Last of the Fire Horses Frame Color:Silver A family rides bicycles on

A family rides bicycles on the Champs-Elysees on a Sunday morning in 1956 in Paris

The photo was published the next day with The Times article

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Last of the Fire Horses Frame Color:Silver A family rides bicycles onWith a trail of smoke and a wailing whistle, the last horse drawn fire engine in New York makes it final run, dashing along Fulton Street and then down Court Street to Joralemon Street before arriving at the rear of Brooklyn's Borough Hall. It was a ceremonial final call for the horses as city dignitaries, fire officials and passers by watched the end of an era on the morning of December 20, 1922. The horses were being retired and replaced by