Details
Creator Heiss, George G.
Contributor Wagner & M'Guigan, printer.
Title United States Fire Co. of Philadelphia, Instituted 1811 [graphic] / On stone by G. G. Heiss; Wagner & McGuigan lith., 4 Franklin Plaza, Phila.
Publisher Philadelphia: Lithographed & published by G.G. Heiss, 206 N. 4th St
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1860
Date [ca. 1860]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph; 42 x 59 cm.(16.5 x 23 in.)
Description View of the hand-powered Philadelphia-style fire engine of the United States Fire Company that operated from Wood Street above Fourth. A firefighter, in uniform, and holding a trumpet stands with his back to the viewer next to the engine. His cape is labeled "United States." Engine contains double decker end-stroke hand pumpers and is adorned with an eagle ornament and a decorated compressor. Compressor contains plate depicting an American eagle with shield and is marked John Agnew Philadelphia No. 372. Print also contains a border with geometric details.
Notes Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Philadelphia on Stone
POSP 260
Subject United States Fire 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.8970.36]
Accession number P.8970.36