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Photograph shows junction-corner of 8th & Broadway. Chico Fire teams going through a practice session. Wood's photography studio on corner, top floor. In the foreground stands Chico's Volunteer Fire Dpt. dressed in their red shirts for some occasion, perhaps the testing of new hoses. Mike Mery, engineer of the La France Rotary Steamer stands beside his baby. The man with the white whiskers is supposedly Captain Jack Terril, who was a leader in the State Militia and a GAR vet. [Note: see #sc8086 of additional view].
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