[quote name='ppfd' post='133283' date='Jul 25 2007, 18:52 ']Great job Steve! For 1965 photos, the clarity is superb!
Couple of questions,
Who is Duane? I've heard the name and seen the fine work he has done in the past. Is/was he a firefighter?
As for St. Louis, not to sound dumb! <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_redface.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> but, I've always wondered as far as open cab trucks.
Were there any precautions used in rain, snow or washing the apparatus?
Were the trucks radio equipped, when did they start equipping them?
I notice no mirrors in some of the backing shots, did they not use them?
Thanks for the fine contribution![/quote]
Duane Troxel was a Twin City area (MN) fire buff that went on many long trips from 1965 to 1979 shooting fire apparatus. He died in 1980 from cancer at the young age of 37.
[i] I can't answer your question about open cabs, but many other departments like New York City still had open cab apparatus in 1954. Minneapolis operated open cabs until 1951 and we're a lot further north than St. Louis.
The trucks were equipped with radios- not sure when they were installed however.
I can't answer the question about mirrors, but they were probably trying to look over the hose body to make sure the area was clear behind them.[i]
Couple of questions,
Who is Duane? I've heard the name and seen the fine work he has done in the past. Is/was he a firefighter?
As for St. Louis, not to sound dumb! <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_redface.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> but, I've always wondered as far as open cab trucks. Were there any precautions used in rain, snow or washing the apparatus?
Were the trucks radio equipped, when did they start equipping them?
I notice no mirrors in some of the backing shots, did they not use them?
Thanks for the fine contribution![/quote]
Duane Troxel was a Twin City area (MN) fire buff that went on many long trips from 1965 to 1979 shooting fire apparatus. He died in 1980 from cancer at the young age of 37.
[i] I can't answer your question about open cabs, but many other departments like New York City still had open cab apparatus in 1954. Minneapolis operated open cabs until 1951 and we're a lot further north than St. Louis.
The trucks were equipped with radios- not sure when they were installed however.
I can't answer the question about mirrors, but they were probably trying to look over the hose body to make sure the area was clear behind them.[i]
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