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- John and Jane Adams Postcard Collection
San Diego's New Auto Hook and Ladder
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PC-000-659A
Picture postcard with ladder extended of San Diego Fire Department's new hook-and-ladder truck
circa 1912
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This hand-tinted picture postcard is exactly the same as PC-000-643, except that it also has a unique message and address on the reverse side. San Diego's first hook-and-ladder truck was acquired in 1911, and this hand-colored picture postcard is postmarked 1912. In this photograph of the Gaslamp District, streetcar tracks are prominent, and there is a streetcar. On the lower right side of the photograph, at the back end of the truck, is a partly yellow sign for the Manhattan restaurant and hotel. That places this photograph east of Fifth Street, with the restaurant on the north side of D, the truck facing south, and the view looking west along D Street.
Hook-and-ladder trucks; Fire departments; San Diego; Chelsea Hotel; Manhattan Restaurant and Hotel; Streetcars
California - San Diego
- John and Jane Adams Postcard Collection
MS-0008
English
Eno & Matteson, San Diego, California, US
Postcard
3.5 inches x 5.5 inches
No
PC-000-659B; also PC-000-643
4165. San Diego's Auto Hook and Ladder, part of the New Fire Department Equipment, San Diego, Cal.
- San Diego State University Library and Information Access, Special Collections and University Archives
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TIFF
20.50 MB
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