random long beach fire department

This great photo was found by Lowell Taubman of the Historical Society. The prominent tower you see was the lookout / bell tower for the Alabama St. Firehouse. The bay doors can be seen in the open position (red triangle placed just below the doors) , so the rig might be out on a call ! This photo believed to be prior to 1932 and looks east down Beech St. The photographer would have been standing at about Vermont St. This building still stands today at the NW corner of Alabama and Beech, though the tower has been significantly cut down. Notice some of the buildings on the South side have not yet been constructed and the trolley tracks are still down !!.

Special thanks to Chuck Jacobi