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[Portrait of fireman from the Perseverance Hose Company]

[Portrait of fireman from the Perseverance Hose Company]

Photograph shows a three-quarter length portrait of a man wearing fireman's uniform with right hand on a speaker trumpet. Inscribed in pencil on mount: fireman from the Perseverance Hose Company. (DLC/PP-1999:... More

The air raid protective services. One of the things an auxiliary fireman must learn is that the hose must be free of kinks before the water is turned on. Proper laying of fire hose is a technique of itself, a technique in which the volunteers must be instructed

The air raid protective services. One of the things an auxiliary firem...

Public domain photograph of America during the Great Depression, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cotton stockings. Ann Sheridan demonstrates the elasticity and sheerness of the new style of cotton hose

Cotton stockings. Ann Sheridan demonstrates the elasticity and sheerne...

Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Civilian defense. There's not much that is omitted in the equipment of these special gas and electrical emergency trucks. On the floor in front of the trunk are, left to right, the following items: a fitter's kit for repairing small gas leaks; a rubberized blanket for electrical work; an atmosphere testing machine; an inhalator; a Phister fire extinguisher; an air blower ; a lux fire extinguisher kit; a splicer's kit containing insulated hand tools; a fuse kit; a manhole guard rail and a rubber mat for electrical work. The worker at the left is wearing a special mask with a half-hour suplly of oxygen for use where a fresh air hose is not practical. He is also wearing rubber gloves for repair work. The man standing in the center is holding a hand operated manhole pump. The truck and its equipment were on display at Madison Square Garden, New York, as part of the huge civilian defense show held there in October

Civilian defense. There's not much that is omitted in the equipment of...

Public domain photograph of New York in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington, D.C. Firehouse Station No. 4. Fireman replacing hose after a fire

Washington, D.C. Firehouse Station No. 4. Fireman replacing hose after...

Public domain photograph of Washington DC, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Firehouse Station No. 4. Washington, D.C. Cleaning a hose in front of a theater after a fire. The fireman in the white helmet is a sergeant

Firehouse Station No. 4. Washington, D.C. Cleaning a hose in front of ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, meeting, demonstration, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Worker carrying a rubber hose

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Worker carrying a ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century dust bowl era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Independent Hose Company No. 3, Nineteenth & Belmont Streets, Bellaire, Belmont County, OH

Independent Hose Company No. 3, Nineteenth & Belmont Streets, Bellaire...

Significance: Constructed in an area of residential/commercial structures in the original section of the city of Bellaire. The fire station is a well designed structure which exemplifies the architecture of the... More

Independent Hose Company No. 3, Nineteenth & Belmont Streets, Bellaire, Belmont County, OH

Independent Hose Company No. 3, Nineteenth & Belmont Streets, Bellaire...

Significance: Constructed in an area of residential/commercial structures in the original section of the city of Bellaire. The fire station is a well designed structure which exemplifies the architecture of the... More

Cedar City Automotive Repair Shop, Hose Winding Shed, 820 North Main Street, Cedar City, Iron County, UT

Cedar City Automotive Repair Shop, Hose Winding Shed, 820 North Main S...

Significance: The Cedar City Automotive Repair Shop was one of four central repair shop sites established by the federal government in the intermountain region of the western United States to service vehicles a... More

Cedar City Automotive Repair Shop, Hose Winding Shed, 820 North Main Street, Cedar City, Iron County, UT

Cedar City Automotive Repair Shop, Hose Winding Shed, 820 North Main S...

Significance: The Cedar City Automotive Repair Shop was one of four central repair shop sites established by the federal government in the intermountain region of the western United States to service vehicles a... More

Fair Play Fire Engine & Hose Company No. 1, 405 East Main Street, Madison, Jefferson County, IN

Fair Play Fire Engine & Hose Company No. 1, 405 East Main Street, Madi...

