Details
Creator Bosch, A. H., artist.
Contributor Duval & Hunter, printer.
Title Washington Fire Company of Frankford [graphic] / A. Bosch, lith.
Publisher Philadelphia: Duval & Hunter, lith
Date [ca. 1870]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph, tinted with one stone; 47 x 56 cm.(18.5 x 21.75 in.)
Description Fire company certificate containing vignettes depicting fire fighters surrounded by spectators, battling the July 12, 1866 fire at the "Tackawana" (i.e., Tacony) Print Works in Frankford; a steam engine parked in the company fire station on Frankford Avenue between Sellers and Oxford streets; and fire fighters rushing a horse-drawn steam engine past a church. Fire fighting equipment including a fire hose, a ladder, an axe, a trumpet and other tools are drawn bundled together to form decorative elements on both sides. A small oval portrait of George Washington adorns an arch at the top. An American eagle rests on top of the portrait and clutches an American flag that is intertwined over the arch that is printed "First in War. First in Peace. First in the Hearts of His Country Men." Also contains the company institution date - 1793. Company was incorporated in 1846 (date visible on the station house).
Notes Not in Wainwright.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 819
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Certificates - Fire Companies - Washington
Duval and Hunter was a partnership between Stephen Orr Duval (P.S. Duval’s son) and Thomas Hunter that lasted from P.S. Duval’s retirement in 1869 until 1874.
Subject Washington Fire Company (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Fire fighters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Fire engines & equipment -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Fires -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Fire stations -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Frankford (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Lithographs -- Tinted -- 1860-1870.
Membership certificates -- 1860-1870.
Location Historical Society of Pennsylvania | HSP Certificates - Fire Companies - Washington