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Fire chief Mullen and Commissioner Parker on fire boat for drill |
High pressure test on Bristol Street |
Fire commissioner Edward A. McLaughlin and Chief Henry A. Fox |
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Diver firemen fight fire under water |
Boston firemen parade |
Boston firemen parade |
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Boston firemen parade |
Horse drawn steamer in the South End |
Firemen |
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Brookline fire department truck wrecked on icy streets, on its way to a fire |
Old fashioned fire engine a Charlestown station |
Fire chief Rich of the Somerville fire department |
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Winthrop fire department, horse-drawn steam engine |
Fire chief Grady and pet horse |
Horse-drawn engine #7 |
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First fire alarm in Boston |
Woman in fire hat |
Boston firemen with new respirator. Bristol St. |
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Fire headquarters - Fenway. |
Fire buckets with name of fire chiefs from Samuel D. Harris (1828) to present Chief Fox. |
Fireman drill with new gas masks - Bristol St. |
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Fire headquarter alarm center. |
Early 'truck' |
Firemen's parade Boston |
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Boston fireman parade - Chief Mullen leading |
Boston fireman parade. |
Boston fireman parade |
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Fire horses in action. Winthrop MA |
Demonstration oil fire - foamite used to put it out. |
Oil fire demonstration - foamite used to put it out. |
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Fire engine |
Famous old fire engine |
Engine 18 - fire horses on the jump. |
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Engine 18. |
Engine 18 - Dorchester. |
Fire engine accident responding to big fire |
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Fireman's gas mask - Bristol St. |
Assistant fire chief of the Boston fire department Henry A. Fox. Joined dept on Oct. 15, 1886. The photographer Les Jones was born Oct. 12, 1886: 'I was only three days old when Henry joined the Dept. We both being graduates of the Farm and Trade School.' |
Old fire demo. Foamite put the fire out. |
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Oil fire demo: foamite put the fire out. |
Testing high water pressure. |
Fire |
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Fire horses in action |
Hydrant in use. |
Heater explodes - wrecks house. |
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Everett Bridge |
Ladder #3 in action |
Rescue Company 1 with their new gas masks |
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Opening of Boston's new central fire station on Broadway |
Revue at Broadway fire station |
Iced up fire engine |


















































