64/365 The Queen City...

This old firetruck is in front of the insurance company where I worked for 20+ years. It was the horse drawn, hook and ladder for the town of Traverse City Michigan in the early 1900's. The company bought it, restored it, and put it in a glass case in the 1930's as a symbol for the company.

There was a crack in one of the glass panels in the 1980's and moisture started eating at the hoses and the paint. The cost was in the thousands to restore it a second time.

Any visitor to Lansing can tell you where the firetruck in the glass case is at. It's a local landmark.

The case is now climatic controlled and the humidly is maintained to help so the firetruck will not deteriorate.