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The Ames Fire Department in 1924. The ladder truck, new in 1922, at the left and nearest the Ames Laundry wall was Ames's second motorized truck. The LaFrance truck at the right, new in 1916, was the first. Fire Chief Lynn Morris stands behind the small boy on the toy fire truck. Sam Long, who later would become the fire chief, sits at the left in the LaFrance driver's seat. (See also: 196.1114.1-4)