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Nicholas Pirsch
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- A portrait of Peter Pirsch’s father, Nicholas Pirsch, a wagon maker in Kenosha. Photograph by B. La Marsh, Kenosha, Wisconsin. (Duplicate of 473.)
- Starting in 1857, Nicholas Pirsch began producing fire engines and ladders. By 1970, the Pirsch Company became the largest United States manufacturer that focused exclusively on the production of fire equipment. Feeling competitive pressure from foreign companies, Pirsch stopped operations in 1986 and declared bankruptcy in 1987.
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- Kenosha County Historical Society
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- For more details, including information about reuse, please contact the Curator of Collections/Archivist at the Kenosha History Center.
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- Creator
- Pirsch Company
- Photographer
- La Marsh, B.
- Description of Original
- 1 photographic print ; 6 1/2 in. x 4 in.
- Format
- Still image
- Location of Original
- Kenosha History Center : Industrial Photographic Print Collection, no. 474