344. Fire Engine, c 1911

Description: Pictured, inside the fire station, is shown Fire Engine No. 1 and the men of its crew. The pump is on a horse wagon, with the hitch ready to assemble. Standing on and around the engine are, left to right, John Gilbert, Valentine Bixenstine [Fire Chief], Frank Butcher and Peter Madden. In the drivers seat is Henry Biesel and at the rear is Bill Shay.
Origin: 1982
Created By: Day, Stephen T.
Contributor(s): Fordyce, Jerry
Source: http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16066coll24/id/1884
Collection: Clark County Visual History
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Geography: Northwest Corner Court Avenue and Spring Street (Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana)
Subjects: Fire engines
Fire Fighters
Jeffersonville (Clark County, Indiana) -- History
Fire Departments -- Indiana -- History
Fire Fighters -- Indiana -- History
Bixenstine, Valentine
Madden, Peter, Butcher, Frank
Gilbert, John
Biesel, Henry, Shay, Bill

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