Early 1940s. Shoreline Fire District #4. First fire truck No. 1. Fire commissioners L-R: Charlie Berg, Thomas "Tom" A. Throp, Fire Chief Ray Mau, James C. Bookey. Photo was taken on the day the GMC truck and equipment was tested at Lake Union by the Washington State Rating Bureau. If someone called in a fire, it rang at Gertie Bookey's house at 190th and Fremont, and she sounded the alarm bell for the volunteer firemen.
Catalog number: SHM-1627
Dimensions: 931 x 640
File size: 222,027
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