History of Durham Ambulance, Rescue, and EMS Services
Photos
Early History

Durham Morning Herald advertisements, left March 1936, right June 1948

Courtesy North Carolina Collection at Durham County Library. See more information.1960 to 19690.

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Durham Sun photo, November 1974.[1_03_36_189 in the Durham Herald Company Newspaper
Photograph Collection #P0105, North Carolina Collection
Photographic Archives, The Wilson Library, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill.
1970 to 1979

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Durham Morning Herald photo, June 8?, 1974.[1_06_24 in the Durham Herald Company Newspaper
Photograph Collection #P0105, North Carolina Collection
Photographic Archives, The Wilson Library, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Durham Morning Herald photo, July 1974.[1_06_25_176 in the Durham Herald Company Newspaper
Photograph Collection #P0105, North Carolina Collection
Photographic Archives, The Wilson Library, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Durham Sun photos, November 1974.[P0105_P0105_1_03_36_189 in the Durham Herald Company Newspaper
Photograph Collection #P0105, North Carolina Collection
Photographic Archives, The Wilson Library, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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1980 to 1989

David Raynor photo

Lee Wilson photo, 1991

Durham Fire Department photo, 1992
1990 to 1999

Mike Legeros photo

Mike Legeros photo
More Photos
Bahama FD

Photo credit: David Raynor
Bethesda FD

Photo credit: Mike Legeros
Duke EMS

Photo credit: Duke University
Durham County EMS

Tony Rumple photo, January 27, 1980. From photographic print
in Box 2_14_003 in the Durham Herald Company Newspaper
Photograph Collection #P0105, North Carolina Collection
Photographic Archives, The Wilson Library, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Jim Thornton photo, October 10, 1986. From photographic
print in Box 2_14_003 in the Durham Herald Company Newspaper
Photograph Collection #P0105, North Carolina Collection
Photographic Archives, The Wilson Library, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Photo credits: Mike Legeros, David Raynor, Lee Wilson
Durham FD

Photo credits: Mike Legeros, Lee Wilson
Parkwood FD

Photo credits: Mike Legeros, Parkwood FD
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