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Horse-Drawn Fire Wagon
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Horse-drawn fire wagon coming down a cobblestone street in Milwaukee. The fact that automobiles are also in the photograph suggests that the transition to motor-driven emergency vehicles did not immediately follow the introduction of passenger cars.
1910
Taylor, J. Robert
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WHi 1950
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