First Person Born in Hanford
Creator
[Unknown]
Date Created and/or Issued
1885
Publication Information
Kings County Library
Contributing Institution
San Joaquin Valley Library System
Collection
Photographs Selected from the Collections of the San Joaquin Valley Library System Member Libraries
Rights Information
This image can be used for research or educational purposes only. To obtain a digital copy of the original photograph, please contact Kings County Library at 401 N. Douty Street, Hanford, CA 93230, telephone: 559-582-0261.
Description
J.R. Albertson, left, and William John Martin, right, with their horses about 1885. The house in the background stood at Irwin and Elm Streets and was the birthplace of Charles F. Fuller, the first child born in Hanford. William John Martin, a wheelwright in Felix Moore's shop, constructed Hanford's first fire engine.
Type
image
Format
1 Photograph : b + w ; 3.25 x 4 cm.
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt8w1021z2
kia0171
Subject
Horses
Kings County
William John Martin
J.R. Albertson

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