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- 1926 Ford Model T Fire Truck - The versatile Model T could be modified for firefighting. Affordable T-based fire trucks were popular for small towns with modest budgets. This 1926 truck, adapted by American LaFrance, served Milan, Michigan, for 12 years. Henry Ford saw the truck in Milan, requested it for his museum, and gave the community a new 1938 truck in trade for it.
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1926 Ford Model T Fire Truck
The versatile Model T could be modified for firefighting. Affordable T-based fire trucks were popular for small towns with modest budgets. This 1926 truck, adapted by American LaFrance, served Milan, Michigan, for 12 years. Henry Ford saw the truck in Milan, requested it for his museum, and gave the community a new 1938 truck in trade for it.
- Twin Parking Meter, circa 1938 - By the 1920s, automobile parking in cities was chaotic. City governments tried widening streets, prohibiting parking near intersections, and marking parking spaces. Finally, it was the parking meter, introduced in 1935, that proved workable and enforceable. This early parking meter, designed for two cars, was used in Hamtramck, Michigan. Parking cost five cents per hour, except on Sunday and holidays.
- circa 1938
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Twin Parking Meter, circa 1938
By the 1920s, automobile parking in cities was chaotic. City governments tried widening streets, prohibiting parking near intersections, and marking parking spaces. Finally, it was the parking meter, introduced in 1935, that proved workable and enforceable. This early parking meter, designed for two cars, was used in Hamtramck, Michigan. Parking cost five cents per hour, except on Sunday and holidays.