Experience the difference as you view these pictures from 1864 into the early 1900s. What would it be like caring for horses instead of maintenance on the truck. Imagine the rush of the Tiller Operator on the chain driven ladder truck. How about the strength it took to hang the wet hose to dry in the tower, or the frustration of the trying to listen to your officer as he shouted through the "trumpet". And above all else, the bravery of these firefighters as they rushed into smoke filled structures with no masks on. It is this bravery that still stands today and separates firefighters from everyday men and women. Bravery...It's the one constant that has remained the same from the 19th to the 21st century.