VINTAGE FDNY RIG PHOTOS.

68jk09 said:
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"FIRST DUE" by Al DONCHIN....ONE OF THE BEST WILLIAMSBURG/BED STUY BKLYN WAR YEARS PICTORIAL BOOKS.... ALL PHOTOS TAKEN BY AL DONCHIN RIP... AN FDNY FRIEND & SUPPORTER & GENTLEMAN (ALSO A NYC SANITATION STAFF CHIEF )... AL TOOK HIS PICTURES FOR HIS INTEREST IN THE FDNY & THREW HIS PROFIT'S ( FROM MANY PHOTOS THAT NEWSPAPERS USED) ON THE KITCHEN TABLE AT ENG*230/SQ*3 WHERE HE HUNG OUT & RODE BACK THEN CONSTANTLY....AS A SIDE NOTE FOR ANYONE WHO HAS SEEN THE BOOK..FOR EVERY PICTURE IN IT AL HAD ANOTHER SEVERAL FOR EACH SEQUENCE THAT BACK IN THE DAY WERE CATALOGUED IN BINDERS ON A SHELF IN THE KITCHEN OF ENG*230/SQ*3. .....Al lived off Eastern Parkway a few blocks away from 234/123...he has since Passed To A Higher Level.

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There's one available on Amazon for only $2995.00 for anyone who has an unlimited budget.
 
68jk09 said:
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Great memories when I see this rig.
My first experience riding with the FDNY way back in the summer of 1968 with the late Lt Richard Hamilton.
The guy that made it all possible for me was Engine 210 chaffer Tony Tadduni (spelling - ?), aka "Tad".
My younger brother was also invited to ride that summer of '68.
After that we were both "hooked on the FDNY" and spent the next 50 years or so buffing it.
THANK YOU to all of the FDNY members I met along the way
 
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