1920s Open Cab Fire Engine - Vintage Toy Model STL

A toy-style model of a 1920s open-cab fire engine. It has a bonnet with a slatted grille and a round cap on top, an open driver's seat with a backrest, a long ladder carried on a support above the body, a large hose-reel drum and a rectangular equipment locker at the rear. It sits on four disc wheels. The 1910s and 1920s saw motor fire appliances replace horse-drawn engines in many towns. Early motor appliances typically carried crews out in the open, with ladders, hose reels and gear mounted o…

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