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[Hand-in-Hand Fire Company fire fighters and steam engine in front of the company fire station at Ninth Street above Poplar Street, Philadelphia] [graphic].
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Creator
Newell, Robert, 1822-1897, photographer.
Title
[Hand-in-Hand Fire Company fire fighters and steam engine in front of the company fire station at Ninth Street above Poplar Street, Philadelphia] [graphic].
Publisher
[Philadelphia]
Date
[ca. 1865]
Physical Description
1 photograph : albumen on card mount ; mount 17 x 8 cm (3.75 x 6.25 in.) (stereograph format)
Description
Depicts fire fighters, including an African American man, posed near a pump engine in front of the station adorned with the signage "1741 Hand In Hand 1741." A rooster stands on the pump. Hand-in-Hand Fire Company, one of the city's first volunteer fire companies, was organized on March 1, 1741 or 1742.
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Date based on content and attire of the people.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886.
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject
Hand-in-Hand Fire Company (Philadelphia, Pa.)
African American men -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Fire engines & equipment -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Fire fighters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Fire stations -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Ninth Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- above Poplar Street.
Genre
Group portraits -- 1860-1870.
Stereographs -- 1860-1870.
Provenance
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Newell - Fire [(8)1322.F.5e-1]
Accession number
(8)1322.F.5e-1
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Ephemera Collection
Stereograph Collection
African Americana Photographs
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