Call NumberX-14500Date1960-1970SummaryFire Chief Argus N. Cummings, in double-breasted uniform and officer's cap opens the door of a newly delivered motorized fire pumper truck, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Firemen are in the vehicle with a siren, lamps, hose couplings, lettering and embossing read: "Colorado Springs Fire Dept.," and "American LaFrance."Physical Description1 photoprint ; 12 x 16 cm (4 1/2 x 6 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectCummings, Argus NColorado Springs (Colo.) Fire Department.Colorado Springs (Colo.)Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1960- 1970Fire fighters--Colorado--Colorado SpringsUniforms--Colorado--Colorado SpringsGeographic AreaColorado Springs (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710014500Type of MaterialPhotographic printsBlack & white photographsNotesTitle penciled on back of photoprint, with: "takes a look at his departments newly delivered $28,250 pumper truck as it was unloaded from a railroad car this week. A duplicate of this is scheduled to arrive next week, to go along with the $66,000 Aero Chief 90-foot elevating platform truck obtained a month ago. These three additions will make the Fire Dept well equipped, except in manpower where there is a shortage of some 32 to man the new equipment & a new fire station."; R7100145005
Colorado Springs Fire Chief A. N. Cummings (1960-1970). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 06/12/2025, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1129283
