PC-000-643A

Picture postcard of a hook-and-lader fire truck, San Diego, California

 

circa 1912

 

 

San Diego's first hook-and-ladder truck was acquired in 1911. In this photograph of the Gaslamp District, streetcar tracks are prominent, and there is a California car streetcar in about the middle. 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 (later Broadway). This same picture postcard is also represented as PC-000-659, but with a postmark of 1912 and a unique message.

Hook-and-ladder trucks; Fire departments; San Diego; Chelsea Hotel; Manhattan Restaurant and Hotel; Streetcars; Curt Teich

 

California - San Diego

 

 

MS-0008

English

Eno & Matteson, San Diego, California, US

Postcard

3.5 inches x 5.5 inches

Yes

PC-000-643B; also PC-000-659

[printed superimposed on photograph from top left]
4165. San Diego's Auto Hook and Ladder, part of the New Fir Department Equipment, San Diego, Cal.

 

Image

TIFF

18.87 MB