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. |
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| 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 |
| Copyright: |
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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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