Gramm Truck the first motor apparatus on the C. S. F. D.
Summary
Firemen in uniforms pose with a new fire engine, outside the firehouse door of Company No. 2, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The vehicle features a siren, chrome headlamps, rubber tires, pinstriping, starting crank, drive chains, brake handle, a fire extinguisher, ladder, axe and rolled hose.
Notes
Penciled on back of photoprint: "Purchased 1910, picture taken about 1912, $2476.50 cost;" with stamp: "Lester L. Williams, M. D. Colorado Springs, Colo."; Title inked on original and reproduced in photoprint.; R7100145055
Description
1 photoprint ; 20 x 25 cm. (8 x 10 in.)
Subject
Colorado Springs (Colo.) Fire Department.--1910-1920.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910- 1920.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Fire stations--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.
Rights Statement
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
