Artesian fire protection, Aberdeen, S.D.

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DescriptionView of men wearing waterproof clothing, likely firefighters, aiming streams of water from fire hoses toward the Jewett Block, a three-story brick building, home to the Dakota Newspaper Union in Aberdeen, South Dakota. The view looks north up Main Street just south of 4th Avenue. This was likely a test of an artesian system of water delivery for fire hoses. Hook & ladder wagon nearby at left. Some spectators watch from the street. Photographer is an unidentified photographer from the Haynes Studio. Vintage negative number: 8-1; Box 7. TypeImageCreatorUnidentified photographerGenrephotographsDate1892SubjectArtesian wellsCommercial buildings--South Dakota--AberdeenFire extinctionFire hoseContributing InstitutionMontana Historical Society Library and ArchivesGeographic CoverageAberdeen, South DakotaDigital CollectionHaynes Foundation Photograph CollectionDigital Formatimage/tiffPhysical CollectionHaynes Foundation Photograph CollectionPhysical Dimensions1 negative : black and white, glass ; 8 x 10 in.Digitization SpecificationCreated with a DT Atom lighting system using a Canon 5DS camera. Images saved as TIFF files with 6000 pixels on the long side. B&W negs saved as Grayscale files; all prints and color film saved as RGB files. All adjustments made in Photoshop CC.Date Digitized2024-10-29Photo NumberH-02778Local Identifierp0013007ReproductionTo order a reproduction, visit our webpage at https://mhs.mt.gov/Research/services/repros/photodigital or contact Montana Historical Society Photograph Archives: (406) 444-4739 / photoarchives@mt.gov.Contact UsFor additional information about our collections or to suggest a keyword or share what you know about this item, email us at photoarchives@mt.gov. Please include the Photo Number in your note to us.

CollectionHaynes Foundation Photograph CollectionPersonF. Jay Haynes

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