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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.
Parade on Pacific Avenue, viewed from the corner of Lincoln and Pacific. The group in the front is the Alert Hose Company, a volunteer fire brigade. The building on the right with the squared off tower is the Masonic Hall. Further down the street, on…
Enouch (Nooky) Alzina, a member of the Santa Cruz Alert Hose Company and last volunteer fire chief for Santa Cruz City from 1889 to 1894.
Portrait of Frank Ely, the volunteer foreman of the Santa Cruz Pilot Hose Company, 1889, and the first paid Santa Cruz City Fire Department Chief from 1894-1897.
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 hose…
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.
