[Hand-in-Hand Fire Company fire fighters and steam engine in front of the company fire station at Ninth Street above Poplar Street, Philadelphia]
Newell, Robert
1822-1897
photographer
McAllister, John A. (John Allister)
1822-1896
collector
still image
Graphic
Group portraits -- 1860-1870
Stereographs -- 1860-1870
pau
Philadelphia]
PA. Philadelphia
[ca. 1865]
1865
monographic
eng
1 photograph : albumen on card mount ; mount 17 x 8 cm (3.75 x 6.25 in.) (stereograph format)
Depicts fire fighters, including an African American man, posed near a pump engine in front of the station adorned with the signage "1741 Hand In Hand 1741." A rooster stands on the pump. Hand-in-Hand Fire Company, one of the city's first volunteer fire companies, was organized on March 1, 1741 or 1742.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Date based on content and attire of the people.
Hand-in-Hand Fire Company (Philadelphia, Pa.)
African American men
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Fire engines & equipment
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Fire fighters
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Fire stations
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Ninth Street (Philadelphia, Pa.)
above Poplar Street
(8)1322.F.5e-1
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