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Empire Hook & Ladder Company, no. 1. Instituted February 6, 1851. [graphic] / On stone by J. Queen.
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Creator
Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist.
Contributor
P. S. Duval & Co., printer.
Title
Empire Hook & Ladder Company, no. 1. Instituted February 6, 1851. [graphic] / On stone by J. Queen.
Publisher
Philadelphia: P.S. Duval & Co.'s steam lith. press
Date
[ca. 1851]
Physical Description
1 print: chromolithograph; 50 x 74 cm.(19.5 x 29 in.)
Description
Street view of the red, yellow, and black hook and ladder truck, probably in front of the Empire Fire House at Franklin Street above Wood Street in Kensington. A company volunteer, wearing his helmet, stands at the harness end of the truck on which two trumpets hang. Lanterns adorn the vehicle.
Notes
Not in Wainwright.
Manuscript note on recto: Presented to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania by Geo. S. Bethell, architect.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 208
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 832 E 55
Subject
Empire Hook & Ladder Company (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Firefighting equipment -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Fire fighters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Kensington (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre
Chromolithographs -- 1850-1860.
Location
Historical Society of Pennsylvania | HSP Bc 832 E 55
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