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The Weccacoe Engine Co.'s house and the reception of the United Fire Co. of Baltimore. [graphic] / Drawn by J. Queen.
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Creator
Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist.
Contributor
Duval, Peter S., 1804 or 5-1886, printer.
Title
The Weccacoe Engine Co.'s house and the reception of the United Fire Co. of Baltimore. [graphic] / Drawn by J. Queen.
Publisher
Philadelphia : P. S. Duval's steam lith. press
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1851
Date
[ca. 1851]
Physical Description
1 print: lithograph, tinted and hand-colored ;
Description
View showing Weccacoe Fire Company firefighters (left) welcoming the firefighters of the United Fire Company of Baltimore (right) in front of the three-story Weccacoe engine house on the 100 block of Queen Street in Southwark. An eagle surmounts the dormer-like addition on top of the building. The captains (including General Anthony Miltenberger, chief marshall of the Union Fire Co., center right), shake hands in front of the open engine house doors, behind which the faint outline of equipment is visible. Both companies wear uniforms. The Weccacoe firefighters wear long, belted jackets under red capes adorned with "Weccacoe W.E.S", and hats marked with "Weccacoe 1800" on the front and "FA" (Fire Association of Philadelphia) on the back. The United Fire Co. firefighters are dressed in red jackets with green lapels, green and gold hats labeled "Union" on the front, and brass belt buckles.
Is referenced by
Wainwright 398
Notes
Date supplied by duplicate in the collections of the Maryland Historical Society.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 824
James Fuller Queen was a volunteer firefighter with the Weccacoe Fire Company.
Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Subject
Miltenberger, Anthony Felix Wybert, 1789?-1869 -- Portraits.
Weccacoe Fire Company (Philadelphia, Pa.)
United Fire Company (Baltimore, Md.)
Fire stations -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Fire fighters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Queen Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 119.
Southwark (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre
Lithographs -- Tinted -- Hand-colored -- 1850-1860.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| **W398 [6621.F]
Accession number
6621.F
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