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Mount Airy Fire Department 1946 photograph

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Title: Mount Airy Fire Department 1946 photograph
Description: 3 fire trucks at old City Hall on Moore Avenue, firemen; Green Witt on right in regular clothes, E. C. Belton standing on truck on right guard, Ed Brannock in uniform front left of truck, 1st truck is the 1946, it was the first firetruck to come to North Carolina after WWII by American La France, (list of the 21 men - 1. Rammey C. Simmons, Jr. 2. Rex Tilley, Jr. 3. W. H. "Bud" Brannock (Mt. Airy's 1st paid fireman, had driven the first two firetrucks) 4. Hylton Wright 5. Dan A. Blue 6. E. P. "Buck" Pruett 7. Barney E. Williams 8. Otis Beverly 9. Moir W. Belton (in uniform, paid fireman) 10. William E. Craddock 11. J. Earl Watson 12. Raymond C. Patterson 13. McRae Byrd 14. J. Edd Brannock (assistant chief at the time of the picture) 15. Alton G. Harbour 16. Homer J. Hawks 17. Otto V. Starr 18. Moir L. Clark 19. E. C. "Babe" Belton 20. J. Earl Ramey 21. D. G. Witt (Fire Chief at the time this picture was taken, considered a volunteer)
Subject: Mount Airy (N.C.); Mount Airy Fire Department; Surry County (N.C.)
Creator: Mount Airy Fire Department
Date: 1946
Format: image
Type: photograph
Identifier: Mta_MAFD_i3007.001_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: 1917 American LaFrance fire truck; 1926 American LaFrance fire truck; 1946 American LaFrance fire truck; Fire Department; Mount Airy (N.C.); Surry County (N.C.)

Item sets: Mount Airy Fire Department

Media: Mount Airy Fire Department 1946 photograph