Details
Creator Bosch, A. H., lithographer.
Contributor Duval & Hunter, lithographer.
Title Hope Hose and Steam Fire Engine Company. [graphic] / A.H. Bosch, lith.
Publisher Philadelphia : Duval & Hunter, lith
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1871
Date ca. 1871
Physical Description 1 print : lithograph, hand-colored ; 49 x 61 cm. (19.25 x 24 in.)
Description Fire company certificate containing six vignettes: views of the three company fire stations (dating 1805, 1848, and 1865) including fire fighting vehicles and fire fighters in uniform; fire fighters pulling fire hoses on a sled; "Hope" depicted as a woman holding an anchor; and the sailing ship "Ariel." Architectural elements including columns and arches frame the scenes.
Notes Not in Wainwright.
Contains seal of the company (red) pasted on recto.
Issued to Ben. Franklin, Jr. on March 15, 1871.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 358/359
Duval and Hunter was a partnership between Stephen C. Duval (P.S. Duval's son) and Thomas Hunter that lasted from P.S. Duval's retirement in 1869 until 1874.
Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Fire Companies. FLP copy in poor condition.
Subject Hope Hose and Steam Engine Company (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Fire fighters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Fire engines & equipment -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Fire stations -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre Lithographs -- hand colored -- 1870-1880.
Membership certificates -- 1870-1880.
Printer Duval & Hunter, lithographer.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| **Philadelphia certificates - Fires and fire fighting [P.9289]
Accession number P.9289