Steve Redick submitted several historic images from fire scenes in Chicago representing a period from 1958 to the early 1980s. Images as noted were taken by Steve or his father Warren Redick, a retired who retired from the CFD as a battalion chief.
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A silhouette of a CFD engine at a 5-11 Alarm fire in September of 1958. This was a vacant building in the stockyards near 42nd Street and marshfield. Warren Redick photo
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A tractor-drawn aerial prepares to go to work at a 5-11 Alarm fire at the old International Harvester works at 26th and Rockwell in Chicago. Warren Redick photo
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A 5-11 Alarm fire at Lawrence and Broadway on Chicago’s north side in July of 1958 with multiple Mack engines and a tractor-drawn aerial with a wooden ladder. Warren Redick photo
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Chicago Engine 110 using an L-Model Mack fire engine is working at at 5-11 Alarm fire in July of 1958. Warren Redick photo
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The old and new working side by side in this photo at a fire south of Chicago’s Loop in February of 1959 shows a water tower and the first Snorkel using elevated master streams. Warren Redick photo
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Chicago Engine 103 at the 5-11 Alarm fire at the old International Harvester works at 26th and Rockwell in Chicago. Warren Redick photo
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Chicago Tower Ladder 23 with an E-ONE Hurricane tower ladder setting up at harry’s Lumber, a 5-11 Alarm fire at Northwest highway and Harlem. Steve Redick photo
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Chicago Engine 110 using an American LaFrance Century Series engine at a 5-11 Alarm fire at Harry’s Lumber Company on Chicago’s northwest side. Steve Redick photo