Archive for category Collectors of fire memorabilia
Fire & Police Swap Meet
Mar 16
This from Steve Redick:
I recently completed putting together a new book “A Pictorial History of Chicago Fire Department Snorkel Company Apparatus”. The book highlights with photos and data each individual Snorkel that the CFD operated up to the present day. This does not cover Snorkel squads. If this book is well received I hope to cover them in another volume. The fire museum will be selling this exclusively as a fundraiser. I am enclosing a flyer with mailorder instructions if you can’t make it to the museum to purchase it directly. I had some help from some talented photographers and historians in compiling this and I think it would be of great interest to any “Chicago Fan”. Please consider a purchase as all profit will help the fire museum.
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Fire Replicas Inc
Chicago FD Tower Ladder 37 replica model. Fire Replicas photo
From the Fire Replicas Facebook page:
Over 800 hand-crafted and assembled pieces make up each CFD Tower Ladder. Check it out! Coming in early November….only Tower 37 still available. https://www.firereplicas.com/chicago-fire-department-e-one…/
Chicago FD tower ladder model being built. Fire Replicas photo
Fire Replicas photo
Fire Replicas photo
Fire Replicas photo
Fire Replicas photo
Fire Replicas photo
Mundelein Swap Meet
Oct 3
click on the photo to download the flyer
click the flyer to download it
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This from Steve Redick:
I’m going through a lot of my collection and I came upon these models. These were custom built by my dad, one of his last real model projects. I want to share his talent with you. This was a Jim Beam liquor decanter that he customized into a CFD Bulldog engine. The details are great … gate valve, load of hose, nozzles, ground ladders, and a scratchbuilt “jockey box” with a street jack and lifeline.Steve Redick
Steve Redick photo
Steve Redick photo
Steve Redick photo
Steve Redick photo
Steve Redick photo
Steve Redick photo
Another build from my dad based on the Beam liquor decanter again. This one is kind of a fantasy build as several things really aren’t period accurate. All the ladders were handbuilt and varnished. I think dad was trying for a combination type company like the CFD used to run. I wanted to share this to remember what a special guy my dad was.
Steve Redick photo
Steve Redick photo
Steve Redick photo
Quarto Publishing has released their 2018 calendar Fire Trucks in Action which once again features area fire scenes from local photographers mixed in with shots from throughout the country. Chicago, Cicero, Long Grove, South Holland, Dolton, Wheeling, and Glenwood are included. Photos included this year are by Eric Haak, Gordon J. Nord, Jr., and Larry Shapiro.
Fire Trucks in Action 2018 calendar
Fire Trucks in Action 2018 calendar
