Los Angeles firefighters tending their water pumps during a fire at Third Street and Broadway, ca.1913 

Horse-drawn fire wagon speeding down the Fifth Street looking west from Broadway, Los Angeles, ca.1900 

Early fire engine pulled by large muscular horses, up a hill on First Street, ca.1900 

Los Angeles Fire Department fighting a fire on Broadway looking north from Third Street, ca.1913 

Engine company number four in front of the Old Fire House on Plaza Street in Los Angeles, 1887 

Flower garden of the N. Boufilios residence on Spring Street near Ninth Street, Los Angeles, ca.1895 

Fire Station 15 with a fire engine in front, ca.1890 

Portrait of a family in front of their home on Ninth Street between Spring Street and Broadway, Los Angeles, ca.1890-1900 

View of Spring Street and Main Street looking north from Ninth Street, ca.1915 

View of Spring Street looking north from Ninth Street, 1900 

San Francisco Fire Department on parade at Temple Street and Grand Avenue, San Francisco (Los Angeles?), 1860-1910 

Los Angeles firefighters posing in front of a horse-drawn water cannon at the Los Angeles Fire Department, ca.1913 

The A.W. Francisco House looking north from Figueroa Street and Ninth Street, ca.1881 

The two-story Mission-style Fire Station Eleven at 1819 West Seventh Street, ca.1910 

Cars decorated with banners on Broadway at Ninth Street looking south from Eighth Street, July 1, 1903 

Exterior view of the Marion Building on Hill Street, between Eighth Street and Ninth Street, [s.d.] 

Spring Street north from Ninth Street during the La Fiesta Parade, ca.1906 

Firefighters using a tall ladder to fight a fire on Hill Street, north of Second Street, 1915 

Los Angeles Bicycle club gathering for a race on the west side of Spring Street between Eighth and Ninth Streets, October 1904 

Northward view from Ninth Street of Broadway decorated with flags, ca.1925