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Fire Watch
Fire Watch
Fire Watch

Fire Watch

DateJune 1931
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions4 × 3 1/16 in. (10.2 × 7.7 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Albuquerque Fire Department
Object numberPA1976.062.043
DescriptionSecond Annual Fire School held in Clovis, New Mexico on June 3-5, 1931. This is a photo postcard. There is a fire in the center of a large field. On the right is a firehose spraying the fire. In the background is a man watching near a building behind him. In the foreground are 6 children watching the fire. Their backs are turned away from the camera. The first boy on the left has his hands clasped behind his neck. The next boy has jeans, rolled shirt sleeves and a cap. The third boy in the center is wearing a white t-shirt and overalls with a large floppy sun hat. On the right bottom is a bigger boy wearing a sun hat. Behind him is a girl with a pony-tail and overalls. The boy on the far right is wearing a short-sleeved shirt, cap and sitting on a bicycle.
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