Details
Creator Boell, William.
Title United Firemen's Insurance Company, Philadelphia. Office no. 723 Arch Street [graphic] : Insure buildings household furniture & merchandise generally from loss by fire. C.B. Andress prest. W.A. Rolin tresr. W.H. Fagen secy.
Publisher Philadelphia: Lith. and printed in colors by W. Boell 312 & 314 Walnut St
Date [ca. 1866]
Physical Description 1 print: chromolithograph; 48 x 31 cm.(18.75 x 12.25 in.)
Description Advertisement containing a firefighting scene to promote the insurance company chartered April 2, 1860 by members of old volunteer fire departments. Shows several volunteer companies of firefighters racing past Independence Hall to a fire on the south side of Chestnut Street. In the foreground, a police officer waves to volunteers commandeering a hose carriage and horse-drawn steam engine that is chased by a dog. The hose truck is attached to a fire hydrant. In the distance, spectators run toward the fire where other firefighters use a steam engine to battle the flames.
Notes Not in Wainwright.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 773
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Society Collection - Posters & Broadsides - Advertisements - Miscellaneous Folder 2 - United
Subject Independence Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Insurance companies -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Fires -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Fire fighters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Fire engines & equipment -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre Chromolithographs -- 1860-1870.
Location Historical Society of Pennsylvania | HSP Society Collection - Posters & Broadsides - Advertisements - Miscellaneous Folder 2 - United