Okanogan Fire Department, 1911.
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Title
Okanogan Fire Department , 1911 .
Photographer
Matsura , Frank , 1873-1913 .
Description
In 1908 , the Commercial Club in Okanogan set up a volunteer fire department , to protect the town and its many wooden structures from disaster . Beginning with only rudimentary equipment such as a fire hose , nozzle and buckets , the early department did not have a permanent location to store their equipment . A building , constructed on Second Avenue in December , 1908 , held the first fire cart . With plans for the new city hall to be built in 1910 , a fire station was scheduled for inclusion into its construction plans . The multipurpose building included a 50 foot hose tower . This is a photo of the 1910 City Hall and Fire Station , with the city fountain out in front and the jail--affectionately called the "Skookum House"--in the background .
Subject
Cities & towns--Washington (State)--Okanogan ; City & town halls--Washington (State)--Okanogan ; Fire stations--Washington (State)--Okanogan ; Fountains--Washington (State)--Okanogan ; Jails--Washington (State)--Okanogan ; Snow--Washington (State)--Okanogan ; Skookum House
Date
1911
Type
Image
Genre
Postcards
Location
North and Central America--United States--Washington (state)--Okanogan county--Okanogan
Identifier
pc035b1f24n08
Source
Is found in PC 35, Frank S. Matsura Collection https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc/finders/pc35.htm at Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/
Rights Notes
No known copyright. Item is in public domain as it was published prior to 1923.
Restrictions
For permission to publish please contact Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (509) 335-6691 or the Okanogan Historical Society (509) 422-4272
Format
Original photographic prints were scanned as 300 dpi TIFF files on a Microtek 9600XL scanner. 72 dpi JPEG files were then added to the CONTENT database at the WSU Libraries.
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