Travel Through Time With These Incredible Photos Of Early 20th-Century New York City

Engine No. 39

IMAGE BY: Media Drum World

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What would NYC be without their famous first responders? Taken in February 1912, this photo marks the very last time that a firefighter pulled out of the station on East 67th street with a horse-drawn fire carriage. Soon after, the horse-drawn fleet was replaced with a new line of motor fire engines. 

 

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