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![[Horse-drawn fire engines in street, on their way to the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire, New York City]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTEvMDEvMDEvaG9yc2UtZHJhd24tZmlyZS1lbmdpbmVzLWluLXN0cmVldC1vbi10aGVpci13YXktdG8tdGhlLXRyaWFuZ2xlLXNoaXJ0d2Fpc3QtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/320/234/jpg "[Horse-drawn fire engines in street, on their way to the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire, New York City]")
![[Mounted cavalry riding past reviewing stand during the "grand review" of the Union Army, Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDUvbW91bnRlZC1jYXZhbHJ5LXJpZGluZy1wYXN0LXJldmlld2luZy1zdGFuZC1kdXJpbmctdGhlLWdyYW5kLXJldmlldy1vZi10aGUtNmRiNTQ3LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "[Mounted cavalry riding past reviewing stand during the \"grand review\" of the Union Army, Washington, D.C.]")
![[Firemen posed on fire engine, New York City]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTkvZmlyZW1lbi1wb3NlZC1vbi1maXJlLWVuZ2luZS1uZXcteW9yay1jaXR5LTIwNGQyNy02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "[Firemen posed on fire engine, New York City]")
![[Firehouse scene in Philadelphia showing firemen from the Weccacoe Engine Company pulling a hand-drawn fire engine as other firemen scramble to readiness]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTcvMDEvMDEvZmlyZWhvdXNlLXNjZW5lLWluLXBoaWxhZGVscGhpYS1zaG93aW5nLWZpcmVtZW4tZnJvbS10aGUtd2VjY2Fjb2UtZW5naW5lLWNvbXBhbnktNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/47/webp "[Firehouse scene in Philadelphia showing firemen from the Weccacoe Engine Company pulling a hand-drawn fire engine as other firemen scramble to readiness]")
![[Three firemen on fire engine drawn by three horses, Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTcvdGhyZWUtZmlyZW1lbi1vbi1maXJlLWVuZ2luZS1kcmF3bi1ieS10aHJlZS1ob3JzZXMtd2FzaGluZ3Rvbi1kYy1jYTE4ZDEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "[Three firemen on fire engine drawn by three horses, Washington, D.C.]")
![[West Twenty-third Street from Sixth Avenue, New York, N.Y.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDUvMDEvMDEvd2VzdC10d2VudHktdGhpcmQtc3RyZWV0LWZyb20tc2l4dGgtYXZlbnVlLW5ldy15b3JrLW55LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "[West Twenty-third Street from Sixth Avenue, New York, N.Y.]")
![[Firemen in Reliance building during fire, New York City]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTcvZmlyZW1lbi1pbi1yZWxpYW5jZS1idWlsZGluZy1kdXJpbmctZmlyZS1uZXcteW9yay1jaXR5LTY4M2Y2OS02NDAuanBn/40/31/webp "[Firemen in Reliance building during fire, New York City]")
![[New York City. View along waterfront on West Street; many freight wagons; street car]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDQvMDEvMDEvbmV3LXlvcmstY2l0eS12aWV3LWFsb25nLXdhdGVyZnJvbnQtb24td2VzdC1zdHJlZXQtbWFueS1mcmVpZ2h0LXdhZ29ucy1zdHJlZXQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "[New York City. View along waterfront on West Street; many freight wagons; street car]")
