09/03/15 130 W, 1 I - + 4 - 1 Vintage Firefighting Images via Digital NC
From a reader, there are some great vintage firefighting images on the DigitalNC site, in their Images of North Carolina collection. (Thanks Greg!) High-resolution versions are available for most of them, along with descriptions and usage information. Here's a sampling. Click to enlarge:
Courtesy DigitalNC
Left to right, top to bottom:
- Brevard Fire Department and old Town Hall on West Main Street, circa 1913 to 1930. (Looks like Brevard's 1925 American LaFrance triple combination, #5111.) Courtesy Rowell Bosse North Carolina Room, Transylvania County Library.
- Draper Volunteer Fire Company in 1958. Copyright Rockingham Community College Foundation, Inc., Historical Collections, Gerald B. James Library.
- Farmington Volunteer Fire Department in Davie County, circa 1960. Courtesy Davie County Public Library.
- Wilson Fire Department, circa 1918. Courtesy Marion (Monk) Moore Collection, Wilson County Public Library.
Draper doesn’t exist anymore. It’s now part of the town of Eden, which was created in 1967 as a consolidation of the towns of Draper, Leaksville, and Spray. Each had their own fire department.
Legeros - 09/03/15 - 08:34