Group photo

Description: Hose Reel Company No. 5 and Truck Company No. 1 - This was the first Aerial truck the city ever had and was later transferred to the South Street House and became Truck Company No. 2. It was known as the Skinner Truck at the time the picture was taken.
Andrew O. Cherry, member of Reel Co. No. 5.; John King, ladderman; A.L. Yeaton, Superintendent of Fire Alarm Telegraph; Joseph H. Webster, foreman and driver; (seated) Sam Van Noy, tillerman; C. Rhodes, member of Reel Co. No. 5; Charles Richman, chief fire engineer; Joseph Callon, ladderman
Ladder (aerial); Hose reel; Horses;
Origin: 1874
Source: http://www.digitalindy.org/cdm/ref/collection/ffm/id/6925
Collection: Indianapolis Firefighters Museum
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Copyright: No Copyright - United States;
Geography: 39.771594,-86.153969
Massachusetts Avenue
Subjects: Cherry, Andrew Olin, 1844-1890
King, John
Fire fighters--Indiana--Indianapolis
Aerial ladders
Horse-drawn vehicles
Fire department vehicles

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