Significance: The building was originally constructed ca. 1875 as a simple trolley barn for the Madison Street Railway Company, and was purchased by the Fair Play Fire Engine and Hose Company in 1888 for use as... More

Northern Liberty Hose Company Number Four, 714 New Market Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Northern Liberty Hose Company Number Four, 714 New Market Street, Phil...

Significance: An interesting example of an urban volunteer firehouse of the 1840s. The organization was one of the representative hose companies of its period. Later, it functioned as a general fire company, k... More

Cotton stockings. Rita Hayworth in a pink and silver lame evening dress designed by the famed Hollywood designer Howard Greer. Her evening hose are of fine crepe lisle of the same spun sugar sheen as the dress

Cotton stockings. Rita Hayworth in a pink and silver lame evening dres...

Public domain photograph of model, woman, photo, fashion advertising, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington, D.C. Salvage drive, Victory Program. Rubber hose and scrap paper stored in District wholesale junk company warehouse

Washington, D.C. Salvage drive, Victory Program. Rubber hose and scrap...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Independent Hose Company No. 3, Nineteenth & Belmont Streets, Bellaire, Belmont County, OH

Independent Hose Company No. 3, Nineteenth & Belmont Streets, Bellaire...

Significance: Constructed in an area of residential/commercial structures in the original section of the city of Bellaire. The fire station is a well designed structure which exemplifies the architecture of the... More

Dance Diligent Hose Co. quick step - Public domain musical sheets

Dance Diligent Hose Co. quick step - Public domain musical sheets

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

[Men pulling Reliance Fire Company hose carriage]

[Men pulling Reliance Fire Company hose carriage]

Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1996 (DLC/PP 1996:087.14) Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress).

Fair Play Fire Engine & Hose Company No. 1, 405 East Main Street, Madison, Jefferson County, IN

Fair Play Fire Engine & Hose Company No. 1, 405 East Main Street, Madi...

Significance: The building was originally constructed ca. 1875 as a simple trolley barn for the Madison Street Railway Company, and was purchased by the Fair Play Fire Engine and Hose Company in 1888 for use as... More

Fair Play Fire Engine & Hose Company No. 1, 405 East Main Street, Madison, Jefferson County, IN

Fair Play Fire Engine & Hose Company No. 1, 405 East Main Street, Madi...

Significance: The building was originally constructed ca. 1875 as a simple trolley barn for the Madison Street Railway Company, and was purchased by the Fair Play Fire Engine and Hose Company in 1888 for use as... More

Philadelphia Hose Company No. 1, Seventh & Filbert Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Philadelphia Hose Company No. 1, Seventh & Filbert Streets, Philadelph...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Philadelphia Hose Company No. 1, Seventh & Filbert Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Philadelphia Hose Company No. 1, Seventh & Filbert Streets, Philadelph...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Franklin Hose Company No. 28, 730-732 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Franklin Hose Company No. 28, 730-732 South Broad Street, Philadelphia...

Survey number: HABS PA-1566 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Perseverance Hose Company No. 5, 316 Race Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Perseverance Hose Company No. 5, 316 Race Street, Philadelphia, Philad...

Survey number: HABS PA-1455 Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sheffield, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Kenneth Hall gives daughter Peggy a shower with garden hose in front of their TVA defense home

Sheffield, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Kenneth Hall gi...

Public domain photograph of Alabama in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington, D.C. Firehouse Station No. 4. Lieutenant Mills pulling the main fire fighting hose from the truck so that it can be hooked to the nearest hydrant

Washington, D.C. Firehouse Station No. 4. Lieutenant Mills pulling the...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[New York City fire fighter pulling water hose from fire truck amid debris and burning buildings following September 11th terrorist attack on World Trade Center, New York City]

[New York City fire fighter pulling water hose from fire truck amid de...

