- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of firemen with Decatur's first fire engine, Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia, 1914]
- Date of Original:
- 1914
- Subject:
- Fire fighters--Georgia--Decatur
Fire engines--Georgia--Decatur
Architecture--Georgia--Decatur
Municipal services--Georgia--Decatur
Cities and towns--Georgia--Decatur
Transportation--Georgia--Decatur - Location:
- United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, Decatur, 33.77483, -84.29631
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- "Decatur, 1914. Decatur's first fire engine (American - LaFrance). Chief M.D. Googer, Sr. (standing), Horace Ehle (at the wheel), Ulrich Green (sitting). Old courthouse in background. McDoungh Street."--from field notes
2003/01/29: According to Vanishing DeKalb, by the DeKalb Historical Society, (pg. 119) the Decatur Council paid $8,000 for the engine when it established the fire department in 1914. It also notes that along with the courthouse Turner Funeral Home and Hardware Store can be seen in the background. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_dek385-85
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:dek385-85
- Rights Holder:
- Held by Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260.
Contact repository re: reproduction and usage. - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
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