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Mount Airy Fire Department 1910-1915 photograph

Title: Mount Airy Fire Department 1910-1915 photograph
Description: "Old Reuben" the fire horse and the first fire wagon; Fire Chief Brannock in uniform on seat.
Reuben, the powerful sorrel horse that pulled the fire wagon, weighed 1,740 pounds when the Town of Mount Airy bought him from Jim Lovill in 1907 for $325.
l to r: on ground: E.M. "Tobe" Taylor - police chief from 1910 - 1915, Harvey S. Boyd - later became chief and eventually sheriff of Surry County, Dr. R. J. Banks, the veterinarian who watched over Reuben's health.
on wagon: F. "Fate" L. Jones - patrolman, W. R. "Bud" Brannock - fire department driver for 50 years and Tom Dearmin at the top worked tor the municipal power company, with Payton Brannock, the small boy peeking through the ladders.
Subject: Mount Airy (N.C.); Mount Airy Fire Department; Reuben the fire horse; Surry County (N.C.)
Creator: Mount Airy Fire Department
Date: 1910-1915
Format: image
Type: photograph
Identifier: Mta_MAFD_i3004.001_mam
Coverage: Mount Airy (N.C.)
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/
Contributor: Mount Airy Museum of Regional History
Is Part Of: Fire Department; Firemen; Mount Airy (N.C.); Reuben the fire horse; Surry County (N.C.)