Image of a central image of a steam fire engine with two firefighters being drawn by two horses through a city street with a burning building in the background and a fire hydrant in the foreground; with seven vignettes consisting of five firefighting vehicles, a bundle of firefighting accessories including a ladder, hook, pick, lantern, speaking trumpet, and fireman's hat labeled "8", and an elevated view of the exterior of the Button Fire Engine Co. factory buildings in Waterford, New York, with someone aiming a stream of water from a hose over the roof of a building. Metal holes at top of print for hanging; date based on company history; Holyroyd and Company purchased the Button Fire Engine Works in 1882 and the company was purchased by the American Fire Engine Company in 1891. "H.E. Rowland, Lith. 218 Fulton St. N.Y."--text, bottom center margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 51.12 x 63.82 cm (20 1/8 x 25 1/8 in.)
Waterford (N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works Fire engines--Design and construction--Pictorial works Fire engines--Pictorial works Fire extinction--Equipment and supplies--Pictorial works Fire fighters--Pictorial works Fires--Pictorial works Industrial buildings--Pictorial works Button Fire Engine Works Holroyd and Company Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Place
Waterford (N.Y.)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Firefighting Large Size The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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