Clayton Fire Dept, New Jersey, 1920 – Historic Photograph Print
(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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Few images capture their era like this historic image of Clayton Fire Dept, New Jersey, 1920. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Clayton, N.J. Fire Dept.
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Clayton Fire Dept, New Jersey, 1920
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Clayton, in Gloucester County, New Jersey, was a small community in 1920, part of a southern New Jersey region known for glassmaking, farming, and brickyards. Its fire company was a volunteer organization, as was typical of towns of its size, and such companies depended on local businessmen, residents, and fundraising suppers and dances to keep their equipment in working order. The year 1920 also brought national Prohibition, which took effect in January and changed the habits of saloon-era towns across the state, though New Jersey's local politics remained shaped by county party organizations and the lingering effects of the First World War. Residents would have known the place as a quiet railroad-served borough where the fire company's apparatus, the parade of men in their helmets, and the annual gatherings marked the civic calendar.
| Created / published | 1920 |
|---|---|
| Creator | robbins, r. c. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--New Jersey |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 4,050 × 1,088 px · prints to 14 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Clayton, N.J. Fire Dept. |
| Reference | NJ Clayton Fire Dept 1920 |
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