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- A Hook and Ladder fire truck parked in N. Tejon Street fighting the fire in the J.C. Penney Co. building. Many spectators are standing on the side walk opposite the Penney building. 1
- Abandoned towed fire-hose wagon sitting in large brick building with boarded up windows. The wooden floor has collapsed under the one of the rear wheels. "Goldfield F.D.H. & L.I." painted on side of wagon. 1
- CSFD Headquarters and station building with fire truck in front. 1
- Colorado Springs Fire Department with the 1898 American Fire Engine Company Steam Pumper, Metropolitan model. This was the only steamer purchased by the CSFD. Handwritten on front "Colorado Springs". 1
- Firemen returning ladder to Hook and Ladder Fire truck. Fire was in J.C. Penney Co. building. On-lookers standing in N. Tejon Street. Store fronts from left to right are J.C. Penney Co., Gilbert's Carmel Crisp and Stewart Brothers Photo. 1
- Steam engine powered firefighting water system. It was drawn by two horses. 1
- The fire Chief and a fireman holding hose and directing water into the J.C. Penney Co. building at 19-23 N. Tejon. 1
- Three firemen and a man in a heavy coat standing on a roof, directing water into the fire in the J.C. Penney Co. building at 19-23 N. Tejon Street. 1
- Three firemen spraying water into the 1939 fire in the J.C. Penney building. 1
- Three firemen standing on a roof, directing water into the fire in the J.C. Penney Co. building at 19-23 N. Tejon Street. Two awnings are behind the firemen, one is cloth with a "Lunch" sign. 1
- Three firemen standing on the roof of Stewart Bros. Photo building at 17 N. Tejon Street, directing water into the fire in the J.C. Penney Co. building. Three more firemen standing on the roof of the building behind Stewart's. 1
- Three firemen standing on the roof of Stewart Bros. Photo building, directing water from a hose into the fire in the J.C. Penney Co. building at 19-23 N. Tejon Street. 1
- Three firemen standing on the roof of the Stewart Bros. Photo building directing water on the fire at the J.C. Penney Co. building at 19-23 N. Tejon Street. 1
- Two firemen and a Chief standing on the roof holding a fire hose and directing water on the roof of the J.C. Penney Co. building. 1
- Two firemen in an 1894 Champion Combination Hose Wagon, the first piece of fire apparatus purchased by the Colorado Springs Fire Department. A street car is visible behind the wagon. Handwritten on front "Colorado Springs, Colo.". 1
- Two men and four firemen are standing on the roof of the Stewart Bros. Photo shop and one man is standing on the roof of J.C. Penney Co. store. Three firemen are directing water from a fire hose on the 1939 fire at the Penney store. 1
- View from inside the Stewart Bros. Photo shop looking out on Tejon Street where spectators are watching the 1939 fire at J.C. Penney Co. store. A fire truck and fire hoses are also seen on the street. Across the street is the First National Bank building. 1
- View from the roof of the building on the south side of the alley, of firemen directing water from a fire hose into the J.C. Penney Co. building at 19-23 N. Tejon Street, during the 1939 fire. 1
- View looking down at two firemen examining the wreckage from the 1939 fire at J.C. Penney Co. building at 19-23 N. Tejon Street. 1
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