Springfield Fire Department, Ohio, 1917 – Vintage 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 Springfield Fire Department, Ohio, 1917, a historic image rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Springfield Fire Department, Springfield, Ohio
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Springfield Fire Department, Ohio, 1917
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Springfield, Ohio, in 1917 was a manufacturing city in the Miami Valley, with a economy built largely on farm machinery. The Champion works, by then part of International Harvester, employed many local workers, and the Crowell Publishing Company also operated a large plant there. The city's fire department, shown in this photograph, protected a growing industrial town that had long lived with the threat of floods from the nearby Mad River. Across the country in the 1910s, fire departments were replacing horse-drawn engines with motor apparatus, and in April 1917 the United States entered the First World War, turning local attention toward the war effort.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Creator | pixley-messick co. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Ohio |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 4,050 × 624 px · prints to 14 × 2 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Springfield Fire Department, Springfield, Ohio |
| Reference | OH 1917 Springfield Fire Department |
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