Old Photo - Gentofte Fire Brigade - 1913

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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Michael Deichmann, Blistrup, Denmark on Saturday, December 22, 2012 - 04:36 pm:

Now that I have found a treasures chest I'll share some of the gems with you guys.

Here we have the lineup of the Gentofte Fire brigade:



First we have the Fire Inspectors car, a 1913 Ford Model T, then a Dennis Fire fighter vehicle (is Dennis from the US?) and finally an Angle-Dane car - from one of the few danish car manufacturer that actually was in business for quite some time.

Here is a closeup of the Ford:



At that time Gentofte area was just the countryside and Gentofte was just a small village with a church and a railway station on the line towards Hillerød and Elsinore.

Now I have not been able to find the exact location, but according to the captions on http://www.danskebilleder.dk it is taken on Ellebjergvej.

Today Gentofte is part of Greater Copenhagen and a suburb north of Copenhagen and Ellebjergvej looks like this:


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By David Chantrell - Adelaide, Australia on Saturday, December 22, 2012 - 05:12 pm:

I love seeing these "then & now" type photos; especially from somewhere I do not normally see like Denmark. Thanks Michael:-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By A. J. "Art" Bell on Sunday, December 23, 2012 - 02:57 pm:

Michael

The Dennis fire engines were made in the UK.






Here is a link to the ‘Dennis Society’
http://www.dennissociety.org.uk
And this to some preserved fire engines
http://www.dennissociety.org.uk/preserved/fire/index.html

Regards
Art


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