"Vernon Fire Brigade" - 1999
3002 - 32nd Ave., North-facing wall
3002 - 32nd Ave., North-facing wall
"This isn't a watercolor, it's a mural." - Erich Segal
The banner mural of ships and fishing supplies decorates the fence of a parking lot just off Marine Drive in White Rock B.C.
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Tuesday, August 05, 2008
Fire Brigade
At first the Vernon fire brigade had only leather buckets with which to fight fires. An insurance company prompted them to purchase a hand-drawn engine equipped with a hand pump. The vehicle in the mural - a later upgrade - has a motor.
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