Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
1948.217.0081Description
Parco Fire Dept., Sinclair.
Update - 2009. Black & white print. Image of 3 vintage fire trucks, angle parked on wide street. Fire truck on photo left has painted on the hood: "Parco Refinery Chemical No. 1". Truck has three cylinders mounted on running board, large folds of hose behind drivers seat, a cage with light mounted on the side. The cage is mounted on two rails that are beside a much larger cylinder in a vertical position with valves on back. Truck in the middle has a longer bed with ladders mounted on the side. There is a bell on a metal rail behind driver's seat with a barrel object mounted on vertical position. On hood is: "PD No. 1". Truck on photo right also has ladders mounted on side. Bell is mounted in front of drivers seat. Eleven men in firefighter clothes are seated cross leg on the ground in front of the trucks. On photo left is brick building, tall in the center & with three arch indents in facade. Three vintage cars are parked in front. In center background is two story, large building with arch windows & doorways. Sign on building: "First National Bank". Beyond building, four large smoke stacks from refinery & other stacks can be seen. On photo right, another brick building with large double doors, one is partially open. Sign on top reads: "Garage". A man is walking on sidewalk on photo right. A water tower is seen beyond garage.
Written on back in pencil. "Parco Fire Department:" "Carbon County Museum"
Condition: Good. Creased, top left corner bent, emulsion impacted.Collection
Photograph Collection