Sturdy fire fighters for the U.S. Govt. Fleet of White triple combination chemical, hose and pumping engines ... to protect cantonments and military camps against fire – Antique Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Sturdy fire fighters for the U.S. Govt. Fleet of White triple combination chemical, hose and pumping engines ... to protect cantonments and military camps against fire, a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Sturdy fire fighters for the U.S. Govt. Fleet of White triple combination chemical, hose and pumping engines ... to protect cantonments and military camps against fire
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Built to guard the army's sprawling training grounds, these White triple combination engines carried a pump, a water tank and a chemical tank in a single vehicle. This 1918 print shows the trucks as part of the U.S. Government fleet assigned to protect cantonments and military camps against fire. The army raised huge wooden camps across the country during the First World War, and their densely packed barracks made fire a serious danger. The caption card tentatively places the scene at Newport News, Virginia, a shipbuilding center, but that location is unverified.
| Created / published | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | Photoprints by U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Va--Newport News(?); Trucks; WWI--; Industry--Shipbuilding; Fire engines; Army, U.S.--Camps; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,218 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-148407 |
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