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Item Identifier Number
ms192_112
Creation Date
6-17-1909
Collection
MS-192: Andrew S. Iddings Wright Brothers Homecoming Celebration Collection
Description
A Dayton Fire Department steam pumper fire engine is being pulled by two horses races down Main Street in the exhibition fire run during the 1909 Wright Brothers Homecoming Celebration. The engine has four firefighters riding on it and the horses hooves are painted gold. The exhibition fire run took place on Main Street starting at Sixth Street and ending at the Soldier's Monument and passed through the entire Court of Honor. Soldiers from the Second and Third Regiment of the Ohio National Guard are standing in the street waiting to be reviewed after the fire exhibition. Behind the spectators are signs for Dayton businesses including the Geo. C. Albert's Cigar Store at 20 North Main Street, Anderton and Son Jewelry Store at 18 North Main Street, John C. Good Drug Store at 16 North Main Street, Benjamin F. Hershey Law Offices at 14 North Main Street, Adolph Grossman Photography at 12 North Main Street, Montgomery County Mutual Insurance Company at 12 North Main Street, and the J. S. Horner Piano Store at 10 North Main Street.
Publisher Repository
Special Collections and Archives; Wright State University Libraries
Digital Publisher
Digital Services Department; Wright State University Libraries
Document Type
Image
Media Type
Photographic Negative
Permissions
Special Collections and Archives provides reprints or digital copies of our materials for a fee. For further information please visit their website or call (937) 775-2092.
Date Digital
2-4-2008
Digitization Specification
Epson Expression 10000 XL
Keywords
ms192_112; Dayton (Ohio) Wright Brothers Homecoming Celebration -- 1909; Fire departments--Equipment and supplies; Anderton and Son Jewelry Store (Dayton, Ohio); Benjamin F. Hershey Law Offices (Dayton, Ohio); Columns; Wagons; Fire engines; Flags--United States; Fire departments--Officials and employees; Parades; Court of Honor; Firefighting equipment; Ohio--Militia; Advertising; Fire fighters; Spectators; Geo. C. Albert's Cigar Store (Dayton, Ohio); Hook and ladder fire wagons; Horse-drawn vehicles; Horses; John C. Good Drug Company (Dayton, Ohio); Montgomery County Mutual Insurance Company (Dayton, Ohio); Dayton Fire Department (Ohio); Adolph Grossman Photographer (Dayton, Ohio); Fire drills; Signs and signboards; Soldiers; Horchert, Joseph A.; Ohio. Army National Guard
