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As Fordors stated, early ambulances were not easily recognized. The small town furniture stores also had the funeral home. And the hearse did double duty. Sometimes it was the local garage with the tow truck. They'd get a call for the accident and drop their "customers" off at the hospital along the way. In Ontario Canada, ambulance service was officially recognized in 1967 by the province. The first ministry ambulances were 1967 Ford Econolines, painted blue and white.
I worked Ambulance for 15 years. One fellow who helped with my early training, started by working for the furniture/ funeral store. They'd get paid $2 for the call, an extra $2 if the person was dead, and an additional $1 if the deceased was a local using the funeral home you worked for.
There's my history lesson for the day.
Now back to your regularly scheduled program.
. Jeff