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| Title | Renton Volunteer Fire Department Chief Joe Wood sitting in their first motorized truck, Renton, 1921 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | 1921 |
| Notes | Sitting in the fire truck: Fire Chief Joe Wood, who joined the Renton Volunteer Fire Department in 1903 and served until 1932.
The vehicle was maintained by John Neal; chassis delivered by Clarke Brothers Ford. [Renton Historical Society notes].
The Renton Volunteer Fire Department got its first motorized equipment in 1923. A used Model-T Ford was converted into a fire truck by Oscar and Herman Priebe, owners of the town blacksmith shop, and various other Fire department members. When completed, this formed a combination hose and 40 gallon chemical tank truck with ladders and extinguishers [source of note: Renton. City Government web site. "Fire department: history, " last viewed at http://www.ci.renton.wa.us/fire/history.htm].
Location in Renton: Williams Avenue South just north of South Third Street.
Pictured in backgound: First National Bank.
Handwritten on verso: At east side of Williams Street just north of 3rd Avenue.
First motorized equipment 1923 Model T Ford converted into a fire truck by Priebe Blacksmith Shop.
Renton Historical Society has a 35 mm negative of the original print on file. |
| Subjects | Fire engines & equipment--Washington (State)--Renton
Fire fighters--Washington (State)--Renton
Renton Fire Department (Renton, Wash.)--Equipment & supplies
Streets--Washington (State)--Renton
Banks--Washington (State)--Renton
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| Personal Names | Wood, Joe |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Renton |
| Digital Collection | Renton Historical Museum Photograph Collection |
| Serial Number | 66 |
| Ordering Information | To order a copy of this photograph, please call (425) 255-2330 or email info@rentonhistory.org and mention the Serial Number. |
| Credit Line | Image 66, Courtesy of the Renton Historical Society, Renton. |
| Rights and Reproduction | Contact the Renton History Museum to obtain rights for reproduction and use. info@rentonhistory.org |
| Repository | Renton Historical Museum |
| Repository Collection | Jack Priebe Collection |
| Physical Description | 1 photographic print: b&w; 4 7/8 x 6 7/8 in. |
| Type | Image |
| Digital Reproduction Information | A photographic print was scanned as a 3000 pixel wide TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in width and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
