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Military Equipment [1917]

Clothing for Firemen

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Firemen’s Overcoat.

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Firemen’s Double Breasted Overcoat. Made of a good quality heavy navy blue uniform cloth. Finished with two rows of buttons on breast. Shipping wt., 9 pounds.

No. 6K20012½ Overcoat. Price, each $33.00

Firemen’s Cap.

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Regulation Chicago style, black silk, buttons and strap. State size wanted. Shipping weight, 1½ lbs.

No. 6K20035½ Price, each $1.75

Band Cap.

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Regulation style blue uniform cloth cap, complete, as illustrated. Sizes, 6¾ to 7¾. State size wanted. Shipping wt., 1½ pounds.

No. 6K20038½ Price, each $1.50

Railway Men’s Cap.

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Black silk. Two rows gold or white braid, two buttons. Can be lettered with gold or white letters as follows: Conductor, Agent, Flagman, Brakeman, Collector. State size and lettering wanted. Shipping weight, 1½ pounds.

No. 6K20040½ Cap, lettered as desired. Price, each $1.75

Firemen’s Helmet.

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Standard style Fire Department Helmet. Heavy leather, well reinforced. Furnished lettered as desired. State size wanted. Allow ten to fourteen days for making. Shipping weight, 2¾ pounds.

No. 6K20037½ Price, each $5.90

Price, 6 or more, each 5.60

Firemen’s Cap.

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Standard style cap. Navy blue serge cloth. Buttons and strap. State size wanted. Shipping wt., 1½ pounds.

No. 6K20036½ Cap, without badge. Price, each $1.75

Mail Carriers’ Cap.

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Chicago regulation large bell crown cap, cadet gray uniform cloth. Also suitable for rural delivery carriers. Sizes, 6¾ to 7¾. State size wanted. Shipping weight, 1½ pounds.

No. 6K20039½ Price, each (including wreath and any number) $1.75

Expressmen or Porters’ Cap.

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Black silk, square visor, leather sweatband. No lettering. State size wanted. Shipping weight, 1⅜ pounds.

No. 6K20041½ Each $1.50

Every garment is made to order and cut to individual measurement. We require ten to fourteen days for making. On caps allow us five to seven days. When ordering use special order blank enclosed.

Firemen’s Uniform.

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Popular double breasted style. Navy blue uniform cloth. Coat trimmed with buttons. Shipping weight, 6½ pounds.

No. 6K20013½ Coat and Pants. Price $25.00

Dark Lantern.

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Slide is thrown off or on by means of a thumb-latch at the top of the handle. Fitted with a 3-inch heavy bullseye. Burns from twelve to eighteen hours with one filling. Use signal oil only. Shpg. wt., 1⅞ lbs.

No. 6K24581 Price 92c

No. 6K24582 1-quart can Signal Oil. Shipping weight, 3 lbs. Price 23c

No. 6K24584 1-gallon can Signal Oil. Shipping wt., 8½ lbs. Price 70c

Heavy Police Whistle.

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A very loud, shrill whistle of heavy construction. Nickel plated. Also used as a dog call or referee’s signal. Shipping weight, 3 ounces.

No. 6K24479 Price 32c

Police Whistle.

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A heavily made regulation police whistle, nickel plated, strong stationary ring at end. Length over all, 2½ inches. Very loud and shrill. Not to be confused with the many boys’ cheaper thin metal whistles. Shipping weight, 3 ounces.

No. 6K24475 Price 25c

Police Star.

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Police and Officers’ Five-Ball Pointed Star. German silver. Size, 2⅝ inches. Furnished lettered as follows only: Police, Special Police, Marshal, City Marshal, Constable, Detective, Deputy Sheriff, Sheriff, Watchman or Game Warden. State plainly which is wanted. We do not furnish any other lettering. Shipping weight, 3 ounces.

No. 6K24583 Price 75c

Firemen’s Heavy Double Coated Black Rubber Coat.

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Made of a heavy jean cloth which is coated with black rubber on both sides. Deep fly front, closing with large ring snap fasteners. Reinforced armpits. Draw tab on sleeves. Corduroy faced collar and sewed and vulcanized seams. Length, 48 inches. State breast measure taken over vest. Average shipping weight, 6⅝ pounds.

No. 41K935 Black. Price $5.25

Carbide Lantern.

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Constructed throughout of brass, highly nickel plated; 18 to 20candle power. Burns five to six hours. Has a bullseye lens. Height, 18 inches; width at base, 5 inches. Shipping weight, 3 lbs.

No. 6K25221 Each $3.72

Gasoline Lantern.

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Three hundred candle-power. 2½ pints capacity. Burns twelve or fifteen hours. Height, 14 inches. Width, at base, 6 inches. Packed complete with pump, extra mantles and directions. Shipping weight, 5 lbs.

No. 6K25215 Price $5.35

No. 6K25216 Mantles for above. Shipping wt., 4 oz. Per half doz. 58c

Campers’ Acetylene Light.

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For camping, fishing and hunting. Burns four and one-half to five hours on one filling. Will not smoke and is a very solidly constructed, safe, simple light; no glass, no oil, no wick. Best results with small size carbide. We do not furnish carbide. Shipping wt., 2 lbs.

No. 6K5210 Price $1.45

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