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[Postcard from W. B. Johnston to George Pendexter, May 14, 1912]

Description: Postcard from W. B. Johnston to George Pendexter with a newspaper clipping glued to the correspondence section of the card. The clipping describes the technical features of the new "Chemical and hose Motor Car" which has a capacity of "700 gallons of water a minute." Johnston mentions L. D. Smith and a fire on March 25, 1925; Smith is possibly the fireman in the photograph on the reverse side seen going up a ladder into a smoking building.
Date: May 14, 1912
Creator: Johnston, W. B.
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[Postcard of a Ladder Truck, Springfield, Massachusetts]

Description: Postcard of a fire department with a new motor ladder truck. One fire fighter is at its steering wheel, and the other six are standing along its side. A printed description of the vehicle is provided below the image. On the back of the postcard, the sender has left a handwritten message that says, "Dear Sir, nearly all of our Fire Department is motor driver, I will send them all each time we write & exchange with Chief all over the country. Yours Truly, Henry Woodward."
Date: July 14, 1912
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[Postcard of Fire Fighters in Action]

Description: Postcard of fire fighters using an apparatus to extinguish a fire on a city building. The fire fighters are standing on the back of a wagon, with hoses running from beneath the vehicle. The sender has left a handwritten message starting on the right of the image, and continuing on the back of the postcard.
Date: August 14, 1907
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