Details
Creator Heiss, George G.
Contributor Wagner & M'Guigan, printer.
Title The Vigilant. Instituted Jany 2, 1760. [graphic] / Printed by Wagner & McGuigan
Publisher Philadelphia: Drawn lithographed & published by Geo. G. Heiss, no. 213, N. 2nd St
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1855
Date [ca. 1855]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph; 33 x 47 cm.(13 x 18.25 in.)
Description View of the hand-powered Philadelphia-style fire engine of the Vigilant Engine Company that operated from Race Street below Second Street. A firefighter, in uniform, and holding a trumpet stands next to the engine. His hat is adorned with the all-seeing eye and he wears a belt buckle labeled "Vigilant." Engine contains double decker end-stroke hand pumpers and is adorned with all-seeing eyes, ornamental details, and an ornate compressor. Print also contains a border with geometric details.
Notes Not in Wainwright.
Philadelphia on Stone
POSP 265
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 832 V 683
Subject Vigilant Engine Company (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Fire engines & equipment -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Firefighters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre Lithographs -- 1850-1860.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *BW - Fires and Firefighting [P.9944]
Accession number P.9944