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Weccacoe Fire Compy. Instituted 1800, incorporated 1833. [graphic] / Printed by Thos S. Wagner.
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Creator
Heiss, George G.
Contributor
Wagner & M'Guigan, printer.
Title
Weccacoe Fire Compy. Instituted 1800, incorporated 1833. [graphic] / Printed by Thos S. Wagner.
Publisher
Philadelphia: Drawn, lithographed, published & colored by Geo. G. Heiss, no. 213, Nth 2nd St. above Vine St. 3th story
Date
1855
Physical Description
1 print: lithograph; 33 x 61 cm.(13 x 24 in.)
Description
View of the hand-powered Philadelphia-style fire engine of the fire company that operated from the 100 block of Queen Street in Southwark. A firefighter, attired in his uniform, rests his hand on the harness of the horse-drawn engine. His hat is marked "Weccacoe 1800" and he wears a cape adorned with an "F" and an "A." Engine contains double decker end-stroke hand pumpers and the compressor, with ornate detailing, is adorned with a plate depicting a mermaid kissing a barely-clad man. A trumpet hangs from the harness of the engine. Also contains a border with geometric details and a vignette below the image depicting a Native American figure.
Notes
Not in Wainwright.
Date of publication written on stone lower left corner.
Philadelphia on Stone
POSP 272
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 832 W 41
Removed from Stauffer Collection, vol. 22, p. 1686.
Subject
Weccacoe Fire Company (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Fire engines & equipment -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Indians of North America.
Fire fighters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Southwark (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre
Lithographs -- 1850-1860.
Location
Historical Society of Pennsylvania | HSP Bc 832 W 41
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