Readied For Oktoberfest Parade
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- 1962-09-30
- Description
This photograph was published in the La Crosse Tribune on September 30, 1962 with the article "Readied For Oktoberfest Parade." The photograph's caption reads: "Robert A. Farnam, president of the La Crosse County Historical Society (left) was on hand last week to witness a full fledged test of a 1904 model steam pumper which was retired by the fire department nearly a half century ago. The pumper is a possession of the society and is being dressed up for the Oktoberfest next weekend. It will be on display at Copeland Park Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday - and it will pumping water when its boiler is fired up. In addition, it will be drawn by a team of horses in the parade Saturday. Among the pumper's "big" fires were the Spence-McCord blaze in 1912 and another which threatened West Salem at about that time. It was hauled to West Salem on a flatcar." On the envelope housing the negative is written: "September 28, 1962. Oktoberfest - Robert Farnam County Historical Society - Prexy
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- Creator
Burgess, Frances
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
- Publisher
- La Crosse Tribune
- Subjects
- La Crosse Tribune (La Crosse, Wis.)
Firefighting equipment
Oktoberfest -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse -- History
La Crosse (Wis.). Fire Dept -- History
Steam engines - Type
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- Language
- English
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- Burgess, Frances. Readied For Oktoberfest Parade. 1962-09-30. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://digitalcollections.uwlax.edu/jsp/RcWebImageViewer.jsp?doc_id=27e23763-e207-484e-8c09-79d2127a306f/wlacu000/00000021/00000236. (Accessed April 18, 2024.)
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- Burgess, Frances, (1962-09-30) Readied For Oktoberfest Parade. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://digitalcollections.uwlax.edu/jsp/RcWebImageViewer.jsp?doc_id=27e23763-e207-484e-8c09-79d2127a306f/wlacu000/00000021/00000236
- MLA citation style
- Burgess, Frances. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <https://digitalcollections.uwlax.edu/jsp/RcWebImageViewer.jsp?doc_id=27e23763-e207-484e-8c09-79d2127a306f/wlacu000/00000021/00000236>.