First steam-powered Detroit fire engine

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Description

Firefighters and other onlookers gathered around first steam-powered Detroit Fire Department fire engine. Street in background, including horse-drawn vehicle and trolley tracks. Stamped on front: "C.M. Hayes & Co., photographers, Detroit." Handwritten on back: "1st steam self-propeller, ca. 1874."

Details

Creator:: Hayes, Clarence M.
Resource ID:: DPA2353
Subject:: Fire engines--Michigan--Detroit; Fire fighters--Michigan--Detroit; Photographers--Michigan--Detroit; Photographic prints
Date:: c.1874
Format:: 1 photographic print mounted on mat board ; image 5.5 x 4 in.
Department:: Burton Historical Collection
Location:: D/Fire Department
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.