Gamewell Division employees and truck at old Fire Station No. 16, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1941

Description:	Gamewell Division employees, many in overalls, pose by a truck painted Police & Fire Alarm / Gamewell Division. A faded sign on the brick fire station indicates that this is the old Fire Station No. 16 on the northwest corner of East 16th Street and Carrollton Avenue, then Ashland Avenue. The adjacent house is 1606-1608 Carrollton Avenue. By comparison to other photographs, assistant superintendant William B. Griffis stands 3rd from left.The Gamewell Division maintained Gamewell fire alarm boxes (named for John Gamewell who manufactured the boxes), police call boxes, and did electrical repair for city-owned buildings. The Gamewell system was in operation in Indianapolis between 1909 and 1954.
Origin:	1941-04-16
Created By:	Walter, A. G.
Source:	http://indianaalbum.pastperfectonline.com/photo/88EF136A-C76E-47A4-980B-549191487897
Collection:	Indiana Album
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Geography:	1602 East 16th Street, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, United States 39.788587,-86.143625
Subjects:	Esselborn-Arkins-Bair Family Collection Fire alarms Fire stations Trucks Kennedy-King Neighborhood (Indianapolis, Ind.) Indianapolis (Ind.) Marion County (Ind.)

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