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Catalog Number 1968.254.047
Object Name Print, Photographic
Description Mounted sepia-toned photographic print of eight firefighters posing in front of their apparatus--a horse-drawn wagon with drivers at each end, stacked with ladders. Their firehouse is in the background. "Loaned by Mrs. Agnes Cooney Paul, 511 W. Hildale. Martin Cooney." written on verso. Depicted is either Ladder Company No. 2 or No. 6, with driver Martin Cooney who later became superintendent of horses.
Date c. 1892
People Cooney, Martin
Print size 9" x 6 3/4"
Collection Fire Department
Search Terms Detroit Fire Department
Firefighters
Ladder Company No. 2
Ladder Company No. 6
Firehouses
Horses
Ladder Apparatuses