Description
This postcard features the Perseverance Steam Fire Engine and Hose Co. No. 1. It showcases a horse-drawn fire engine with a firefighter in uniform. The card is undated.
Front Text (verbatim):
PERSEVERANCE STEAM FIRE ENGINE & HOSE CO. NO. 1
WILLOW STREET BET 6 & 9TH LEBANON, CAL.
Back Text (verbatim):
Organized May 12, 1849.
OFFICERS.
President, Hon. Edgar A. Weimer.
Vice-President, Theo. P. Frantz.
Secretary, Wm. G. Becker.
Treasurer, J. Henry Miller.
Chief Engineer, Edgar A. Welmer.
Chief Hose Director, Geo. L. Shuey.
Driver, Geo. B. Witmer.
EQUIPMENT.
Second Sine American Engine (750 gallons capacity.)
Combination Ladder Co.'s Combination Hose Reel and Chemical and Turret Nozzle Wagon (four horses.)
