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Mechanic Fire Engine Company. [graphic]
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A66123
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Contributor
Duval & Hunter, lithographer.
Title
Mechanic Fire Engine Company. [graphic]
Publisher
Philadelphia : Duval & Hunter, lith
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1871
Date
ca. 1871
Physical Description
1 print : lithograph, hand colored ; 47 x 59 cm (18.25 x 23 in.)
Description
Fire company certificate containing five vignettes: "The Old Engine House"; "View of Steamer" illustrating a steam-powered fire engine; "Race By Moonlight" depicting two groups of fire fighters pulling fire equipment racing down a city street; the new fire house located on Brown Street, east of 15th Street; and "Burning of Maguire's Mill" depicting fire fighters extinguishing a blaze at Maguire's planing mill on Ridge Road (burned October 12, 1870). Additional decorative elements include an eagle grasping a bundle of fire fighting equipment including a fire hose, ladders, and an axe; and two company fire hats.
Is referenced by
Lane & Cresswell, Prints of Philadelphia 206
Notes
Not in Wainwright.
Issued to John A. Supplee on April 6, 1871. Signed by Daniel R. Erdmann, president, and Edwin J. Cress, secretary.
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.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 464
Subject
Mechanic Fire Engine Company (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Fire fighters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Fire engines & equipment -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Fires -- 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.9303.12]
Accession number
P.9303.12
In Collections
Philadelphia on Stone Digital Catalog
Philadelphia on Stone: Library Company of Philadelphia
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