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[Postcard of Fire Fighters Driving to a Fire]

Postcard of the Providence Fire Department riding a horse-drawn fire engine to a fire, moving diagonally towards the foreground. Two fire fighters are at the front of the vehicle, seven are standing on its side, and one is on the ladder at the back. The sender has left a handwritten note at the back of the postcard; it says, "Please pardon delay due to not having the kind you desire on hand. I like hospitals, monuments, and light horses, best of all - then anything interesting or pleasing to look at. I am going away next week for the rest of the summer, so you can address to Chilmark, M.A. [...]"
Date: July 3, 1912
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ft. Smith & Western (FSW) freight train

A photograph postcard showing Ft. Smith & Western (FSW) freight train apparently hauling bales of cotton, Castle, OK.
Date: November 3, 1912
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fort Smith & Western (FSW) #14

A photograph postcard showing Fort Smith & Western (FSW) 14, 4-6-0, on a cotton train at Castle, OK. Cotton bales are stacked on flatbed cars. Cars near locomotive look like bunk cars for a track gang.
Date: November 3, 1912
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History