Image of a horse-drawn fire engine and firefighters racing to the scene of a raging fire at a drugstore, with police holding back onlookers; the poster advertises the fire-disaster show "Fighting the Flames" performed for audiences at amusement parks. "Copyright, 1906 by / The U.S. Lithograph Co. / Russell-Morgan / Print / Cincinnati & New York / 9499"--text, lower right.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 71.44 x 104.78 cm (28 1/8 x 41 1/4 in.)
Amusement parks Fires--Pictorial works Fire engines--Pictorial works Fire fighters--Pictorial works Fireworks--Pictorial works Theatrical productions Lithographs--Color--1900-1925. (gmgpc) Theatrical posters--American. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Entertainment Large Size Music and Theater The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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