Forms part of: Collection of unattributed photographs ... Public domain photograph related to airlines, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Witness F. A. Smith. Photo at 9 P.M. Home of Patrick McGurl (mechanic), 136 Exchange Street, Worcester, Massachusetts. Working on hose supporters. All work, 6-year-old, 8-year-old, 11-year-old, 12-year-old, and mother. Altogether earn about $3 a week. Work noons, after school and every night. A 9-year-old boy (not in photo) carries work back and forth. Heavy loads. (See report of F.A. Smith). Location: Worcester, Massachusettsachusetts.

Witness F. A. Smith. Photo at 9 P.M. Home of Patrick McGurl (mechanic)...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, economic conditions, children workers, exploitation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Library - City Hall & hose tower - Thomasville, Georgia

Library - City Hall & hose tower - Thomasville, Georgia

In album: Lot 7753-C, p. 71. Public domain photograph of a city hall, public building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Royal Hose & turn. nozzle no. 6 - York, Pennsylvania, Fire Department

Royal Hose & turn. nozzle no. 6 - York, Pennsylvania, Fire Department

Three firemen and dalmatian on fire engine drawn by two horses.

Photo at 4 P.M. Witness F. A. Smith. Home of Thomas Murry, 8 1/2 Milton St., rear, top floor, Worcester, Massachusetts. Mother and children, 6 yrs., 8 yrs. two of 12 yrs. old. The 3-year-old helps a little. Earn $1.50 to $3.00 a week working on hose supporters. Father makes $15 a week. Two other children work: one gets $7 to $11 a week, one gets $4 a week. Home workers work until 8:30 or 9 P.M. nearly every day. (See also Report.) Location: Worcester, Massachusettsachusetts.

Photo at 4 P.M. Witness F. A. Smith. Home of Thomas Murry, 8 1/2 Milto...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, economic conditions, children workers, exploitation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. This is the bow of a new Liberty Fleet member, awaiting its hose or template at a large Eastern shipyard. Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards Inc., Baltimore, Maryland

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. This is the bow of a new Liberty Fleet ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, industrial or commercial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Cotton stockings. Cotton is coming to have universal appeal. Shopping for cotton hose in a Hollywood store, Rita Hayworth finds that the shop girl, too, is wearing hose much the same type she plans to buy. Miss Hayworth is inspecting a diamond pattern lisle stocking personally selected for her by Hollywood's famed designer, Howard Greer, to accompany her afternoon emsemble

Cotton stockings. Cotton is coming to have universal appeal. Shopping ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of the 1930s - 1940s, woman, female portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fill 'er up! Tugging at the large hose, known as the "inflation sleeve", this worker stands inside the "manhole" of a new barrage balloon to guide the sleeve into the opening through which it will pump air to test the giant rubber balloon for leaks. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Fill 'er up! Tugging at the large hose, known as the "inflation sleeve...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a monument or sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Firehouse station number four. Washington, D.C. Firemen preparing to mount a ladder with a large hose during a fire

Firehouse station number four. Washington, D.C. Firemen preparing to m...

Public domain photograph of Washington DC, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Fire engines putting out flames, firemen chasing man whose hatchet fell on hose, hose wetting man, fireman putting out flames]

[Fire engines putting out flames, firemen chasing man whose hatchet fe...

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1934:0109). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as vignettes in: "The Old Niagara. A Ballad," by Arthur Guiterman, Scribner's ma... More

The Race. The great Hub-and-Hub race at Deadwood, Dak., July 4, 1888, between the only two Chinese hose teams in the United States

The Race. The great Hub-and-Hub race at Deadwood, Dak., July 4, 1888, ...

Two small teams of Chinese runners pulling a hose and wagon, racing down main street; large crowds of spectators line both sides of street. Copyright deposit. Title transcribed from item. Forms part of the John... More

Witness F. A. Smith. Photo at 9 P.M. Home of Patrick McGurl (mechanic), 136 Exchange Street, Worcester, Massachusetts. Working on hose supporters. All work, 6-year-old, 8-year-old, 11-year-old, 12-year-old, and mother. Altogether earn about $3 a week. Work noons, after school and every night. A 9-year-old boy (not in photo) carries work back and forth. Heavy loads. (See report of F.A. Smith). Location: Worcester, Massachusettsachusetts.

