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Title: The fire show fighting the flames : department arriving at fire
Creator: The U.S. Printing Co., printer
Russell-Morgan Print, printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1906
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: 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.)
Identifier: priJLC_ENT_000193
386922
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2348
Language: English
Subject: 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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