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Parade of Retired Firemen

Parade of Retired Firemen
Clip: 493309_1_1
Year Shot: 1903 (Actual Year)
Audio: No
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1153
Original Film: H3640
HD: N/A
Location: New York, NY, USA
Timecode: 00:48:18 - 00:49:56

Parade of 'Exempt' Firemen" in Washington Square Park (Greenwich Village). LS/TLS color guard followed by 12-15 rows of elderly firemen wearing khaki overcoats & pointed fire helmets marching, pulling antique fire equipment through the Washington Arch (which was designed by Stanford White and completed in 1895 to commemorate the first inauguration of George Washington).