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68jk09

68jk09

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I KNOW THESE ARE E BAY ITEMS BUT I THOUGHT THEY SHOULD BE POSTED HERE AS A FEW ARE REALLY SOME GOOD HISTORY....Photo # 1 is a mid '60s BC's Dodge Station Wagon .....#3 is not important but as an explanation it is a bogus rig from the tv show third watch.....#5 is a mid Fifties R*2 Rig......# 8 is the '82 American La France R*2 Rig.......#17 is the Fire Salvage outside of what was their qtrs at the time until R*2 moved there in Aug '85 it is still R*2s present qtrs...it was the former qtrs of ENG*234 & BN*38 until they moved to thier present qtrs w/LAD*123 4 blocks South on St Johns Place.........# 21 is the only "yellow Rig" from the batch of experimental "lime green" Rigs ..65s was an ALF the other lime green ones were Macks........# 27 is LAD*14s American La France two of a kind (in the FDNY 163 had the other one) Rig........ some nice FDNY history pictures............. 
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memory master

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That rig was formerly assigned to L117 and was given to L54 when the company was established in the "new" quarters with E96 on Story Ave. That was 1965? Jeez I was there for the firehouse dedication and can't remember the year. (Don't say it guys, I know.)
 
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guitarman314

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68jk09 said:
LAD*38 1956 ALF.. the photo was proabably taken mid to late '60s since the plywood covering is in place......    http://www.ebay.com/itm/FDNY-4x-6-Photo-ALF-Ladder-38-/271228145083?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f26750dbb
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  The 1956 ALF in the photo was previously L47's rig. It was L38's then went to L49 when L38 got a 1969 100 ft. ALF diesel rig. Before the '56, Ladder 38 had a 1953 ALF that was involved in a bad MVA around 1964. The tractor was totalled and the trailer was re-hitched to a 1948 Ward LaFrance tractor and assigned to the Training School on Welfare (Roosevelt today) Island. Regarding the photo: It was taken between 1967 & 1969 across the street from Ladder 17's quarters on 143rd St. The NYCHA Mott Haven Houses buildings behind it are 352 & 380 E. 143rd St.
 
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Bronx72

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L54 got the 1960 Mack C85F 85' tractor-drawn  Maxim aerial on 4-13-66 when they were organized on Story Ave.  They had that rig until 12-3-70 when they received a new Seagrave rearmount.  That was a good ten years work before FDNY had term limits on their rigs.
 
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pasobuff

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Some old pictures I recently acquired from my father - his great-uncle Lindgren most probably took these pictures - dated 1952.....

I have more, just need to get good copies of them.... :)
 

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pasobuff

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memory master said:
They look nice. Hope you can put more up for all to enjoy and remember back then. Thanks.
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The album is in the hands of someone from the NYS Museum to have the photos copied and digitized...I will then share away!  I am also waiting on photos of an old scrapbook I have, with TONS of material dating back into the 1800's regarding the Volunteer Firemans' Association of New York City!
 
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