Day-Elder Fire Truck c.1948

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Good detail can be seen on this shot of the fire truck at Caldwell in New Jersey. On the engine hood cover the letters C.T.V.F.D. can be seen and above the rear wheel arch it states Caldwell Township Volunteer Fire Department, suggesting that unpaid local heroes tended to emergencies in the early post-war period. It is a Day-Elder truck and the photograph could have been taken as it was about to be retired from service because, in 1948, Caldwell Fire Department purchased a new GMC truck. The Day-Elder truck had served the township since 1930 when it was acquired for the sum of $6,700. Originally known as the Township of Caldwell Fire Department, the locality's fire department was founded in 1911. Named after the "Fighting Parson" James Caldwell, the town of Caldwell is now a suburb of Newark and is only 16 miles from New York. However, at the time of this photograph the township was quite separate. The town was incorporated as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature in 1892. Across the road the Caldwell TWSP School can be seen.
Date: c.1948  Source: Film Negative