Details
Creator Bosch, A. H., lithographer.
Contributor Duval & Hunter, lithographer.
Title Washington Hose Company of Philadelphia. [graphic] / A.H. Bosch, lith.
Publisher Philadelphia : Duval & Hunter, lith
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1870
Date ca. 1870
Physical Description 1 print : lithograph, tinted ; 46 x 59 cm. (18 x 23 in.)
Description Fire company certificate containing vignettes depicting fire fighters arriving at a fire at J.F. [i.e. J.E.] Caldwell & Company's store at 902 Chestnut Street (burned January 14, 1869); the company fire station on Lombard Street, east of 11th Street; and fire fighters pulling a fire engine past University of Pennsylvania buildings on 9th Street. Fire fighting equipment including a fire hose, a ladder, an axe, a bullhorn and other tools are drawn bundled together to form decorative elements on both sides. A small oval portrait of George Washington adorns the top.
Is referenced by Lane & Cresswell, Prints of Philadelphia 207
Fowble 379
Notes Not in Wainwright.
Issued to William G. Myers on April 6, 1871. Signed by David B. Baker, president, and [Joseph J. Ryan], secretary.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 820/821
Duval and Hunter was a partnership between Stephen Orr Duval (P.S. Duval's son) and Thomas Hunter that lasted from P.S. Duval's retirement in 1869 until 1874.
Subject Washington Hose Company (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Fire fighters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Fire engines & equipment -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Fires -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Fire stations -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre Lithographs -- 1870-1880.
Membership certificates -- 1870-1880.
Printer Duval & Hunter, lithographer.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *Certificates - Fires and fire fighting [P.9303.11]
Accession number P.9303.11