| Creator |
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer. |
| Title |
Old shagrag [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1901 |
| Date |
1901 |
| Physical Description |
1 photograph: glass negative; 6.5 x 8.5 in. |
| Description |
Glass negative showing Germantown's first fire engine, the Shag Rag, standing in a garden. The wooden machine consists of
four wheels, a lever system mounted on a platform and a bucket hanging off the back. The Shag Rag was the oldest fire engine
in America. Built by Newsham & Rag in England, it was brought to the United States in 1764 for the Middle Ward Fire Company
of Germantown. The engine worked to both suck up water from wells and propel water onto fires. It was in use up until 1822,
when the Fellowship Fire Company deemed it too antiquated for use. In 1871, it was sold to William H. Emhardt, the president
of the Germantown Mutual Fire Insurance Company.
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| Notes |
Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris
Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris
Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan
White Morris, and David Marriott Morris.
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Edited. |
| Subject |
Firefighting equipment -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Philadelphia artists. |
| Geographic subject |
Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
| Genre |
Glass negatives. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.7.14] |
| Accession number |
*P.9895.7.14 |
