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

Three horses pulling a fire engine on an emergency call in San Francisco, ca.1880 

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

Los Angels Fire Department's Company 14 horse-drawn fire engine, ca.1910 

Fire station at Spring Street and Ninth Street, Los Angeles, ca.1887 

Exterior view of the Liberty Fire Engine House (?) in Gold Hill, Nevada, 1868 

Two horse-drawn fire engines from Station 12, Los Angeles, ca.1890 

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

Early view of Cahuenga Pass, showing horse-drawn wagons, [s.d.] 

Three horses pulling a plow, ca.1920 

Two men riding on a stage pulled by four horses across the plains, ca.1900 

Composite photograph labeled "Fire Department -- early days" which shows two portraits and a horse-drawn engine, [s.d.] 

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

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

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

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

Man attending to Coulterville's fire alarm, a bell on a pole, ca.1930 

Men pulling a pavement-roller in China, ca.1900 

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

Horse-drawn wagons transporting large rugs along dirt roads, [s.d.]