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  • Subject is exactly "Hose Companies"

Date: 1885-05-11
Source: Santa Cruz Daily Surf 1885-05-11: page 3 column 3
Type: NEWS

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Group portrait of the members of Alert Hose Company, which was an organization of volunteer fire fighters. At that time, hose carts were pulled by teams of men, rather than horses. In 1882, Alert Hose became the State Hose Cart champions in a hoseā€¦

Date: 1882
Type: PHOTO

Date: 1887-02-03
Source: Santa Cruz Daily Surf 1887-02-03: page 3 column 4
Type: NEWS

Date: 1887-12-09
Source: Santa Cruz Daily Surf 1887-12-09: page 3 column 1
Type: NEWS

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Members of the Alert Hose Company pulling a hose cart.

Date: ca. 1885
Type: PHOTO

Date: 1885-06-03
Source: Santa Cruz Daily Surf 1885-06-03: page 3 column 1
Type: NEWS

Date: 1885-05-14
Source: Santa Cruz Daily Surf 1885-05-14: page 2 column 3
Type: NEWS

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Boys pulling a fire hose cart. From front to back, they are Will Williamson, John Daverson, Ben Knight, John McMesmouy(?), Ralph Bradley, Harry Chace, Harry Steen, George Jenkins, Lou Queril, Don Roff, Mattie(?) Otto, Harry Cope.

Date: Undated
Type: PHOTO

http://history.santacruzpl.org/omeka/uploads/scm/SCM046.jpg
Boys pulling a hose cart (emulating the volunteer fire companies?). Early fire companies used teams of men to pull the hose cart to the site of the fire. They participated in competitions to prove which company had the fastest team.

Date: Undated
Type: PHOTO

Date: 1894-10-01
Source: Santa Cruz Daily Surf 1894-10-01: page 4 column 1
Type: NEWS

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