Witness F. A. Smith. Photo at 9 P.M. Home of Patrick McGurl (mechanic)...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a school, preschool, children, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Cedar City Automotive Repair Shop, Hose Winding Shed, 820 North Main Street, Cedar City, Iron County, UT

Cedar City Automotive Repair Shop, Hose Winding Shed, 820 North Main S...

Significance: The Cedar City Automotive Repair Shop was one of four central repair shop sites established by the federal government in the intermountain region of the western United States to service vehicles a... More

Cedar City Automotive Repair Shop, Hose Winding Shed, 820 North Main Street, Cedar City, Iron County, UT

Cedar City Automotive Repair Shop, Hose Winding Shed, 820 North Main S...

Significance: The Cedar City Automotive Repair Shop was one of four central repair shop sites established by the federal government in the intermountain region of the western United States to service vehicles a... More

Cotton stockings. Paulette Goddard illustrates the new fashion trend of having her hose blend in color with her evening dress. The dress she wears is of gold bugle beads, designed by the famous Hollywood designer, Edith Head. Her stockings are gold-colored sheer crepe lisle

Cotton stockings. Paulette Goddard illustrates the new fashion trend o...

Public domain photograph of model, woman, photo, fashion advertising, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Your wartime duty! Don't waste water Do not use hose for washing your automobile. Do use water from a pail / / Kerkam.

Your wartime duty! Don't waste water Do not use hose for washing your ...

Poster for The New York City Department of Water Supply, Gas & Electricity for a campaign to conserve water, showing a man washing his car. F.H. La Guardia, Mayor - Department of Water Supply, Gas & Electricity... More

On board a fishing vessel, out from Gloucester, Massachusetts. Fishermen on the deck, washing up with a hose

On board a fishing vessel, out from Gloucester, Massachusetts. Fisherm...

Picryl description: Public domain image of workers, labor, 1940s, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Office of Civilian Defense worker help protect nation's capital. Volunteer auxiliary firemen must learn to master the control of the water stream from their fire hoses. Certain conditions call for spray, others for a steady stream of water. These volunteers in Washington, D.C., are trained to know just how best to handle the hose nozzles

Office of Civilian Defense worker help protect nation's capital. Volun...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a quarry, mine, excavation, or mining site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Fire fighters carrying water hose through rubble September 11th following terrorist attack on World Trade Center, New York City]

[Fire fighters carrying water hose through rubble September 11th follo...

Forms part of: Collection of unattributed photographs ... Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Nearly 9 A.M. Girl (about 8 years old) carrying sack of hose supporters home, a long distance and she had to run to get home in time for school. Up hill and tiring work, resting frequently. (See also Report.) Witness F.A. Smith. Location: Worcester, Massachusetts.

Nearly 9 A.M. Girl (about 8 years old) carrying sack of hose supporter...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Protest silk boycott. Washington, D.C., Jan. 28. Members of the American Federation of Hosiery Workers arriving today at Union Station today from they staged a parade to the White House as a protest against the boycott of Japanese silk. The women, three hundred strong, carried banners exhorting women to continue to wear silk hose and thus save the jobs of thousands of hosiery workers, 1/28/38

Protest silk boycott. Washington, D.C., Jan. 28. Members of the Americ...

Public domain photograph of official photograph, building on the background, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington, D.C. Firehouse Station No. 4. Firemen do not wait for the truck to come to a halt when they approach a fire, but jerk the hose into the street and the truck proceeds to the fire. This enables one fireman to hookup the hose to the hydrant while the truck proceeds closer to the fire

Washington, D.C. Firehouse Station No. 4. Firemen do not wait for the ...

