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 AMERICAN  LaFRANCE  ENGINES
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The American LaFrance decorations evolved only slightly as the truck bodies changed. All the different scrolls over the years are made up of the same few leaf forms. This style can generally be called Renaissance scrollwork. It comes from late 15th century European carvings.

The gold leaf scrolls have painted shadows added to make them look 3-dimentional. Fine lines and dots of white and black are added to enhance the carved appearance. Sometimes small accents of green give an extra accent to a design. By staying with the same look for decades, the company developed a continuity. A fire house could have a new and an old LaFrance, and they would match without being identical.

1927 American LaFrance engine

seat from a 1926 American LaFrance engineseat from an American LaFrance engine from the 1930s

American LaFrance hood louvers and decoration
John Peckham and Andy Swift on a 1935 American LaFrance

side of a 1935 American LaFrance engine

seat and seat riser on a 1935 American LaFrance truckfender scroll on a 1935 American LaFrance engine

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