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[Firehouse scene in Philadelphia showing firemen from the Weccacoe Engine Company pulling a hand-drawn fire engine as other firemen scramble to readiness] [graphic] /
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Creator
Queen, James, 1824-ca. 1877, artist.
Title
[Firehouse scene in Philadelphia showing firemen from the Weccacoe Engine Company pulling a hand-drawn fire engine as other firemen scramble to readiness] [graphic] /
Date
[ca. 1857]
Physical Description
1 print : watercolor and graphite.
Description
Drawing, possibly an artist's study, by James Queen, a Weccacoe volunteer. Nightime view showing Weccacoe volunteers pull the engine from their Southwark station at 119 Queen Street, put on gear, and gather equipment from storage closets within the garage.
Notes
Philadelphia on Stone
POSP 78
Library of Congress: DRWG/US - Queen (J.F.), no. 3 (C size) [P&P] Firehouse
Subject
Weccacoe Fire Company (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Fire fighters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Fire stations -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Fire engines -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Queen Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 119.
Southwark (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre
Watercolor drawings -- 1850-1860.
Graphite drawings -- 1850-1860.
Location
Library of Congress| Prints and Photographs Division | LOC DRWG/US - Queen (J.F.), no. 3 (C size) [P&P] Firehouse
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