"This is where it all began" not just the opening line of a Cult song

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Gotta praise firefighters

Chemical fire extinguiser 1910

1915
Ladder 1900

Ladder 1944
Locomobile

And they way cool vehicles they've used in the way back days, some when horses had to pull the firefighting equipment around. From http://www.thepostroad.com/bfd/photos.html these are photos of the Bridgeport Fire Dept.

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From Shorpy

The Early years, real early

Just soak up the age on these...


The Fire Dept chief, was in a little accident in his Chevy.


These look like Mack trucks. Side curtains, chain drive on the rear tires, wood spokes, no fenders, no headlights, orphans on the move to try for new homes outside of New York. That's history. Deep, dusty, forgotten history.

Brought out of the old photo albums by http://www.shorpy.com/node/265 and me.

Happy Easter

1913
New York
5th Ave

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