Royal Hose & turn. nozzle no. 6 - York, Pa., Fire Department – 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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A window into the past: Royal Hose & turn. nozzle no. 6 - York, Pa., Fire Department, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Royal Hose & turn. nozzle no. 6 - York, Pa., Fire Department
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The title names a Royal hose and a No. 6 turn nozzle belonging to the York, Pennsylvania, fire department, so the picture centers on the working gear of a firefighting company rather than the men or the station. Around 1911, municipal fire departments were modernizing their equipment, and manufacturers sold hose and nozzles under brand names like the one printed here. The notes credit the York firm Simon & Murnane, whose copyright line shows that local studios often produced commercial views of civic equipment. Pictures like this one give a useful record of the tools firefighters used before motorized apparatus became standard.
| Created / published | c1911. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Copyright by Simon & Murnane, York, Pa. |
| Subjects | Fire engines & equipment--Pennsylvania--York--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,143 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-166825 |
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