Photograph, First Otautau Fire Truck; Gutsell, Peter; 1950; OT.2018.10.1
Photograph, First Otautau Fire Truck
About this object
This is a photograph of Otautau's first Fire Truck, a Ford V8 1948.
Previously owned by the Invercargill Brigade, this fire engine was purchased in 1954 and capable of doing 100kmh on the open road.
Although formed and operational some years earlier in 1946, the Otautau Fire Service was only constituted as a Volunteer Brigade under the Fire Services Act on 19th April 1950. The brigade comprised of Superintendent J.A.R. Walker, Deputy Sam Bain, three firemen, 15 members and two messengers.
Oceania, New Zealand, South Island, Southland, Otautau
Maker Maker RolePhotographer
Date Made1950
Inscription and MarksHandwritten in pen on back: 'P Gutsell 1948 V/8 Fire Appliance X Invercargill 2018.10.1'.
Measurementsh 155 mm x w 255 mm
Period1950s
Object Type Subject and Association Keywords Subject and Association Keywords Medium and Materials
organic, vegetal, processed material, paper, photographic paper
OT.2018.10.1
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