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[Goodwill Hose Company steam engine in front of the company fire station at Wood Street near Twenty-Third Street, Philadelphia]

[Washington Fire Engine Company steam engine in front of the company fire station at Lombard Street below Eleventh Street, Philadelphia]

[Philadelphia Hose Company steam engine in front of the company fire station at Seventh above Market Street, Philadelphia]

Philadelphia Fire Department Relief Association. [membership certificate]

[Humane Engine Company hand-pump fire engine]

Gartley's portable steam engine, Front ab. Arch [graphic].

Fair Mount Fire Company. Instituted Febr. 22th, 1823. Incorporated April 19th, 1850.

The Vigilant. Instituted Jany 2, 1760.

United States Fire Co. of Philadelphia, Instituted 1811


West Philadelphia Hose Cos. steam fire engine no. 3.

The Philadelphia Firemen's Anniversary Parade March composed for his brass band expressly for the occasion, arranged for the piano forte and respectfully dedicated to the Fire Department by Francis Johnson Philadelphia. [graphic] / Designed & drawn on sto

[Cohocksink Hose Company steam engine and fire fighters in front of the company fire station on Germantown Avenue above Fifth Street, Philadelphia]

[Goodwill Fire Company's horse-drawn ambulance in front of the company fire station on Race Street below Broad Street, Philadelphia]

[Hope Fire Company horse-drawn ambulance in front of the company fire station on Sixth Street below Bainbridge Street, Philadelphia]

[Hope Fire Company steam engine and fire fighters in front of the company fire station on Sixth Street below Bainbridge Street, Philadelphia]

[William Penn Hose Company steam engine and fire fighters in front of the company fire station on Frankford Road near Franklin Avenue, Philadelphia]

[Specimen sheet of volunteer fire fighting vignettes]

United Firemen's Insurance Company, Philadelphia. Office no. 723 Arch Street

Weccacoe Fire Compy. Instituted 1800, incorporated 1833.

In commemoration of the great parade of the Philadelphia Fire Department October 16th 1865 [graphic] : Dedicated to the Philadelphia firemen and their visiting brethren / on stone by Jas. Queen; designd. by Schell; P.S. Duval & Son lith. Philada.

Franklin Fire Co. of the city of Philadelphia [membership certificate]

Cut outs of firefighting scenes from The Fire Insurance Company of the County of Philadelphia advertisement

America Fire Engine Co. of the city of Philadelphia.


Washington Hose Company of Philadelphia.

[Hand-in-Hand Fire Company fire fighters and steam engine in front of the company fire station at Ninth Street above Poplar Street, Philadelphia]

[Hope Hose Company steam fire engine and fire fighters in front of the company fire station, Second and Union streets, Philadelphia] [graphic].

Reliance Steam Fire Engine Company of Philadelphia.

Washington Hose Company of Philadelphia [certificate]

Marion Hose Company of Philadelphia

Washington Fire Company of Frankford

Hope Hose and Steam Fire Engine Company.

Hope Hose and Steam Fire Engine Company [certificate]

Good Will Hose and Steam Fire Engine Company of Philadelphia [membership certificate]

Good Will Fire Company of Philadelphia.

Mechanic Fire Engine Company.

Good Intent Hose, Hook & Ladder Company of Philadelphia.

Cut outs of firefighting scenes from The Fire Insurance Company of the County of Philadelphia advertisement

Hibernia Fire Engine company, No. 1, of Philadelphia.

Columbia Hose Co. of Philadelphia [membership certificate]

[Fire truck in front of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, Philadelphia]

The old Phila. fire department. Period of 1850. The great engine contest on Sunday evening July 7th 1850 at 5th & Market sts.

Wood & Perot's ornamental iron works. Philadelphia.

In commemoration of the great parade of the Philadelphia Fire Department October 16th 1865


Decatur Fire Company of Frankford



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