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Title
Fire Department Chiefs, Lansing
Creator
James P. Edmonds

Institution
Capital Area District Library

Subject
Fire departments

Subject
Group portraits

Subject
Portraits--Lansing, Mich.

Item Number
JQ01j001

Relation
NULL

Type
image

Format
tiff

Description
Photo of three chiefs of the Lansing Fire Department. From left, Tom Wescott, Alex Cline, and Ned Burton or Mr. Bonner. Chief Wescott was one of the founders of the Lansing Fire Department in 1857, elected "chief engineer" June 17, 1872; also a charter member of the Grand River Boat Club in the same year.

Fire Department Chiefs, Lansing

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