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Hope Hose & Steam Fire Engine Co. no. 2 [graphic].
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Creator
Byram, Joseph H,. engraver.
Contributor
Familton & Chemin.
Poulson, Charles A. 1789-1866, compiler.
Reaney, Neafie & Co., builder.
Title
Hope Hose & Steam Fire Engine Co. no. 2 [graphic].
Publisher
Philadelphia : Printed in oil colors, and published by Familton & Chemin, 140 S. Third St
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1859
Date
October 1859
Physical Description
1 print : color wood engraving ; 21 x 34 cm. (8 x 13.25 in.)
Description
View of the fire engine built by Reaney, Neafie & Co. in 1858 for the hose and engine company founded on August 17, 1805 by male residents living near Second and Pine streets. Plates reading "Hope" and "Reaney, Neafie & Co. Builders" adorn the unhitched engine on which a volunteer firefighter attired in his uniform sits.
Notes
Date from Poulson inscription.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Familton & Chemin, the partnership between Philadelphia printers J. B. Familton and Louis F. Chemin (b. 1840) was active from the 1850s until the start of the Civil War. Chemin was known as a pioneer in the use of color inks in printing.
Subject
Hope Hose and Steam Engine Company (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Fire engines & equipment -- Pennsylvania -- Philadephia.
Fire fighters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadephia.
Genre
Engravings -- Color -- 1850-1860.
Associated name
Reaney, Neafie & Co., builder.
Provenance
Poulson, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1789-1866, compiler.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts| Rare| Poulson scrapbooks - vol. 1 [(1)2526.F.70 1/2]
Accession number
(1)2526.F.70 1/2
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Charles A. Poulson Philadelphia Scrapbooks
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