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Fire Engine 1860s

In front of Exempt Fire House on Brenham Place (Walter U. Lum) [Engine No. 49, First Fire Engine used in San Francisco ... Brought around Cape Horn to SF in the year 1849. FB-3] Hand operated pumper engine [F810 FD-003] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346) Source is illustration from 'The Exempt Firemen of San Francisco; their unique and gallant record', 1900, P. 6. "Cal. Photo. Eng. Co." has been written over at lower left corner.
Photographer Unknown (Martin Behrman Negative Collection / Courtesy of the Golden Gate NRA, Park Archives)

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