Advertisements; Fire engines & equipment; Fire extinguishers;
The disastrous fire of 1876 destroyed downtown Chester. To protect the village from future fires, the citizens of Chester under took to build both a water system and a fire company. This illustrated advertisement was sent to store owner Joseph...
Photograph of Imperial Sultan's Interest, presumed to be an Edmond Butler Brook Farm's award winning cow. Butler was famous for importing cattle stock from the Isle of Jersey.