| Creator |
Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist. |
| Contributor |
Schell, Francis H., 1834-1909, artist. |
|
P.S. Duval & Son, printer. |
|
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector. |
|
Barclay & Co., publisher. |
| Title |
In commemoration of the great parade of the Philadelphia Fire Department October 16th 1865 [graphic] : Dedicated to the Philadelphia
firemen and their visiting brethren / on stone by Jas. Queen; designd. by Schell; P.S. Duval & Son lith. Philada.
|
| Publisher |
Philadelphia: Published by Barclay & Co. 602. Arch St |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1865 |
| Date |
c1865 |
| Physical Description |
1 print: lithograph, tinted with one stone; 46 x 37 cm. (18.25 x 14.75 in.) |
| Description |
Commemorative print containing a portrait of Chief Engineer David M. Lyle in uniform and three vignettes. Vignettes show an
injured soldier being transported from an ambulance at the Citizens Volunteer Hospital; a horse drawn steam engine; and fire
fighters battling a blaze with a steam engine. Also contains a list of over 100 regional fire companies who participated in
the parade surrounded by a border designed as fire hoses extending from a fire hydrant. The 1865 parade was the greatest one
in the history of the fire companies with near twenty thousand fireman processing nearly 20 miles from Broad Street. The men
marched with decorated steam engines, hand pumpers, and ambulances.
|
| Is referenced by |
Wainwright 181 |
| Notes |
Philadelphia on Stone |
|
POS 369 |
|
Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Firemen's Parades. FLP holds 2 copies, one is half-sheet. |
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Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook. |
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Reaccesioned P.2272. |
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Advertisement soliciting "Agents for Every Fire Co." to sell the print published in The Philadelphia Inquirer (October 13,
1865), p. 8.
|
| Subject |
Lyle, David M. -- Portraits. |
|
Citizens Volunteer Hospital Association (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Buildings. |
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Volunteer fire departments -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Parades & processions -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Fire fighters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Fire engines & equipment -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Fires -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Ambulances -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Genre |
Lithographs -- Tinted -- 1860-1870. |
|
Commemorative prints -- 1860-1870. |
| Printer |
Barclay & Co., publisher. |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *W181 [P.2272] |
| Accession number |
P.2272 |
