New Fire Truck

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Title

New Fire Truck

Description

This photograph appeared in the Chronicle, November 14, 1957, pg. 8 with this caption: "The American LaFrance 750-gallon a minute fire truck, costing $18,000 has been delivered to the Nederland Fire Department and city officials this week, from the company's factory. In the above picture, showing off their new equipment are James E. Carrington, inside the truck and Austin W. Sattler, standing, both full time firemen. Johnny Cormier is Fire Chief for the city of Nederland. The new equipment will be put into use with the completion of the city's fire station, which is scheduled early next year."

Subject

Fire Departments - Nederland (Tex.)
Fire Trucks - Nederland (Tex.)
Firefighters - Nederland (Tex.)
Carrington, James L.
Sattler, Austin W.
Cormier, Mirlen Johnny

Creator

McNeill-Taylor

Source

Photograph Collection - Nederland Historical Society

Publisher

Electronic version published by Marion & Ed Hughes Public Library, Nederland, Texas

Contributor

Nederland Historical Society

Rights

Permission to publish or reproduce materials from the Collection must be obtained from the Nederland Historical Society

Format

720dpi, tiff, Epson GT20000

Type

Image

Identifier

NDHS-0023-008
470-69-1

Temporal Coverage

1950s

Date Created

1957

Date Submitted

2015

Spatial Coverage

Nederland, Tex.

Original Format

8 x 10
black and white photograph