A Pirsch Streamline sedan type pumping engine. This was Engine No. 1 for the Waukegan, Illinois Fire Department. Circa 1940.
Starting in 1857, Nicholas Pirsch began producing fire engines and ladders. By 1970, the Pirsch Company became the largest United States manufacturer that focused exclusively on the production of fire equipment. Feeling competitive pressure from foreign companies, Pirsch stopped operations in 1986 and declared bankruptcy in 1987.