Any firemen here?

[Ed62]

I have a copy of a partial picture from a newspaper. I'm guessing it was taken 1935 to 1937, but I'm not sure about that. It's certain it is not later than 1939. Here's the question, and you don't have to be a fireman to take a shot at the answer (which I don't know). I noticed that one man is wearing a jacket with 8 buttons on the front, while the others have 6 buttons. Does anyone have an idea what this signifies? I also have another picture of firemen sitting in a fire truck. I'd like to be able to target the year of the fire truck in that picture, but haven't had any luck online. Any ideas?

Ed

[LCHIEN]

the man with 8 buttons is shorter than the other guys. So its just his lack of stature that makes him look like has has more buttons...

[Ed62]

If that were true, you'd think the guy on his left would only have two buttons.

Ed

[kajendo]

Youngest fire fighter there. Tnerefore most recent issue uniform. Rookie always stands out. BTW fireman shovel coal. I don't post much but have learned a lot by visiting.

Jim

[Ed62]

Thanks Jim. That makes sense.

Ed

[TheRic]

I was going to say a different style of uniform older or newer. After kajendo's post I agree with his reasoning that it's a newer style uniform. Don't think it would signify rank.