Cle Elum Fire Hall, Pre-1918.Ellensburg Public Library Local History Collection Photographs
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Citation
Unknown., “Cle Elum Fire Hall, Pre-1918.Ellensburg Public Library Local History Collection Photographs,” Brooks Library Digital Collections, accessed May 25, 2013, http://digital.lib.cwu.edu/items/show/8633.
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Title
Cle Elum Fire Hall, Pre-1918.Ellensburg Public Library Local History Collection Photographs
Subject
Kittitas County (Wash.) - Streets, Historic; Historic streets - Washington (State) - Cle Elum; Streets -- Washington (State) -- Cle Elum; Fire fighters -- Washington (State) -- Cle Elum; Fire Hall (Cle Elum, Wash.)
Description
Though these firemen posed proudly before a parade in the years around 1910, their hand-drawn and pumped hose cart was almost useless against a major wind-driven blaze, conclusively proven in 1918. The department acquired its first truck, a used Maxwell, in 1923.
Creator
Unknown.
Source
Ellensburg Public Library
Publisher
Ellensburg Public Library
Date
ca. 1915.
Contributor
North Kittitas County Historical Society. Photo # NKSC-017
Rights
Permission to reproduce this image must be requested from the director of the Ellensburg Public Library Local History Collection. Please contact at 209 N. Ruby St.. Ellensburg, WA 98926, (509) 962-7252.
Type
3 ½" x 5" b/w reprint of original photograph.
Identifier
STS-088