Putting out fire in style
Donaldsonville Fire Department in 1930
This picture was posted by shemp1101, a HistoGrafica user from Donaldsonville, Louisiana, a small town with plenty of historic sites.
American firefighters these days looked quite different than nowadays (note how their helmets have changed!). What hasn’t changed for all these years is the vehicle make many of them use - American LaFrance, which has been operating since 1873.
