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Order Number
00079160
Title
Los
Angeles
Fire
Department
,
Plaza
Fire
Station
Collection ID
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession
L.A.-Fire
Department-Stations
.
Date
1968
Physical Description
1
photographic
print
:b&w
;21
x
26
cm
. on
board
21
x
27
cm
.
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
.
Historical Data
In
September
of
1871
,
George
M
.
Fall
, the
County
Clerk
for
Los
Angeles
County
organized
Engine
Company
No
.
1
. This
volunteer
firefighting
force
disbanded
in
1874
after
the
City
Council
refused
to
purchase
horses
to
pull
the
fire
engine
and
hose
jumper
-
equipment
that had
previously
been
hand-drawn
to
fires
.
Soon
after
,
many
of the
former
members
reorganized
under
the
name
of
Thirty-Eights-No
.
1
. In
May
1875
,
Engine
Co
.
No
.
2
was
organized
under
the
name
Confidence
Engine
Company
. In
1877
, the
first
horses
were
bought
for the
fire
department
. In
1878
, a
third
fire
company
was
formed
and was
named
Park
Hose
Co
.
No
.
1
.
Five
years
later
, in
1883
, the
East
Los
Angeles
Hose
Co
.
No
.
2
was
formed
. And the
final
volunteer
company
,
called
Morris
Vineyard
Hose
Co
.
No
.
3
,
forming
in the
fall
of
1883
.
All
of these
companies
remained
in
service
until
February
1
,
1886
,
when
the
present
paid
Los
Angeles
Fire
Department
came
into
existence
.
When
it
was
officially
formed
,
it
had
4
fire
stations
,
2
steam
fire
engines
,
2
hose
reels
, a
hose
wagon
, a
65
'
aerial
ladder
truck
,
31
paid
firefighters
,
24
reserve
firefighters
, and
11
horses
to
protect
30
square
miles
and a
population
of
50,000
.
Today
, the
LAFD
has
106
fire
stations
and
nearly
3,600
uniformed
personnel
offering
fire
prevention
,
firefighting
,
emergency
medical
care
,
technical
rescue
,
hazardous
materials
mitigation
,
disaster
response
,
public
education
and
community
service
to a
resident
population
of
more
than
4
million
people
who
live
in the
agency's
471
square
mile
jurisdiction
.
Description
Exterior
view
of the "
old
"
Plaza
Fire
Station
,
located
at
26
Plaza
Street
and the
corner
of
Los
Angeles
Street
,
which
houses
"
Fire
Truck
No
.
1
". At the
time
this
photograph
was
taken
, the
two-story
brick
building
that
once
housed
the
Thirty-Eights
Engine
Company
No
.
1
had been
abandoned
, but
still
retained
its
original
facade
. A
small
balcony
,
original
to the
fire
station
,
extends
from a
door
on the
second
floor
flanked
by
two
windows
, and a
belfry
is
located
on the
roof
just
above
. The
Plaza
Fire
House
was in
service
from
1884
to
1889
. To the
left
is
the
restored
Garnier
Building
, and
City
Hall
may
be
seen
in the
background.
;
Photograph
similar
to
#00059888
.
Subject
Los Angeles City Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Garnier Building (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Los Angeles (Calif.).--Fire Department.
Fire station closings--California--Los Angeles.
Engine companies--California--Los Angeles.
Fire stations--California--Los Angeles.
City halls--California--Los Angeles.
Streets--California--Los Angeles.
Format
Photographic prints
Reproduction Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at
http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html
for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
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