Vintage siren photos thread

[Ziginox]

I thought vintage either meant a really old siren or a slightly old picture (maybe 90s or before)

It seems to me vintage means old photographs (I guess before 2000?) like most of the others are here.

[Brendan W]

Personally, I consider vintage (in terms of pictures) to be anything from the late 90s or before. Now, although I'm probably going to sound like a *female dog* for this, can we please stop drifting off topic?

[dilloncarpenter]

Now, although I'm probably going to sound like a *female dog* for this, can we please stop drifting off topic?

Don't worry, you said it a lot more polite than I was feeling.

I remember a vintage picture of an Edgewater, CO building with a siren. I can confirm a Fedelcode Model 2 still exists in Edgewater. I just can't find the old pic.

[carexpertandy]

Here are some pictures that showed up in the Cincinnati thread sometime last year. These Thunderbolt pictures were taken in the early 90s before the station was demolished in 1994. It was then moved to a nearby street corner, but replaced with a 2001-SRN about 10 years later.

[SoundMaster 391]

I found this vintage postcard photo on eBay of a Mobil Directo siren at the Seaward, AK, city office building in 1953. If you look closely at the Mobil Directo you can see that the horn was turned in a vertical position. I don't know why they did that but that sure does look strange. I looked on google maps to see if the Mobil Directo was still there. And sure enough it was! The horn was still in a vertical position and there was a Whelen siren next to it. They are both on a fire station. BTW, theres a 3rd siren somewhere in the 1st picture. Try find it!

[carexpertandy]

We've seen other pictures of that Mobil Directo and 2016 before. If you look to the left of those 2 sirens, there is also a Federal Signal Modulator!

[SoundMaster 391]

Yeah I noticed that modulator too. Thats why I said try find the 3rd siren.

[Daniel]

I've seen that Mobil-Directo many times but never heard it. The horn is fixed in position, pointing toward downtown Seward. They used to sound it at noon, but never on Sunday's when my ship docks. There is another old Allertor in Skagway, which has four diaphones mounted next to it.

[siren fan]

[quote="carexpertandy"]Here are some pictures that showed up in the Cincinnati thread sometime last year. These Thunderbolt pictures were taken in the early 90s before the station was demolished in 1994. It was then moved to a nearby street corner, but replaced with a 2001-SRN about 10 years later.


Sorry to be off topic but I spy a Mitsubishi Starion/Chrysler Conquest in this pic. I have an 88 Conquest, kind of a fan.

[carexpertandy]

Sorry to be off topic but I spy a Mitsubishi Starion/Chrysler Conquest in this pic. I have an 88 Conquest, kind of a fan.

I see that! They're pretty rare now, aren't they? I've even seen a few of them at a house in my neighborhood within the past few years.