Geoffrey N. Stein

This very reasonably priced book contains pictures, specifications, and histories of fire trucks in the New York State Museum.

Included are:

• the Richard Mason Tub (1791)
• Button and Blake Hand Engine (1863)
• Joseph Pine Parade Carriage (c. 1875)
• Clapp and Jones Steam Engine (1875)
• Gleason and Bailey Hose Cart (c. 1890)
• Knowles Steam Fire Pump (c. 1900)
• American Fire Engine Company Steam Engines (1901)
• American LaFrance Combination Pumper (1919)
• American LaFrance Water Tower (1926)
• American LaFrance Combination Pumper (1928)
• Ahrens-Fox Combination Pumper (1938) (our favorite)
• American Aerial Truck (1942)
• ALFCO Chemical Engine (c. 1952)
• Ward LaFrance Combination Pumper (1953)