"Founded in 1910 in Cincinnati, Ohio by John Ahrens and Charles Fox, Ahrens-Fox® built its first motorized fire engine in 1911, one year before the end of production of horse-drawn fire apparatus"...
1902 Dux Hotel Bus ic.pics.livejournal.com/viktoriiako/72565754/1276799/1276799_900.png
Cyrillic letters stands for Bristol Бристоль ( Hotel "Бристоль" now no longer exits)
It was used to deliver peoples to the hotel from the city's train stations,
thats why its got "Hotel Bus" name
This is a licensed copy of italian FIAT 15 Ter
Although the basis of this car was taken by the Italian model, but its design has been significantly changed
But still the first trucks used FIAT parts
In 1924, the AMO plant started preparing its own production, by this time the plant had 163 drawings received from Italy; as well as 513 drawings made already at the AMO plant in previous years