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Tuesday, June 30, 2015

The Mercer Museum, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, Part 2

     The Mercer Museum has a special exhibit which began April 25, 2015 and runs through September 7, 2015 called "To Save Our Fellow Citizens:" Volunteer Firefighting 1800-1875. Firefighters get $1.00 off the price of admission.

https://www.mercermuseum.org/event/exhibit-to-save-our-fellow-citizens-volunteer-firefighting-1800-1875/

This piece of equipment sits in the lobby of the visitor center.  There is a small display to the right.  The main exhibit is in a separate room on the left.

This is part of the smaller display - a few artifacts and lots of photographs of Bucks County firefighters.

The belts of three fire houses.

This pumper is in the main exhibit.  It's quite a work of art.  The firefighters who operated this beautiful machine are pictured behind it.

A lot of firefighting was done with buckets.

This statue was carved to honor a fireman who died in a blaze in New Orleans, Louisiana. 

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