Following yesterday’s post about the Southwest Firemen’s Association Tournament in Joplin, here’s a somewhat clear photograph of the men who fought the fires of Joplin in 1907 (1902). This would be the last year before the transition from fire horse to fire automobile.
Joplin Fire Department 1907
The Top Line from Left to Right: George Hays, Hiram Franks, Bert Davis, Albert J. Foster. Middle line from Left to Right: John Hinds, Henry Staab, T.E. Fowler, A.L. Moore. Bottom line from Left to Right: R.S. Pierson, Fire Chief Frank Zellers, and William Griffith.
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The photo shown is not from 1907 it is actually from 1902, I have the picture electronically. Across the bottom it is labeled “Central fire department 1902”.