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Hose Company No. 4
Jefferson Street,
Thirty-Second and McClintock Streets
1900 - 1904
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Source: LAFD Photo
Album Collection
Vincent Photo
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Hose Company No. 4
Circa 1904
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Hose
Company No. 4 opened February 22, 1900. In 1904 Hose
Company 4 closed and Engine Company 15 went into service.
Hose 4 went back into service in 1906 on Loma Dr.
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| Land
Cost |
$
2,490. |
| Construction Cost |
$ 8,662. |
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Source: LAFD Illustrated 1900
1900
Lieutenant J. Clint. Johnson, Driver Ed. L. Barker, Hoseman John Noonan
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Chemical Engine Co. No. 1
137 S. Belmont (later changed to Loma)
1892 - 1907
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Source: LAFD Photo
Album Collection
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Chemical Engine Co. No. 1
Circa 1900
This building housed
Chemical Co. 1 from 1892 to 1907
In 1907 Chemical Co. No. 1 closed and
Hose Company No. 4 moved in.
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Hose Company No. 4
1907 -
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Source: USC Library Collection
Circa 1910
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Source: LAFD Photo
Album Collection
Fred Allen Post Card Collection
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Source: Photo by Turk & Haelsig
1908
| George Bright was promoted to Lieutenant on
August 1, 1902. The Department, not wanting a black man commanding white firemen
transferred all the black firemen to Hose 4 thus beginning the segregation years. |
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Source: The African-American
Firefighter Museum
1916
| - Front row: |
- Back
row -(standing) |
Fireman
Harry Brown
Lieutenant George Bright
Lieutenant William Hall
Fireman Joseph Wilson
Fireman Edward Bowen |
Fireman
Andrias Davis
Fireman Edward Walker
Fireman Sylvester Elkins
Fireman Anthony Kyle
Fireman Harold Walker |
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Source: The African-American
Firefighter Museum
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Fireman Walter "Bob" Brown, Jr.
1918 |
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Source:
The African-American Firefighter Museum
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Fireman Lawrence Washington
Fireman Andrias Davis
1919 |
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Source:
Spectrum/200
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Hose Company No. 4
1919
Hose Company No. 4 was motorized in 1919
with this 1914 Moreland Combination
Chemical & Hose Wagon
Shop Number 55
Fireman Wilson
Fireman Brown
Fireman Walker
and
Lieutenant Wm. E. Hall
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Source: The African-American Firefighter Museum
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Hose Company No. 4
"A" and
"B" Platoons
Circa 1921 |
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Bottom row 1-r
Fireman Edward
Freeman
Fireman Henry Taylor
Fireman Joe Wilson
Fireman Harry Brown
Fireman Guy Bailey
Fireman Eugene Edwards
Fireman Clint McDaniel
Fireman Anthony Kyle |
Top row
Fireman
Lawrence Washington
Lieutenant Edward Walker
Fireman Jackson Taylor
Lieutenant William Hall |
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