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This is a (copy I believe?) of an originalvintage photographof Dayton,OhioFire Department Co. that was located on 1 E. 5th & Brown St. The photograph was taken in July 1909 front ofthe fire department company.All of the fire department members are identified on the front of the photo as well as on the back.Even the horses in the photo are identified!The fire department no longer exists and was torn down.
The original photo belonged to Ret. Lt. L. Korber and I believe a copy was made by Don Dover in July of 1937, according to the information that is written on the back. This photo is one of several from Dover's collection that I will be listing in the coming weeks and months.
On the back of the photo is a typewritten label that reads:Co. 1 E. 5th & Brown St.
Men listed L. to R.
Fireman Bill Gerkins
FiremanWalter Loerke
Fireman Geo Armstrong, Driver
Fireman Chas Motzell
Taken July 1909Horses L. to R. - Dude & Beaut.Measures:
5 11/16" W x9" L***There is a crease in the bottom right-hand Dover was a commercial photographer for many years prior to taking over publication of the locomotive newsmagazine Extra 2200 South. Noted diesel authority and author Jerry Pinkepank founded the magazine as a newsletter among diesel-enthusiast friends in 1961 while in college (the number came from his hometown street address in Lansing, Mich.). Dover and his family took it over in 1968 and built it into a strong magazine that tracked diesel locomotive news and histories; they produced 90 issues, beginning with No. 1 in January 1968, from their home in suburban Sharonville.Dover, who had been in management for Ford Motor Co., insisted on high standards for the magazine, in both reporting and the photographs he and staffers chose to publish (he was assisted on-site mainly by son Dan, and friend Dick Will). Extra 2200 South was known for its extensive diesel data and regularly featured large, detailed, and often-serialized rosters of Class 1 systems. "Extra 22" had a high degree of accuracy, from items generated by its participatory subscribers, and became as much a research tool in perpetuity as a news source. #4
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