German Firemen Protected by Odd Sprinkler System (Feb, 1931)
German Firemen Protected by Odd Sprinkler System
IT’S a far cry from the old bucket brigade to modern fire-fighting efficiency. Even now the American fireman is known as a “smoke-eater,” but that term would hardly fit the present day fire laddie in Germany, for with the new portable sprinkler system adopted by some of the larger cities of that country a fireman may approach quite close to the flames without becoming singed.
The outfit, which looks like a deep sea diver’s uniform is equipped with a sprinkler helmet which operates off a connection attached to the nozzle of the hose. The fireman can control the spray by a simple movement of a hand lever.
About the cover…
It looks something like ‘The Gigantic’ from the motion
picture “The Big Broadcast of 1938″.
It was a broadcast powered high speed transatlantic ocean liner.
Maybe this article inspired the prop designer!
Wow, that is a great image. I would love to get my hands on a hi-res version and make myself a piece of wall art. Anyone got access?
Dale:
This is the highest resolution version I’ve got.
Link
@ Charlie
Thank a lot. At that res and using a bit of halftone magic, I was able to get an image worthy of poster print size.
Very cool. Thanks again.