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Hose Company No. 4


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  Hose Company No. 4 Organized
  Disbanded to Organize Engine Co. 15

  Hose Company No. 4 Reorganized

  Disbanded to Organize Engine No. 58
  Engine Company 58 Organized
1900
1904

1907


December 31, 1923

3202 S. McClintock and Jefferson


129 S. Loma Dr.
(X Chemical 1 qtrs moved from
137 S. Belmont)

1900


1907

Hose Company No. 4
Jefferson Street,
Thirty-Second and McClintock Streets

1900 - 1904



Source: LAFD Photo Album Collection
Vincent Photo
 

Hose Company No. 4
Circa 1904
 

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.
 
 Land Cost $ 2,490.
 Construction Cost $ 8,662.

 


Source: LAFD Illustrated 1900
1900

Lieutenant J. Clint. Johnson, Driver Ed. L. Barker, Hoseman John Noonan
 


Chemical Engine Co. No. 1
This building orginally located at 137 S. Belmont
was later moved to 129 S. Loma Dr.
1892 - 1907



Source: LAFD Photo Album Collection
 

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.


Hose Company No. 4
1907 - 1923



Source: USC Library Collection
Circa 1910

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Source: LAFD Photo Album Collection
Fred Allen Post Card Collection


Source: Captain Duane Warth Collection

Hose Co. No. 4
Circa 1904
Annual Fiesta Parade
Fireman George W. Bright sitting between the flags


Source: Captain Duane Warth Collection

Circa 1904
The above article found in Chief Enginer Thomas Strohm's Scrap Book.


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.


Source: Fireman Henry F. McCann
Scrap Book Collection
Circa 1914





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



Source: The African-American Firefighter Museum
 

Fireman Walter "Bob" Brown, Jr.
1918


Source: The African-American Firefighter Museum
 

Fireman Lawrence Washington
Fireman Andrias Davis
1919


Source: Spectrum/200
 

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

 

 


Source: The African-American Firefighter Museum

Hose Company No. 4
"A" and "B" Platoons
Circa 1921

          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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