Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creator Name:
James C. Sawders
Title:
[Title not known]
Collection Title Date:
1870-1963
Title Date:
1949.
Dimensions:
h4.18 in. x w7.18 in.
Current Location:
UCR/California Museum of Photography
Address:
Riverside, California 92521
Object ID:
KU104326
Provenance:
Keystone-Mast Collection, UCR/California Museum of Photography,
University of California, Riverside
Object Type:
Stereograph. Silver Gelatin Photoprint.
Heading:
Inscription
Notes:
Ponce: The Parque de Bombas of Ponce on the southern coast of P.R. is as famous in its own way as the El Morro of San Juan. now the main fire station of the second city of the island, this red and black striped wooden building has been in existence since 1883. In 1899 when it was the only firehouse in Ponce and its men were volunteers, its engines and men rushed out to save the city of Ponce from destruction when an ammunition dump in the camp of the American forces Blew up. Today it houses modern equipment and has a trained personnel.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/kt2m3nb73 m

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