Details
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