Image of a side view of a parade float drawn by four horses carrying a driver, three firefighters, with one fireman holding the hose pipe, a banner with an image of American Revolutionary War General Lafayette in military costume on a horse with the label "Lafayette October 21 1781" on a ribbon held in the mouth of an eagle, and a manual fire engine labeled "Lafayette 7" on the platform; the image depicts a float in the Grand Canal Celebration for the opening of the Erie Canal in New York City on November 4, 1825. Date based on publication of image in the "Appendix, containing an account of the commemoration of the completion of the Erie Canal, by the Corporation of the City of New York. New York : By order of the Common Council, 1826" that was bound with "Memoir, prepared at the request of a committee of the Common Council of the City of New York, and presented to the Mayor of the City, at the celebration of the completion of the New York canals" by Cadwallader Colden. "A. Imbert's Lithography"--text, bottom right margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : uncolored ; overall 23.34 x 27.94 cm (9 3/16 x 11 in.)
New York (N.Y.)--History--1775-1865 Erie Canal (N.Y.)--History--19th century Fire departments Fire engines--Pictorial works Fire extinction--Equipment and supplies--Pictorial works Fire fighters--Pictorial works Parades--Pictorial works Lafayette Engine Company No. 7 Lithographs--1825-1850. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Firefighting Small Size The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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