Fire Fighting Equipment

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20064508

Description

A group of four fire fighters, Fort Worth Fire Department are demonstrating a new piece of fire-fighting equipment. Pictured here from left to right, are Grover Wallis, A. E. Rodgers, John Murphy, and Fire Chief Claude L. Ligon. The new equipment is a hydraulically-operated fire hose clamp, praised as the best yet produced. Mr. Wallis, who has been a fireman in Fort Worth for twenty-seven years, invented the device. He is dressed in his uniform. Mr. Rodgers, city fire department drill master, is dressed in his uniform. Mr. Murphy is wearing a button-up shirt, trousers, and a peaked cap. Chief Mr. Ligon is dressed in striped shirt, necktie, and trousers. There is a firetruck parked in the background. Published in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram morning edition, July 28, 1946.

Archival Date

1946-07-25

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-1900

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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Subjects

Wallis, Grover (Mr.); Rodgers, A. E. (Mr.); Ligon, Claude L. (Mr.); Fort Worth Fire Department; Fire fighters; Fire engines; Firefighting equipment; Hoses; Uniforms; Neckties; Demonstrations