Public domain photograph of Washington DC, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hose team. The champion Chinese Hose Team of America, who won the great Hub-and-Hub race at Deadwood, Dak., July 4th, 1888

Hose team. The champion Chinese Hose Team of America, who won the grea...

Twelve member team of Chinese ""hose"" runners posed in uniform. Copyright deposit. Title transcribed from item. Forms part of the John C. H. Grabill Collection.

Phoenix Hose Driver's House, 48 Sitgreaves Street, Easton, Northampton County, PA

Phoenix Hose Driver's House, 48 Sitgreaves Street, Easton, Northampton...

Significance: This is a rare surviving example of the fire engine driver's house, which with the old Engine House at 219 Ferry Street, marks the evolution of civi institutions in Easton. Survey number: HABS PA-5582

Phoenix Hose Driver's House, 48 Sitgreaves Street, Easton, Northampton County, PA

Phoenix Hose Driver's House, 48 Sitgreaves Street, Easton, Northampton...

Significance: This is a rare surviving example of the fire engine driver's house, which with the old Engine House at 219 Ferry Street, marks the evolution of civi institutions in Easton. Survey number: HABS PA-5582

Hope Hose Company No. 6 & Fellowship Engine Company No. 29, Second Street between Pine & Lombard Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Hope Hose Company No. 6 & Fellowship Engine Company No. 29, Second Str...

Survey number: HABS PA-1351 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hose co. no. 1, Juneau [Alaska] Fire Dept.

Hose co. no. 1, Juneau [Alaska] Fire Dept.

Posed on street. Photo coyrighted by Winter & Pond. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf. Fire stations.

[Water hose aimed at State, War, and Navy Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Water hose aimed at State, War, and Navy Building, Washington, D.C.]

Public domain historic photograph of Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Southwark Hose Company No. 9, 512 South Third Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Southwark Hose Company No. 9, 512 South Third Street, Philadelphia, Ph...

Survey number: HABS PA-1369 Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. Hose Company No. 14, 423 Buttonwood Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

U.S. Hose Company No. 14, 423 Buttonwood Street, Philadelphia, Philade...

Significance: A Greek Revival volunteer firehouse. It is similar in scale and design to other small firehouses of the mid-19th century. Survey number: HABS PA-1804

Goodwill Fire Engine & Hose Company Engine House, 1231 Sixth Avenue, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Goodwill Fire Engine & Hose Company Engine House, 1231 Sixth Avenue, A...

Survey number: HABS PA-5850 Building/structure dates: 1882- 1885 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1894 Subsequent Work

Agnes Cliemka, age 23, married and husband may be going into the service any day, Heil and Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Agnes used to work in a dep[artmen]t store. Checking of gasoline hose of gasoline trailers before being turned over the Air Force

Agnes Cliemka, age 23, married and husband may be going into the servi...

Public domain photograph related to army, military forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cotton stockings. Rita Hayworth in a pink and silver lame evening dress, designed by the famed Hollywood designer, Howard Greer. Her evening hose are of fine crepe lisle of the same spun sugar sheen as the dress

Cotton stockings. Rita Hayworth in a pink and silver lame evening dres...

Public domain photograph related to dance, ballet, musical performance, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

On board a fishing vessel out from Gloucester, Massachusetts. Fishermen on the deck washing up with a hose

On board a fishing vessel out from Gloucester, Massachusetts. Fisherme...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a boat, water, fishing, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Darktown fire brigade. The chief, on duty: "Lite up dem hose dar-yous heah me!"

Darktown fire brigade. The chief, on duty: "Lite up dem hose dar-yous ...

Caricature issued as part of the "Darktown comics" series. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1519.

The Race. The great Hub-and-Hub race at Deadwood, Dak., July 4, 1888, between the only two Chinese hose teams in the United States

The Race. The great Hub-and-Hub race at Deadwood, Dak., July 4, 1888, ...

