Source: LAFD Photo
Circa 1929
| LATEST IN FIREMAN'S MANSIONS -- One of the city's most striking fire stations, architecturally speaking, is this one at Florence and Western avenue, opened with formal program last Saturday night. The station will aid materially in combating the fire menace in the southwest part of the city. |
ILLUSTRATED
DAILY NEWS,
OCTOBER 1, 1929
| Construction Completed | September 7, 1928 |
| Land Cost | $ 4,000. |
| Building Cost | $41,843. |
| Sq.Ft. Station | 6,127 |
| Poles | 4 |
Courtesy: Dee Trent, son of Fireman Dee David Trent
Circa 1929
Circa 1929
Courtesy: Dee Trent, son of
Fireman Dee David Trent
Truck Company No. 20
Circa 1929
"Monday Morning Checks"
Every Monday morning the drivers perform a series of apparatus checks. Here the Autofireman is shown measuring the specific gravity of the battery electrolyte. Each cell is checked using a hydrometer.
Truck Company No. 66
1715 West Florence Avenue
Source: LAFD Photo
Album Collection
Engine Company No. 66
September 11, 1938 |
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| D. Dubin T. Zumwalt D. Trent Capt. A. Leroux |
G. Ewers L. Kuester A. Wright J. Porter V. Hawtray |
History of David Dubin
FRONT COVER Call it what you want--an engine man teaching two truckmen how to use a hose line--two truckmen showing an engine man how it's done--but all three agreed on one thing: it was "heads-down-hot" at the stubborn flammable liquids fire on the night of June 12 at the National Supply Company, 241 West 116th Place. |
Source: Chuck Madderom Collection