This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 10 October 1958: "Men from the Palmerston North Fire Brigade testing the dual purpose hoses which are part of the equipment on the new engine which arrived in the city yesterday. The machine will be the first covered engine in the brigade."

"Testing Appliance on New Fire Engine"
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Digitisation ID
- 2017N_2017-20_014929
- Title
- "Testing Appliance on New Fire Engine"
- Format
- B&W negative
- Held In
- Coolstore
Creation
- Created By
- Manawatu Evening Standard
- Place
- Cuba Street, Palmerston North
- Date
- October 10, 1958
Object rights
- Credit Line
- Fairfax Media New Zealand
- License
- Contact Us For Details
Taxonomy
- Community Tags
- demonstration,
- fire engines,
- fire fighters,
- hoses,
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