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[Philadelphia Hose Company steam engine in front of the company fire station at Seventh above Market Street, Philadelphia] [graphic].
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Creator
Newell, Robert, 1822-1897, photographer.
Contributor
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title
[Philadelphia Hose Company steam engine in front of the company fire station at Seventh above Market Street, Philadelphia] [graphic].
Publisher
Philadelphia
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1865
Date
1865
Physical Description
1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount; 9 x 18 cm.(3.5 x 6.75 in)
Description
View includes a section of hose inscribed "Philadelphia Hose of Pioneer" laying on the street near the engine and a dog lying on a bin in the background. Company organized in 1803.
Notes
Attributed to Robert Newell.
Title supplied by cataloguer.
Yellow paper mount with square corners.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
Paper backing pasted on verso.
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject
Philadelphia Hose Company.
Fire engines & equipment -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Fire stations -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Seventh Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- North -- 000 block.
Genre
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Stereographs -- 1860-1870.
Provenance
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Newell - Fires & fire fighting [(8)1322.F.5a-2]
Accession number
(8)1322.F.5a-2
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