In the early 1940’s, Washington DC was provided ambulance service by three hospitals and the city health department, who each operated one ambulance. DCFD Rescue Squad 1 had an ambulance assigned to it that ran citywide ambulance calls if the four hospital ambulances were unavailable.
The Carpenters Union donated an ambulance to the DCFD during WWII, which went to Rescue Squad 1. This is the RS-1’s ambulance c.1947, presumably the donated one. It appears to be a 1943 Cadillac. Photographer unknown.
Kevin Byrne