Two small teams of Chinese runners pulling a hose and wagon, racing down main street; large crowds of spectators line both sides of street. Copyright deposit. Title transcribed from item. Forms part of the John... More

Cedar City Automotive Repair Shop, Hose Winding Shed, 820 North Main Street, Cedar City, Iron County, UT

Cedar City Automotive Repair Shop, Hose Winding Shed, 820 North Main S...

Significance: The Cedar City Automotive Repair Shop was one of four central repair shop sites established by the federal government in the intermountain region of the western United States to service vehicles a... More

Phoenix Hose Driver's House, 48 Sitgreaves Street, Easton, Northampton County, PA

Phoenix Hose Driver's House, 48 Sitgreaves Street, Easton, Northampton...

Significance: This is a rare surviving example of the fire engine driver's house, which with the old Engine House at 219 Ferry Street, marks the evolution of civi institutions in Easton. Survey number: HABS PA-5582

Convincing argument. Washington, D.C., Jan. 28. These girls, members of the delegation of three hundred hosiery workers from Philadelphia who paraded to the White House today in protest against the Japanese Silk boycott present a convincing argument on why women should continue to wear silk hose, 1/28/38

Convincing argument. Washington, D.C., Jan. 28. These girls, members o...

A group of women sitting next to each other holding a sign. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cotton stockings. Cotton is coming to have a universal appeal. Shopping for cotton hose in a Hollywood store, Rita Hayworth finds that the shop-girl, too, is wearing hose much the same type she plans to buy. Miss Hayworth is inspecting a diamond pattern lisle stocking, personally selected for her by Hollywood's famed designer, Howard Greer, to accompany her afternoon emsemble

Cotton stockings. Cotton is coming to have a universal appeal. Shoppin...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of the 1930s - 1940s, woman, female portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Worker carrying a rubber hose

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Worker carrying a ...

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Calumet City, Illinois. Feeding hogs at the Calumet Park stockyards. The feed is sprayed into the car through a hose

Calumet City, Illinois. Feeding hogs at the Calumet Park stockyards. T...

Picryl description: Public domain image of workers, labor, 1940s, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Independent Hose Company No. 3, Nineteenth & Belmont Streets, Bellaire, Belmont County, OH

Independent Hose Company No. 3, Nineteenth & Belmont Streets, Bellaire...

Significance: Constructed in an area of residential/commercial structures in the original section of the city of Bellaire. The fire station is a well designed structure which exemplifies the architecture of the... More

Independent Hose Company No. 3, Nineteenth & Belmont Streets, Bellaire, Belmont County, OH

Independent Hose Company No. 3, Nineteenth & Belmont Streets, Bellaire...

Significance: Constructed in an area of residential/commercial structures in the original section of the city of Bellaire. The fire station is a well designed structure which exemplifies the architecture of the... More

Cedar City Automotive Repair Shop, Hose Winding Shed, 820 North Main Street, Cedar City, Iron County, UT

Cedar City Automotive Repair Shop, Hose Winding Shed, 820 North Main S...

Significance: The Cedar City Automotive Repair Shop was one of four central repair shop sites established by the federal government in the intermountain region of the western United States to service vehicles a... More

[Men pulling Reliance Fire Company hose carriage]

[Men pulling Reliance Fire Company hose carriage]

Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1996 (DLC/PP 1996:087.14) Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress).

Fair Play Fire Engine & Hose Company No. 1, 405 East Main Street, Madison, Jefferson County, IN

Fair Play Fire Engine & Hose Company No. 1, 405 East Main Street, Madi...

Significance: The building was originally constructed ca. 1875 as a simple trolley barn for the Madison Street Railway Company, and was purchased by the Fair Play Fire Engine and Hose Company in 1888 for use as... More

Hope Hose Company No. 6 & Fellowship Engine Company No. 29, Second Street between Pine & Lombard Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Hope Hose Company No. 6 & Fellowship Engine Company No. 29, Second Str...

