1920's vintage American LaFrance Pumper equipped
with anti-aircraft gun.
Boston, Massachusetts 1940
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"BY MOUNTING an antiaircraft gun on a fire engine, smoke eaters of Boston, Mass., recently demonstrated how their force could cope with an enemy air raid. Now plans are reported to arm a number of other fire trucks similarly, and to train gunners with the cooperation of the National Guard. In case the firemen were attacked by low-flying raiders, while putting out a fire started by air bombs, the powerful machine gun would provide an effective defense. Other engines, roaring along highways with sirens shrieking, would serve as mobile antiaircraft units exclusively, supplementing the work of regular military defense units."
From Popular Science, December, 1940. (Google Books).
From Popular Science, December, 1940. (Google Books).
About the restoration:
The original is a 4X5" very dark and grubby photo reproduction from the Fire Apparatus Journal July/August 2015 issue.
Photo courtesy of the Bill Noonan Collection.
The published photo was scanned at 1200ppi and edited and enhanced in Photoshop after using special programs to mitigate the dot screen pattern (half-tone) used in most printed media to render photographs.
A split tone was added to give it that 20's look. Final custom print size: 11X14" on Red River UltraPro Satin paper.
Photo courtesy of the Bill Noonan Collection.
The published photo was scanned at 1200ppi and edited and enhanced in Photoshop after using special programs to mitigate the dot screen pattern (half-tone) used in most printed media to render photographs.
A split tone was added to give it that 20's look. Final custom print size: 11X14" on Red River UltraPro Satin paper.
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