| Creator |
Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist. |
| Contributor |
P.S. Duval & Son, printer. |
| Title |
Columbia Hose Co. of Philadelphia [membership certificate] [graphic] / J. Queen del. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia: P.S. Duval & Son lith |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1865 |
| Date |
[ca. 1865] |
| Physical Description |
1 print: lithograph, tinted with one stone mounted on cardboard; 45 x 58 cm. (18 x 23.25 in.) |
| Description |
Fire company honorary membership certificate containing vignettes depicting fire fighters racing a steam engine and hose carriage
past Independence Hall; an exterior view of the Columbia Hose Co. station at Cherry Street above Seventh Street; and volunteers
fighting a blaze with hoses, a steam engine, and ladder at the French & Richards drugstore at the N.W. corner of 10th and
Market streets (October 3, 1865). Station view also shows the station dog, hose carriage, and pedestrian traffic, including
a couple looking at a storefront display window of a neighboring building. Fire fighting equipment including a trumpet, ax,
ladder, hose and belt are drawn bundled together to form side borders and decorative elements above the vignettes. Also contains,
above the images, the company institution date "1806," American eagle and shield, the Roman numeral for 8, i.e., VIII; and
the company motto "The Public Benefit Is Our Desire."
|
| Is referenced by |
Wainwright 46 |
| Notes |
Issued to Charles Flowers "admitted to membership" March 4th, 1850 and "honor conferred" December 5th, 1866. Signed G.W. Taylor,
President; William R. Fraley, Secretary.
|
|
Company seal pasted on recto. |
|
Philadelphia on Stone |
|
POS 146 |
|
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited. |
|
Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Fire Companies |
| Subject |
Independence Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Columbia Hose Company (Philadelphia, Pa.). |
|
Fire fighters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Fire fighting -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Fire engines & equipment -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Fire stations -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 500 block. |
|
Cherry Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 700 block. |
|
Market Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 1000 block. |
| Genre |
Lithographs -- 1860-1870. |
|
Membership certificates -- 1860-1870. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *W46 [6531.F] |
| Accession number |
6531.F |
