Image of an eye-level street view of a New York City street at night with firefighters running on foot and with a horse-drawn steam fire engine, fire hose wagon, and hook and ladder truck going towards a burning building with flames and smoke coming out of the windows. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1866, by Currier & Ives, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York"--text, bottom center margin. "J. Cameron"--text, artist's signature in stone, bottom right of image. "Currier & Ives, Lith. N.Y."--text, bottom right margin. "New York, Published By Currier & Ives, 115 Nassau Street."--text, bottom center margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed hand colored ; overall 55.25 x 75.57 cm (21 3/4 x 29 3/4 in.)
New York (N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works Fire engines--Pictorial works Fire extinction--Equipment and supplies--Pictorial works Fire fighters--Pictorial works Fires--Pictorial works Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc)
Place
New York (N.Y.)
Source
Huntington Prints and Ephemera Collection Firefighting Large Size Prints and Ephemera, Huntington Digital Library
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