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Image Not Available for Steam pumper No. 3, known as Jumbo, South Main Street, Hartford, April 5, 1901
Steam pumper No. 3, known as Jumbo, South Main Street, Hartford, April 5, 1901
Image Not Available for Steam pumper No. 3, known as Jumbo, South Main Street, Hartford, April 5, 1901

Steam pumper No. 3, known as Jumbo, South Main Street, Hartford, April 5, 1901

Date1901
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 8 1/4 x 10 1/4in. (21 x 26cm)
DescriptionFire engine, probably powered by electricity, with a steam boiler for pumping water. A man in uniform sits at the wheel. Other firemen in uniform, including hats and badges, and boys in knickers stand on the sidewalk and on the street behind the engine. A three-story brick residential building, probably a multiple-family dwelling is in the right background. A barn or carriage house is in the left background.
Object number1954.18.7
MarkingsOn verso, on paper label, typed in black ink, "Propeller No. 3 'Jumbo.' At tiller, James Magonigal; in rear, Engineer, John J. McIntyre, Assistant Engineer Joseph W. McClellan. Photo by William G. Dudley. / Probably on south Main Street before parade on April 5, 1901."
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