Survey number: HABS PA-1351 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Nearly 9 A.M. Girl (about 8 yrs. old) carrying sack of hose supporters home, a long distance and she had to run to get home in time for school. Up hill and tiring work, resting frequently. (See also Report.) Witness F.A. Smith. Location: Worcester, Massachusetts.

Nearly 9 A.M. Girl (about 8 yrs. old) carrying sack of hose supporters...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Schuylkill Hose, Hook & Ladder Company No. 24, 1227 Locust Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Schuylkill Hose, Hook & Ladder Company No. 24, 1227 Locust Street, Phi...

Survey number: HABS PA-1577 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cotton stockings. Lana Turner inspecting the ankle-flattering bracelet design embroidered on dressy, fine point lisle cotton mesh hose

Cotton stockings. Lana Turner inspecting the ankle-flattering bracelet...

Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Worker carrying a rubber hose

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Worker carrying a ...

Public domain photograph of Maryland in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Arlington, Virginia. Citizens being checked to verify payment of poll tax and proper registration before receiving ballots for the national presidental election. A fire hose wagon is in the background of the firehouse where the voting is taking place

Arlington, Virginia. Citizens being checked to verify payment of poll ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Independent Hose Company No. 3, Nineteenth & Belmont Streets, Bellaire, Belmont County, OH

Independent Hose Company No. 3, Nineteenth & Belmont Streets, Bellaire...

Significance: Constructed in an area of residential/commercial structures in the original section of the city of Bellaire. The fire station is a well designed structure which exemplifies the architecture of the... More

Independent Hose Company No. 3, Nineteenth & Belmont Streets, Bellaire, Belmont County, OH

Independent Hose Company No. 3, Nineteenth & Belmont Streets, Bellaire...

Significance: Constructed in an area of residential/commercial structures in the original section of the city of Bellaire. The fire station is a well designed structure which exemplifies the architecture of the... More

Independent Hose Company No. 3, Nineteenth & Belmont Streets, Bellaire, Belmont County, OH

Independent Hose Company No. 3, Nineteenth & Belmont Streets, Bellaire...

Significance: Constructed in an area of residential/commercial structures in the original section of the city of Bellaire. The fire station is a well designed structure which exemplifies the architecture of the... More

Independent Hose Company No. 3, Nineteenth & Belmont Streets, Bellaire, Belmont County, OH

Independent Hose Company No. 3, Nineteenth & Belmont Streets, Bellaire...

Significance: Constructed in an area of residential/commercial structures in the original section of the city of Bellaire. The fire station is a well designed structure which exemplifies the architecture of the... More

Independent Hose Company No. 3, Nineteenth & Belmont Streets, Bellaire, Belmont County, OH

Independent Hose Company No. 3, Nineteenth & Belmont Streets, Bellaire...

Significance: Constructed in an area of residential/commercial structures in the original section of the city of Bellaire. The fire station is a well designed structure which exemplifies the architecture of the... More

Cedar City Automotive Repair Shop, Hose Winding Shed, 820 North Main Street, Cedar City, Iron County, UT

Cedar City Automotive Repair Shop, Hose Winding Shed, 820 North Main S...

Significance: The Cedar City Automotive Repair Shop was one of four central repair shop sites established by the federal government in the intermountain region of the western United States to service vehicles a... More

Franklin Hose Company No. 28, 730-732 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Franklin Hose Company No. 28, 730-732 South Broad Street, Philadelphia...

Survey number: HABS PA-1566 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Marion County] Court Hose, [Salem, Ore.; exterior and surroundings]

[Marion County] Court Hose, [Salem, Ore.; exterior and surroundings]

Photogravure copyrighted by the W.H. Bufghardt Co., Salem. Reference copy may be in County Court Houses of the United States microfiche 133 (E8). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Royal hose & nozzle--York, Pennsylvania, fire department

Royal hose & nozzle--York, Pennsylvania, fire department

Stationary engine drawn by two horses. J156966 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Simon & Murnane, York, Pa.

