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 Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of the Los Angeles Fire Department marching down Main Street looking north from Central Avenue in the first civic parade in L.A., July 4, 1871. Twenty-six firemen arranged in two lines of thirteen trail the horse-drawn cart which holds the pressurized water pump. Spectators and other carriages are visible alongside the unpaved road to the left and in the distance. Shop fronts line the street to the left and in the right hand distance. Legible signs include: "Furniture / Bedding", and "Levy & Corblentz".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w 21 x 26 cm. glass plate negatives photographs
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