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Title The White Turtle & the Red Crab of Philadelphia. [graphic] / Des. & lith. by Jonas.
Publisher Philadelphia : Published & printed by Priff
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1852
Date [ca. 1852]
Physical Description 1 print : hand-colored lithograph ; sheet 32 x 46 cm (12.5 x 18 in.)
Description Showing the Northern Liberties Hose Company (White Turtle) and the Lafayette Hose Company (Red Crab) racing to a bonfire near Eastern State Penitentiary on July 25, 1852 during a weekend of fires throughout the city. Men from each company run side-by-side and pull the ropes hooked to their companies' hose carriages. One man from each company stands at the front of their crew and plays a bugle or yells at the team to push forward. Dogs and pigs run beside the companies, flee the scene, and get caught under the wheel of the hose carriage. Includes a view of the buildings along the street, showing people running in the distance and a sign reading "coal." The "winning" Northern Liberties Hose Company (White Turtle) had a fire house at New Market Street above Coates Street, just a few blocks from the "losing" Lafayette Hose Company (Red Crab) at Fourth Street above Brown Street. The hose companies often fought each other including at this "race" where a Northern Liberties member was stabbed.
Is referenced by Bloomsburg Auctions (Firm). Jay T. Snider Collection, 304
Notes Title from item.
Date inferred from content.
Not in Wainwright.
"Jonas" and "Priff" are pseudonyms.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 836
Subject Lafayette Hose Company (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Northern Liberties Hose Company (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Dogs.
Fire fighters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Firefighting equipment -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Running -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Swine.
Genre Genre prints -- 1850-1860.
Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1850-1860.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *BW – Fires & Firefighting [P.2008.34.17]
Accession number P.2008.34.17