| Title |
Fireman. |
| Publisher |
[New York] : H. De Marsan, Publisher of songs and ballads, Toy-books &c. 54 Chatham Str. N.Y. |
| Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
| Description |
The valentine shows a fireman running. He wears a large hat and blows a fire trumpet. The valentine mocks the recipient's
inability to get a Valentine.
|
| Notes |
Text: There you go --- now aint it fine/ To halloo after our ENGINE? / How can you, my boy, be steady, / When to run to fires---
so ready? / You think you cut a mighty shine, / And yet can't get --- a Valentine!
|
| Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
| Subject |
American wit and humor. |
|
Fire fighters -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Courtship -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
| Has format |
TMP.objres.154.jpg |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 4.4 |
