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Capitol & Civic

Schools  •   Fire & Police & Post  • Important Looking   •  Bridges    •  Lighthouses   •  Town

 

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19" high

L.C.F.D: The unidentified town of L.C. shows a fire department station of confident architectural intent:  strong tower, two window top styles, unusual barrel vault roof, and hose drying towers worthy a fine late 18th century house.

Wisconsin State Capitol. Twice.

Described and detailed on Known&Real page.

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Firemen's slide down poles

Above and below:   the firepoles for fast sliding down, so present in American imagery and often in real fire stations too.  Below also: three tintypes of important fire guys are nicely placed on the wall.

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More fanciful than most, Willy's Fire Department No. 1939 has topnotch function -- two elevator platforms conveniently pull to roof top housing.

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