Washington Hose Company No. 10, 35 North Ninth Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Washington Hose Company No. 10, 35 North Ninth Street, Philadelphia, P...

Survey number: HABS PA-1488 Public domain photograph - city, downtown, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Detail of oil drilling equipment: hook of the traveling block, links and clamp of the elevator, hose connection from mud hog and swivel. Oil well, Kilgore, Texas

Detail of oil drilling equipment: hook of the traveling block, links a...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Civilian protection. These auxiliary firemen will play an important part in our civilian defense in the event of air raids on American cities. Here they are going out on a practice "emergency call." The truck is a regular fire department hose wagon, painted battleship gray to reduce visibility and equipped with blackout headlights. The Maltese crosses on the men's armbands is the insignia of the auxiliary fire forces

Civilian protection. These auxiliary firemen will play an important pa...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1920s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The air raid protective services. One of the special technics these volunteer auxiliary firemen must master is that of controlling the water streaming from their firehoses. Certain conditions call for spray, others for steady streams of water. These volunteers are trained to know just how best to handle the hose nozzles

The air raid protective services. One of the special technics these vo...

Public domain photograph of United States in World War Two, home front, industrial military production, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Discarded stockingss go to war. Here's what comes from your old silk stockings. Silk thread to be used in making powder bags is produced from discarded hose which have been subjected to various processes. Here, the silk thread emerges from a breaker machine which spins the bleached material into this form

Discarded stockingss go to war. Here's what comes from your old silk s...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Firehouse Station No. 4. Washington, D.C. Firemen pull a large hose from the truck and the truck proceeds to the area nearer to the fire. One man stays with the hose and is responsible for attaching it to the nearest fire hydrant. He is called the layout man

Firehouse Station No. 4. Washington, D.C. Firemen pull a large hose fr...

Title and other information from general caption card for nos. 13823-13846 and caption sheet entry. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More... More

[Two fire fighters looking into car while another New York City fire fighter pulls water hose from fire truck amid smoke and debris following September 11th terrorist attack on World Trade Center, New York City]

[Two fire fighters looking into car while another New York City fire f...

Forms part of: Collection of unattributed photographs ... Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Westphal Hose Co. fire house No. 5 in Martinsburg, West Virginia

Westphal Hose Co. fire house No. 5 in Martinsburg, West Virginia

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More

Independent Hose Company No. 3, Nineteenth & Belmont Streets, Bellaire, Belmont County, OH

Independent Hose Company No. 3, Nineteenth & Belmont Streets, Bellaire...

Significance: Constructed in an area of residential/commercial structures in the original section of the city of Bellaire. The fire station is a well designed structure which exemplifies the architecture of the... More

Independent Hose Company No. 3, Nineteenth & Belmont Streets, Bellaire, Belmont County, OH

Independent Hose Company No. 3, Nineteenth & Belmont Streets, Bellaire...

Significance: Constructed in an area of residential/commercial structures in the original section of the city of Bellaire. The fire station is a well designed structure which exemplifies the architecture of the... More

Independent Hose Company No. 3, Nineteenth & Belmont Streets, Bellaire, Belmont County, OH

Independent Hose Company No. 3, Nineteenth & Belmont Streets, Bellaire...

Significance: Constructed in an area of residential/commercial structures in the original section of the city of Bellaire. The fire station is a well designed structure which exemplifies the architecture of the... More

Phoenix Hose Driver's House, 48 Sitgreaves Street, Easton, Northampton County, PA

Phoenix Hose Driver's House, 48 Sitgreaves Street, Easton, Northampton...

Significance: This is a rare surviving example of the fire engine driver's house, which with the old Engine House at 219 Ferry Street, marks the evolution of civi institutions in Easton. Survey number: HABS PA-5582

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