Image of an eye-level street view of firefighters pulling a double-deck manual fire engine, decorated with a baby angel figure on the condenser case, and a fire hose carriage down a tree-lined street towards a fire, with the clock and bell tower of the City Hall of New York City visible beyond the tree line. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1854 by N. Currier, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of N.Y."--text, bottom center margin. "L. Maurer, Del."--text, bottom left margin. "L. Maurer"--text, artist's signature in stone, bottom right of image. "New York, Published By Currier & Ives, 115 Nassau Street."--text, bottom right margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed hand colored ; overall 53.34 x 71.44 cm (21 x 28 1/8 in.)
City Hall Park (New York, N.Y.) New York (N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works Fire engines--Pictorial works Fire extinction--Equipment and supplies--Pictorial works Fire fighters--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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