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Fire Prevention Week Parade Float



Fire Prevention Week Parade Float
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Title: Fire Prevention Week Parade Float
Description: View looking down at a parade float for Fire Prevention Week. The float has a large finger pointing to the word "YOU" and on various parts of the float are signs that say: "Most Fires are Caused by Men Women and Children," "Fire Prevention Saves Lives and Property," "Remember," and "Battalion 13." Two mannequins dressed in firefighter uniforms on the front of the float. The float is pulled by an International Harvester Scout or Travelall. A crowd is along the sidewalk and the median strip in the middle of the street watching the parade.

Image ID: 99204
Creation
Date:
1971 
Creator
Name:
International Harvester Company
City, State: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Collection
Name:
McCormick - International Harvester
Genre: Photographs
Additional
Information:
Photograph taken for "International Trail" magazine, volume 41, number 1, 1971.
Subjects: Cities and towns
Mannequins
Display of merchandise
Traffic signs and signals
Show windows
Parades
Storefronts
Fire fighters
Automobiles
City traffic
Trucks
Children
Crowds
Men
Outdoor photography
Women
Safety education
Signs and signboards
Sidewalks
Streets
 

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