Fire Truck in Waterloo, Iowa, May 1938

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Courtesy of the State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines Register & Tribune, May 1938

Description

Fire Chief Ray Tiller with new city fire truck that was one of the first completely enclosed factory-built models of its type in the country. In 1910, 51,743 people lived in Waterloo, Iowa, and by 2010, the population had grown to 68,406. In 2016, the Waterloo Fire Department handled 10,551 calls for service.

Source-Dependent Questions

• Is Waterloo, Iowa a rural area or an urban area? Use evidence from the image to support your answer.
• Compare and contrast this image with the Waterloo fire station, the firefighters in New York and the fire truck in Shenandoah, Iowa. What is the same? What is different?